Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Hanukah and Happy Kwanza!

Dear Friends,

During this holiday season, which is important to many customers and friends of ours, we would like to thank you very much for being wonderful customers and friends. All the feedback you give us helps us make better products, improve our services, or react quicker to your needs.

We certainly expect that better iAuto, iRealty and iLister mean more money is coming to you and your family, new jobs are created around you, and the gloom of economic recession is fading away in your communities. Better networking, more customers, higher turnovers and all that help your services provide to your end clients is a huge difference you yourselves are making in your and other people’s lives around you.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Hanukah and Happy Kwanza to all of you and your families, friends, and business partners! If we failed to mention your special holiday above, may we simply wish you the best of health, wealth, good luck and prosperity for the year to come. Forget about work for a while and enjoy being with your families and loved ones, for you have a great excuse during these holidays!

Yours very sincerely,
A happy bunch of holiday-elated WorksForWeb team members

iLister, iRealty and iAuto Classified Software Version 5.2 Released

A week before Christmas is marked with a new release of the classified solutions from WorksForWeb, namely, iAuto, iRealty, and iLister http://www.worksforweb.com/classifieds-software/. The new 5.2 version contains the profound changes in software template system and performance as well as more then 50 enhancements and bugfixes. Just few of them:

• Template System Globally Modified
• Listing URL SEO Data Added
• Listing Caption Modified
• Picture Carousel Added
• Image Slideshow Updated
• Listing Comparison Improved
• and more minor enhancements and improvements.

Try the new version 5.2 on the online demo:

• Live Real Estate Listing Script Demo
• Live Auto Classified Software Demo
• Live iLister Classified Script Demo

A changelog is also available for your review: iLister, iRealty, iAuto.
You are welcome to contact, email or chat with our Sales Team. Please send your requests to our Sales Team. We'll be happy to address your inquiries.

We’re 5 Years Old!

December 5, 2010 WorksForWeb holds the Fifth Anniversary of the Foundation.

Dear customers, we really appreciate the years of work and the trust you have in us!

Best Regards,
WorksForWeb

"I Want My Quote Now!", or Do’s and Don’ts in Formulating Customization Requests

Every working day we get requests from our customers that usually end with something like “Waiting for the quote ASAP!” It is fine with us when requests come well formulated, detailed, and illustrated, but what if they are not? Incomplete requests that lack detail and essence are impossible to work with, take too much time and effort, make everyone go through a nagging and tedious “Whaddayamean by ______ (fill in the blank)?” process, and are simply risky.

When there are risks involved, the cost of such project goes up. We waste time, you waste time, and all of us lose money in the process.

What should we do to avoid all of the above and what is your role in the process being the beneficiary of the project? Read here.

Ten Important Recommendations to the Buyers of WorksForWeb Scripts

If you are reading this article now, you must have already realized that you are going to set up a classified website, or you are seriously considering this option. You have obviously gone as far as doing a basic search among the alternatives available on the market.

Many people worldwide start their online classifieds projects, but not all of those projects become cash cows. It is important to start right and to continue the same way in order to succeed. In this article based entirely on our huge experience, we are going to take you through 10 very important steps that you should keep in mind to maximize the benefits from your classified project. Read 10 steps.

Using FTP Client to Modify Your Website

The idea of opening your own website based on classified software by WorksForWeb to showcase your goods or services is truly great. To bring it to life, you purchase the script, have tech support install it to your server, and you come to realize that you need to make a ton of changes to the way website looks and feels, such as:

• Replacing the sample logo with the logo of your company or website,
• Adjusting the default color scheme to match the ones of your logo, and
• The slogan in the header of your website has to be replaced to the one you came up with.

These are just a few of the tasks that you can take care of with the help of an FTP client. Read more at http://www.worksforweb.com/publications/using-FTP-client-to-modify-your-website/.

Long Way to Maturity: a Success Story of PHP As Web App Platform

PHP has been developed into a full-fledged alternative to a number of programming languages and Web development platforms such as Java/JSP, ASP.NET, and Ruby on Rails which are traditionally considered to be more advanced and/or mature than PHP.

