Howdy,

I've received some good feedback on issues on the product edit/add/delete manager areas.

Here are the changes that have been implemented so far:

1) maxlength of most database fields allow for more information to be input. Some are doubled & tripled in the max number of characters allowed. Userfields are now doubled. Image name and category name, are also lengthened considerably.

2) adding clearer infomation next to some of the boxes.

3) added some links and notes at bottom of the add and edit screens. Still a bit ugly, but allows folks to see some of the key information without wondering where to look. Links open new browser window.

4) the previously posted user field name/title overhaul. This is a really cool update for those struggling to remember what each userfield was being used for. this allows user defined changes the titles for the userfields in the Add Product and Edit Product screens.

5) added more image upload boxes.

6) doubled the viewable area on the description field. Increased from 5 rows to 10 rows that can be seen before scrolling intervention is needed.

7) default number of products show in each category was increased from 25 to 100.

8) navigation for additional & previous pages of products within a category are now showing at bottom as well as the top of the screens

9) created routines to filter out all carriage returns, spaces ,newlines, and tabs on image names, prices, shipping info, and item numbers/IDs DB fields.

10) tabs, carriage returns, and newlines removed from all other database fields. Duplicate spaces and white space removed from all userfields, the description, and the product name.

11) #9 and #10 jointly will cut down 98% of cut and paste errors that grab invisible characters and spaces at both ends for those fields that these issues are critical on, in regards to parsing out the products/database for AgorCart generated pages. This is also a big help, I think, in eliminating some of those hidden errors we all have troubles seeing (spaces and hidden white space characters like the dreaded tabs and carriage returns).

There were other items I wish I could have added, such as a search box onthe delete screen, much like that found onteh edit product screen. Hoever, due to the way the items are deleted, this would not allow double checking to ensure you really wanted to delte the product... especially if you entered the wrong item number by accident. This aspct might be explored later, but for this round of development, it will be skipped.

I am really looking forward to this new cart release, and I'm hoping that it will be as useful as I envision it now with all these really cool changes.

Well, time for me to get back to work. Until next time, Mister Ed has left the stables...

Mister Ed ... of course ... of course