Hey guys,
that is a pop up banner that is SUPPOSED to be for first time buyers to encourage them to take the plunge. Theoretically it is supposed to relate to your login and work out if you are a mrsnuff newbie or not. I guess it isn’t working perfectly…oh well. I might have to get on to IT to tweak it. I did notice a few familiar names who definitely weren’t newbies but used the code. Mr O…glad the others helped you out; I wasn’t too sure what you meant at first.
BTW: Don’t apologize for buggin me: you’re not. All feedback/questions/constructive criticism etc is definitely welcome. I have had some of the best ideas from snuffhouse.
One idea from here which we will implement soon is the wishlist. We have the module ready to go, we just have to test it, install it and hope we don’t down the site!
Wait till you see mrsnuff v4.0. I can’t wait to get that rolled out. Funky new menus that allow much simpler drilling down to whatever you want.
Also we are testing another idea: let’s say you are looking for McChrystal’s OnG. Right now you have the option of selecting British, McChrystal’s, the size, then the flavor. 4 steps to get to OnG. Well the new way of doing it is to create a parent ‘product’ with a bunch of children. So instead of being faced with having to select a size, you select a flavor and all the sizes are listed as children underneath. From that one page you can put whatever you like in your cart in whatever quantities with one click. It is really cool…at least I think so 
Point is…keep the ideas rolling out. Whatever makes things easier is always good. I am a firm believer that if someone is having difficulties on the site that is our problem (fault) not the user’s. Websites should be easy and intuitive to navigate for anyone…even my mother. When she booked herself four seats on a flight one time, that is the fault of the website designer, not her. Just because she thought that if she shut down her computer and started again her problems would be solved, well…so what? Seems dumb to a digital native, but she’s a digital immigrant, so what do you expect?
Anyway…you see my philosophy on things. She should have been able to easily see that she had screwed things up and been presented with an option to do something about it before her credit card was charged four times; or even if after, it still should have been easy and intuitive. (have to admit though, it did make me laugh a little. Just the idea of her panicking and switching everything off, even to the extent of unplugging her computer. Like that would achieve anything! But at least she is online buying stuff unlike many of her generation who are convinced it is ‘not safe’. Like it is any ‘safer’ to hand over your card to a sales clerk or phone it in.)
Obviously as the site grows and we offer a wider and wider selection (over 1600 items and growing), it becomes more difficult. But again that is our problem. Hence the reason your input is so valuable. So thanks for any and all comments!
Dave