Before going to the point, I would first like to give a definition of the concept of programming language maturity. Further on, I will go through the history of PHP outlining the most notable milestones PHP has passed through on its way to maturity. After that, I will highlight the practical outcomes of these milestones. Finally, I will summarize the above and share my views on the future of the PHP software development industry. Read the whole story.

WorksForWeb Classified Software Features: Password Recovery

WorksForWeb in all its classified scripts has a very helpful feature to recover forgotten passwords.

"Password Recovery" feature is automated and any admin action is not required.

iAuto, iRealty and iLister Classified Software Version 5.1 Released

The first week of October is marked with a new release of the classified solutions from WorksForWeb, namely, iAuto, iRealty, and iLister http://www.worksforweb.com/classifieds-software/. Version 5.1 contains a number of new features along with dozens of improvements and enhancements. Just a few of them:

• Listing Comments - visitors can add comments to listings
• Report Improper Content - visitors can inform administrator about improper content in comments or listing details
• New System of JPEG Image Quality Settings – administrator can set the image quality for listings
• Decimal data type was added to the fields with monetary values
• IP Blocklist Manager – administrator can block IP or IP range. List of IP/ IP range can be exported or imported
• Improved Listing Import – listings from several categories can be imported in the same file
• and more minor enhancements and improvements.

Find more details about iAuto, iRealty and iLister Classified Software version 5.1 release.

You are welcome to contact, email or chat with our Sales Team. Please send your requests to sales@iautosoftware.com, sales@irealtysoft.com or sales@ilistersoft.com respectively, or submit a new ticket. We'll be happy to address your inquiries.

WorksForWeb Classified Software Features: Google Maps in Listing Details

Classified Software by WorksForWeb offers option to display listing address/zip on the built-in Google Map. Users specify Zip Code, Address, City and State while adding ads and the location is displayed in the Google Maps section at the listing details page.

"Google Maps" integrated into a listing gives users a visual, intuitive way to find the seller’s location (or property location).

WorksForWeb Classified Software Features: Mark Listing as Sold

Classified Software by WorksForWeb gives a possibility to mark listings as sold. Items that are already sold will be clearly identifiable.

"Mark Listings as Sold" feature can be a great marketing anchor to display the effectiveness of the advertising at the particular iAuto-/iLister-/iRealty-based website, and attract new users. This practice stimulates new users to register and add their listings as they see the successful results achieved by the listings marked with "SOLD" sign.

Our Classifieds Community Grows and Prospers

Online classified giant Carsales.com, a recognized expert in financial investments, bought OZtion, Australia’s second largest online auction site, from Melbourne-based listed media company Jumbuck Entertainment – as is reported by Classifieds News Blog. Well, no surprise that Carsales.com specializing in auto classifieds now decides to extend their business and get a bigger bite out of classifieds market.

"This eCommerce and general classifieds solution is intended to allow our existing and future customers to access a wider range of products and services in a range of verticals – without leaving the key websites they know and trust." – commented the decision the representatives of the Carsales.com. Philip Druce, one of OZtion founders expressed confidence of success "our community grows and prospers", and we can’t help agreeing with Mr. Druce. We wish them continued success in the years ahead!

If you are inspired with successful experience by Carsales.com and you want to enlarge your business and offer general classifieds solution to you customers – you are welcome to WorksForWeb. WorksforWeb provides not only iAuto Car Classified Software but also iLister General Classified Script and iRealty Real Estate Classified Script for broadening your business horizons.

WorksForWeb Classified Software Features: Featured Listings on the Front Page

Classified Software by WorksForWeb gives a wonderful additional opportunity to promote listings at classified websites based on our scripts. Listings will appear in a special “Featured Ads” section.

Featured ads can be displayed in different ways. By default this section is displayed at the main page of the site where it gets the maximum exposure to the prospect buyers.

New Versions 5.0.2 of iAuto, iRealty and iLister Classified Software Available

WorksForWeb releases a new minor release of iLister 5.0.2, iRealty 5.0.2 and iAuto 5.0.2

We strive for improving usability and stability of our classified scripts and do our best to make them bug-free. A new version contains a number of improvements and bugfixes for the most recent major release. View Demo versions of iAuto Auto Classified Software, iRealty Real Estate Listing Script and iLister Business Listing Software.

