My new small project parcelcheck.co.za

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SBSP said:
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)
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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 :)
 
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This is great fellow Grahamstonian :) Is there any reason you need to have multiple pages, why not have one simple page?
 
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hambone said:
This is great fellow Grahamstonian :) Is there any reason you need to have multiple pages, why not have one simple page?
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You mean one tracking page only?

No room to expand then :p and more pages gives better CEO with more content.
 
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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.
 
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hambone said:
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.
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Hmm I know what you mean, like a quick track option. Something I can put in top right so it displays on each page.

There might end up being a version 2.0 of parcelcheck haha
 
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Hi,
I have just used your website to tarck one of my parcels. I have received an email confirming that you are tracking my parcel.

Shouldn't you with first mail display the current status of the parcel and from there onwards tarck it if there is movement.
I had to go back to sapo website to check where is the parcel at the moment.
Just a suggestion.
 
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kotesh said:
Hi,
I have just used your website to tarck one of my parcels. I have received an email confirming that you are tracking my parcel.

Shouldn't you with first mail display the current status of the parcel and from there onwards tarck it if there is movement.
I had to go back to sapo website to check where is the parcel at the moment.
Just a suggestion.
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Also noticed that other day. Will add in.

Edit: added that in.

Also did a few tweaks for now to make it more modular and ready for other couriers
 
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DA-LION-619

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Great idea !! Just feels a bit awkward to click track parcel on the top right.
 
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Again thanks for making such an awesome website, noticed this while tracking a parcel

I get an email each time the parcel is scanned but has not changed its location.

The status of your parcel has changed

PARCEL TRACKING RESULTS

Item Number: xxxxxxxxxxZA was last scanned on: 2012/12/27 at 07:02
Location last scanned: DURMAIL (HUB)
Currently has status of: In transit
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PARCEL TRACKING RESULTS

Item Number: xxxxxxxxxxZA was last scanned on: 2012/12/27 at 10:59
Location last scanned: DURMAIL (HUB)
Currently has status of: In transit
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I see no point in this but it may benefit someone else I'm not sure.
 
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Mr K

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Hi,
The site is up again.
I have tracked one of my parcels. But i still did not get mail with current status of the parcel.
I just got the email confirming that i am tracking the parcel.
kotesh said:
Hi,
I have just used your website to tarck one of my parcels. I have received an email confirming that you are tracking my parcel.

Shouldn't you with first mail display the current status of the parcel and from there onwards tarck it if there is movement.
I had to go back to sapo website to check where is the parcel at the moment.
Just a suggestion.
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DA-LION-619 said:
Again thanks for making such an awesome website, noticed this while tracking a parcel

I get an email each time the parcel is scanned but has not changed its location.





I see no point in this but it may benefit someone else I'm not sure.
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It happens when the parcel is scanned more than once at a branch.

Site was down a few days over new years due to system maintenance on the power grid. Also down last night cause my traffic increased quite a bit last night(some good review hopefully) Almost at 920GB of traffic this month.

Did some updates to site look and feel so should feel better(well for me it does)

Also getting some vinyl stickers for my car so some pics of that soon :p

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