My new small project parcelcheck.co.za

[rodga]

Cool and also very similar to http://www.parceltrack.co.za/

+1
been using parceltrack for a while now
the email updates are cool though

[koeksGHT]

We might as well have our first donation!

Thanks!

[Jola]

Can it find a parcel being sent from the USA with the USA tracking number ?

That would be worth a donation from me !

[koeksGHT]

Can it find a parcel being sent from the USA with the USA tracking number ?

That would be worth a donation from me !

Not yet, but maybe in the future!

[beans100]

I'm too a loyal user of parceltrack too change and it doesn't look like yours cover so much different couriers.

[koeksGHT]

I'm too a loyal user of parceltrack too change and it doesn't look like yours cover so much different couriers.

Well I'm developing this site myself. I unfortunately am very busy and don't have a lot of time at the moment to add other couriers, this will happen eventually.

I am very pleased with the amount of hits/traffic just tracking SAPO items. This month I have gone through 94.27GB with traffic!

I will defiantly be improving the system over a long time as it seems to being used!

*Planned features in future development*

- Ability to add tracking number even if it has not been registered on the system.
- Major upgrade to the look of the website
- Improvements to the API for use for online shops such as bidorbuy and others
- Support for most of the major couriers
- Information about couriers such as average delivery time
- Maybe a control panel to manage parcels you are tracking as well as stats about them



This is my long term project, so it will be tweaked to everyone's requirements!

[koeksGHT]

Very long overdue but I think I improved the look from what it was

Nothing fancy yet..

[Skydrops]

PS: You do know you have the post office's logo on your site... It's displaying in my tab's bar?

[koeksGHT]

PS: You do know you have the post office's logo on your site... It's displaying in my tab's bar?

Ahh yes the favicon.. should change that soon

[SBSP]

Very nice!

It may be worthwhile getting a designer to make it look good though. The functionality is there but it looks like a very old site. No offense, just an honest opinion.

Keep up the good work koeksGHT.

Thats good advice, Take it, was my very first thought when i opened up the site.

If you dont want to hire a developer or graphical designer, Use plain old Power Point 2010 it can make some nice buttons with Shapes.

I.E Small piece which i made http://griblinks.co.za/shortURL.php (Yes its a Tiny-URL Knock Off) :-) Both the logo and button was made with PowerPoint 2010

All graphics you see here http://griblinks.co.za/ was made with Powerpoint. (Old site which never worked out though)

[koeksGHT]

Thats good advice, Take it, was my very first thought when i opened up the site.

If you dont want to hire a developer or graphical designer, Use plain old Power Point 2010 it can make some nice buttons with Shapes.

I.E Small piece which i made http://griblinks.co.za/shortURL.php (Yes its a Tiny-URL Knock Off) :-) Both the logo and button was made with PowerPoint 2010

All graphics you see here http://griblinks.co.za/ was made with Powerpoint. (Old site which never worked out though)

Don't need a graphics developer haha, I have the knowledge and skill, just not the feeling which makes it feel good haha. Suggestions are good.

I tried to make a cool background, originally was just plain but I tried to make that checkered pattern with destinations. Didn't come out like I thought it would but its ok, just very big.

Currently just trying to make it self sustainable so the hosting and all can pay for itself.

I think I could pull a lot more attention when I add different couriers, but that takes some time for me and I don't have a lot at the moment. I do wish to keep this project idle till I have the time, resources, energy to keep focus on it. This thread is nice as I get to keep like a development log that people like you can interact with me and help better this project.

The framework is there and it could use some improvements(didn't use databases for tracking) just in case of any funny SQL injection attacks (even those unaffected by sanitization I might of missed).

The core goal of the site is to help people, if someone needs to use something like this the look shouldn't matter too much, but better looks always help.

Any other advice is appreciated

[hambone]

This is great fellow Grahamstonian Is there any reason you need to have multiple pages, why not have one simple page?

[Thugscub]

Good One OP
@Edduck stop wetting your panties.

[koeksGHT]

This is great fellow Grahamstonian Is there any reason you need to have multiple pages, why not have one simple page?

You mean one tracking page only?

No room to expand then :P and more pages gives better CEO with more content.

[hambone]

What I mean is, is it necessary to have to click TRACKING before being presented with that form? Why not have it on the front page? If you're going for ad space then maybe its better.... I say maybe because I suspect people will bounce from the front page if not presented with the form on the first page they visit.