A detailed list of improvements and bug fixes for the latest major release is available in the respective product changelogs:

• iLister Listing Script Changelog
• iRealty Property Listing Script Changelog
• iAuto Vehicle Classified Software Changelog

New customers: We will be happy to provide additional information about our products. Please send your requests to sales@iautosoftware.com, sales@irealtysoft.com or sales@ilistersoft.com respectively, or submit a new ticket. We look forward to your becoming our new customers.

Existing customers: For updates, patches and upgrades please contact our Support Team by sending your email to support@iautosoftware.com, support@irealtysoft.com and support@ilistersoft.com respectively, or submit a new ticket.

Online Advertising Exceeds $2 Billion

According to the "Online Advertising Expenditure Report" by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), online advertising expenditure in Australia has reached $2 billion. Well, this fact just reaffirm the obvious tendency and it makes us think this number will increase in the future. "Classifieds advertising expenditure was led by the real estate industry, followed by recruitment and then automotive," - reported IAB.

Therefore, we can hope for further growth in advertising expenditures and as a consequence some enlivening at these sectors. And Australia is not the only country to discover the trend. Classifieds websites related to auto, career and real estate industry all over the world will definitely increase their potential involving new markets and generating extra income for their owners. And while the giants of the on-line classifieds industry fight for their solid portion, small local classifieds websites continue to explore the potential and win their way to the top.

WorksForWeb is oriented to the recent trends and marketing forecasts and helps business starters to build classifieds startups worldwide. WorksForWeb offers a wide range of classified solutions: iRealty Real Estate Script – for housing market, iAuto Classified Software for automotive industry and iLister Classified Script for any type of classifieds websites.

Banner Management Addon for iAuto, iRealty, iLister Version 5.0 Available

Banner Management Addon for iAuto, iRealty, iLister Version 5.0 is available. The new version of Banner Management Addon contains the profound changes in performance as well as advanced statistics features like:

• Banner Lifetime (Admin can set the number of days while the banner is active)
• Banner Exposure statistics
• IP of the visitor who clicks the banner

The Banner Management add-on is not a part of WorksForWeb product default package for distribution. It can be purchased separately for your WorksForWeb product-based website for additional cost from the Sales Department.

For details, please visit the Banner Management Addon page.

RTL Templates for iAuto-, iRealty-, iLister 5.0 Available

WorksForWeb announces that RTL (right-to-left) template themes for iAuto-, iRealty-, iLister 5.0 are available for our new or existing Arabic, Persian and Hebrew speaking customers.

Now we can offer the following RTL templates:

• Countryside template theme for iRealty Real Estate Script
• Orange template theme for iAuto Classified Software
• iLister Standard theme for iLister Classified Software

For details on how to obtain the themes please contact our Sales Department.

Please, note that we offer Template Customization Services for our valued clients. Here you can get more info about template customization, buying a third party templates and submitting your own graphic template.

New Stable Versions 5.0.1 of iAuto, iRealty and iLister Classifieds Software Available

WorksForWeb releases a new minor release of iLister 5.0.1, iRealty 5.0.1 and iAuto 5.0.1

A new version contains a number of enhancements, improvements and bugfixes for the most recent major release. View Demo versions of iAuto Auto Classified Software, iRealty Real Estate Listing Script and iLister Business Listing Software.

A detailed list of enhancements, improvements and bug fixes for the latest major release is available in the respective product changelogs:

• iLister Listing Script Changelog
• iRealty Property Listing Script Changelog
• iAuto Vehicle Classified Software Changelog

New customers: We will be happy to provide additional information about our products. Please send your requests to sales@iautosoftware.com, sales@irealtysoft.com or sales@ilistersoft.com respectively, or submit a new ticket. We look forward to your becoming our new customers.

