Please Vote for The Most Wanted/Needed Changes to SA

Which of the Following SA Enhancements Should we Complete First?

  • Better Power Search

    Votes: 21 36.2%

  • Increment entry counter

    Votes: 10 17.2%

  • Expires date to include time

    Votes: 1 1.7%

  • Add freebie,coupon code search options

    Votes: 9 15.5%

  • Custom My Sweepstakes categories

    Votes: 4 6.9%

  • New category for CD & DVD sweeps

    Votes: 5 8.6%

  • Add time to SweepsCheck Date

    Votes: 6 10.3%

  • Add kids sweepstakes section to the site

    Votes: 2 3.4%

  • Add expires date to reminders text

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    58
  • This poll will close: .
sweepsadv

sweepsadv

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Please Vote so that we can prioritze what gets done first. Thank You! :)
 
One thing not on the list that I'd like to see...

In the newsletter, I frequently click on the sweeps link to enter. However... I have to search to find the sweeps to check SweepsCheck Entry Date to update to "today". It would be nice if there was someway to update that via newsletter entry.
 
The newsletter idea is a great one that I've thought of myself. The problem is that the newsletter is hand written and isn't dynamic. The SweepsCheck feature uses javascript and there is no way to send javascript via email and have it pass virus filters and such. We had to trim down the last version of the newsletter because it was being rejected for images and size. Getting emails delivered is a tricky business because of what spammers have done.

All that being said I think I could work around this problem with a little extra code. I'll add this idea to the list. Thank You. :)
 
I think just adding a link to the Sweeps entry listing itself would be sufficient. No need to redirect a link to do JavaScript to toggle SweepsCheck.
 
I missed this post while the voting was open but would like to add my 2 cents (ok, maybe just 1 cent worth).

I would like to be able to sort sweeps by 2 or more options. Such as # of hits and expiration date.

Thanks for a great site.
 
The option for frequency (such as: one per person, one per household, etc.) is supposed to be implemented soon. I hope that it doesn't get lost in the shuffle as it is an absolute necessity in households with more than one sweeper. You know, husband and wife, or room mates or parents who enter and their kids also enter, etc. Most of the good sweep sites have it. That is the only real necessity (besides a good internal search engine) that this fabulous site lacks. That's also the only reason that I go to other sweeps sites - to quickly find out the frequency. I wish I didn't have to do that, though. The other suggestions are good, too, such as having a cd, dvd section, etc. Thanks.
 
The Extended Frequency one should be done by the weekend or monday. Then we will start on the poll list. :)

-Ken
 
This feature has been implemented today. Look for the "limit" label in the listings. It will take some time before all the listings will have data in this field. Starting today I have informed the editors to start populating that data.

:)
 
sweepsadv said:
This feature has been implemented today. Look for the "limit" label in the listings. It will take some time before all the listings will have data in this field. Starting today I have informed the editors to start populating that data.

:)
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IMHO, if it's a daily sweeps, all we need to know is if it's per person (pp) or per HH (phh) or if it is anything OTHER than 1x per day: 5x/cap of 20 entries/etc.

Same with IW's, weekly, 24 hr, etc. since that already denotes entry frequency.

Also - prize limits. If it's 1 pp, then other sweepers in your house can continue to play. If it's 1 phh, once one of them hits, all are done. That's what needs to be noted.

I think it's too confusing to see a daily sweeps stating 1 pp limit.
 
The daily category is a good example of why we need the 1 PP. Some dailes allow more than 1 entry per day. I think its better to state it for all rather than just say PP. Thats just my opinion and maybe others can chime in. We just want to stay with a consistent format. :)

Thank You,

-Ken
 
These will be done in the order of the voting starting with Custom My Sweepstakes categories.

Thank You. :)
 
Does anyone know how they would like the Custom My Sweepstakes categories to work? I sort of need a technical spec so I know how we should implement it. Thank You.
 
sweepsadv said:
Does anyone know how they would like the Custom My Sweepstakes categories to work? I sort of need a technical spec so I know how we should implement it. Thank You.
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I was hoping to be able to put creative-type sweeps, such as essay and recipe sweeps, in a custom category.

Perhaps the user can name the category, and each sweep has an option allowing it to be filed by the member.

Thanks for implementing the upgrades. Good on ya!
 
Just wanted to let everyone know that we have been working on the custom my sweepstakes project. Hopefully we will have it done within a few days. :)
 
Thanks, looking forward to seeing what's new. It's nice that changes and upgrades happen here continuously and without fanfare. :cheers:
 
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