Existing customers: For updates, patches and upgrades please contact our Support Team by sending your email to support@iautosoftware.com, support@irealtysoft.com and support@ilistersoft.com respectively, or submit a new ticket.

iLister, iRealty and iAuto Classifieds Software V5.0 Released

WorksForWeb proudly presents iLister, iRealty and iAuto Classifieds Software v5.0 release http://www.worksforweb.com/. The 5-th version contains the profound changes in software speed and performance as well as a number of new features long awaited by existing customers and the general public. Just a few of them:

• A considerable performance acceleration due to the database architecture modification
• New template system with inheritance – a totally new scheme for theme management
• Significant improvements in speed and shrinking page load time
• Extended browsing opportunities - visitors can browse within specified browsing levels
• Improved search among users - search within all available User Groups by Common User Profile fields
• and more then 60 minor enhancements and bugfixes.

Redesigned directory structure, extended and improved documentation, code optimization aimed at the server load balancing as well as high speed, reliable performance and proven usability make WorksForWeb products a dream turnkey classified solution for Web developers.
Find more details about iLister, iRealty and iAuto Classifieds Software v5.0 release.
You are welcome to contact, email or chat with our Sales Team. Please send your requests to sales@iautosoftware.com, sales@irealtysoft.com or sales@ilistersoft.com respectively, or submit a new ticket. We'll be happy to address your inquiries.

Special Offer for Classifieds Software by WorksForWeb Prolonged

WorksForWeb announces the prolongation of Early Summer Promo. We received outstanding feedback from our clients regarding our special offer. Now we have decided to prolong this offer until July 15, 2010. So you still have time to get a choice between the two deals for Standard Editions of WorksForWeb classifieds software: 15% discount OR $70 Paypal cashback.

You are welcome to check the terms and conditions for the details! Take your chance and get more information about the offer contacting our Sales Team.

Early Summer Promo for Classifieds Software by WorksForWeb

WorksForWeb announces a summer discount/rebate campaign for iAuto, iRealty or iLister classifieds scripts. Only for two weeks in June will you be able to purchase Standard Edition of the classifieds software AND get either a 15% discount or a $70 Paypal cashback. What’s so cool about this offer? For $70 you can upgrade to a better hotel suite from one night to a whole week, or hire a car for two days, or buy a two-day pass to the rides for your kid.

Attention! It is a limited time offer ending 30 June 2010. Early Summer Promo - Save Cash for Your Holiday! Don't let this money-saving opportunity pass you by! Take your chance and get more information about the offer contacting our Sales Team.

New iRealty Lang File Available

We are glad to announce that new Bulgarian lang file is available for iRealty 4.8.1 classified software. You can request the language file from the Support Department by opening a ticket and providing your installation URL and your proof of purchase.

WorksForWeb Classifieds Software Features: CAPTCHA for Forms

Spammers can use automated tools to post many unwanted messages very quickly. To protect a website from their attacks, WorksForWeb added CAPTCHA in all their classified scripts.

CAPTCHA is a Completely Automated Public Turing test used to ensure that the response is not generated by a computer. Humans can easily pass this test but computers will hopefully fail.

New iLister Lang Files Available

We are glad to announce that new Arabic and French lang files are available for iLister Classified Software. These files were kindly provided by Maraya Media.

You can request the language files from the Support Department by opening a ticket and providing your installation URL and your proof of purchase.

WorksForWeb Classifieds Software Features: Watermark for Uploaded Images

WorksForWeb Classified Software provides users with watermark for uploaded images.

Sharing photos online is risky from the copyright perspective. Someone could take the images for their own use. Watermark for Uploaded Images is the most effective and simple way to protect images and indicate copyrights or identification.

WorksForWeb Classifieds Software Features: Loan Calculator

This is a helpful feature offered by WorksForWeb Classified Software. Loan calculator is used to estimate monthly payments of a loan.

WorksForWeb Online Classifieds Software Features: Tell a Friend

A research by eMarketers.com showed that more than half of Internet users (53%) had visited websites referred by friends or family members. Taking it into consideration WorksForWeb offers Tell a Friend feature for their classified software...

Six Myths about Nulled Scripts, or There’s No Such Thing as Free Lunch

Once every so often our customers are asking us how come on some websites our classified software is sold at a fraction of price or is even free. They further ask how come they have to pay for the software if they can download it for free. Those questions are legitimate and deserve a separate article below.

Most of you have already seen popular software brands and packages available on certain websites such as Germany-based Rapidshare and the likes. The software is offered free of charge or for a nominal price with the labels “Nulled” or “Software Name + keygen”, etc. This essentially means that the software anti-piracy mechanisms have been illegally tampered with or re-engineered. This is a common plague that the entire software industry is suffering from to a certain degree, and the more popular the software becomes, the more frequently its defenses are being tested (sometimes successfully).

Many potential customers share one or more of the six common myths about the use of nulled scripts. Let us take a closer look at those myths...

Online Classifieds Software Features: Saved Searches and Saved Ads

Saved Searches and Saved Ads features were implemented for the convenience of users. Users of the website based on WorksForWeb Online Classified Software who regularly search for certain items can save time by saving their searches or save ads that they like.

Using saved searches and ads users will not need to remember listing ID or re-enter search criteria. Later they can run a saved search to check for new ads to the search results.

WorksForWeb Classifieds Ads Software Features: Compare Listings

Compare Listings is a great feature offered by WorksForWeb Classified Software. This feature lets users choose any number of listings and compare them all on one page, side-by-side.

Many popular Web services that are considered market leaders, and most classifieds products, set a limit to a maximum number of listings that can be compared against each other. In WorksForWeb classifieds ads software you can compare 2, 5, 10 or 20 listings...

WorksForWeb Classifieds Ads Software Features: YouTube Feature

To help users to promote their listings and increase profits for owners of the websites based at our real estate website classified software, YouTube video option was implemented. The video from YouTube sharing service that is clear and representative will help to attract more buyers and generate more sales.

Online Classifieds Software Features: Slideshow Feature

Online classified software from WorksForWeb provides the greatest business opportunities available to earn money. This software includes options that help users to promote their listings and bring additional profits to owners of the websites based at our classifieds software. One of these options is Image SlideShow.

Catch Buyers Attention And Drive On-Line Sales At Classified Ads Site

Too often I am asked the question by people who are selling online via classified ads sites, “why items at equal prices from the same site are selling differently”? For example, two online sellers offer cell phones. Of course, good technical parameters and low price are what potential buyers look for. In our case, the cell phones have the same technical parameters and the sellers set the equal prices. But how to explain the situation when one seller has a lot of sales and another hasn’t sold them at all?

Creating an attractive listing at a classified website with good visual effects is critical to the success of getting your item sold. It is a vital step in the selling process. The purchase starts when your product attracts your client's attention. Your potential buyers can not view or touch your products in reality. They are trying to compose their opinion only according to the product visuals.

Read more how to catch buyers attention and drive on-line sales at а classified ads site.

Detailed feature description for classified ads scripts by WorksForWeb available

We enhanced our classified software feature lists with the detailed descriptions for Credit Points System feature! Instant attention-getter for ads – Highlight Ads feature and Rating For Listings Feature are also described in details. Check them all!

Hosted2Standard Upgrade Campaign Launched

Tired of the winter and eager to change things for the better? The time for transformation has come! WorksForWeb announces Limited time offer for all Hosted Edition owners of iRealty real estate script , iAuto auto classifieds script and iLister Listing Script: “Hosted2Standard Upgrade”.

Get more details about the Hosted2Standard Upgrade Campaign at WorksForWeb official website.

Don't let this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity pass you by!

Welcome to WorksForWeb Corporate Blog

Greetings from WorksForWeb!

We wanted to let everyone know that we launch a new blog to help people connect with each other. This is an invitation to join us.

• Want to know the way to start your online business using Classified Scripts?
• How to choose a classified script right for you?
• How to promote your website in the Internet and get more traffic?
• Or what should you do to make your online business more profitable?
• Maybe you try to customize your website by yourself using html and php and have questions in this matter.

Help us to know what problems you run into.

Hopefully the blog discussions will be not only entertaining, but also useful and interesting. If you are confronted with difficulties, you have a place where you can ask for advice. Learn while you browse WorksForWeb’s blog!

You may have already resolved your problem. We want you also be involved in discussions to help others find a right answer.

If you have innovative ideas or creative thoughts and want to share them, you are welcome!

You are invited to our blog! We are looking forward to seeing you here.

WorksForWeb Team