OpenNeo

While waiting for the server upgrade for the most requested DTI feature ever, we’ve been working hard on the second most requested feature: the ability to track the items you own and want. We did it, and did it pretty darn well. Here’s the scoop:

• Track your items: If you’re logged in, you should see on any item’s page the “I own this” and “I want this” buttons. If you say you own or want it, it’ll be added to Your Items, and be marked with a spiffy little icon across the whole site. You can also add items straight from the Your Items page with the neato autocompleting search form.
• Sort into lists: You make lists of items you own or want, like an Up For Trade list, for example, or a list of items you still need for that next big outfit. Simple but powerful. Also, you can drag-and-drop to and from lists on Your Items, which, during testing, was hours of fun on its own.
• Fine-tune privacy: Each of your lists has its own privacy switch, as do the items that aren’t in any list. You can make items private so no one else can see them, public so that anyone who goes to your items page can see them, or trading so that your name is listed on an item’s Infinite Closet page.
• Trading 2.0: An item’s Infinite Closet page now includes a list of users who own or want that item and want to trade. So, if you need an item, you can see who has it and check to see if you have any items they want in exchange. It’s all very spiffy. Also, you can add your Neopets username to your lists page to make it easy for potential traders to Neomail you.
• Import Neopets closet: I’m going to let the Neopets closet importer speak for itself. In short, you can get up and running with the items you own within seconds, and it’s pretty darn easy. Give it a shot :)
• Export to Neopets petpage: The Neopets petpage exporter is similarly straightforward: your public items compiled into a simple but elegant petpage format. No need to send users offsite to share your trade lists with the Neoboards, am I right?

And that’s just the first iteration. As always, I’m looking forward to hearing from y’all on what works well, what doesn’t, and what we should improve. Please post specific ideas in our feedback forum, and send general praise or bug reports to webmaster@openneo.net.

Also, though I’m usually really, really good at responding to emails, I’m going to be spending all day tomorrow, August 1, with my little sister. Bonding and whatnot. Still, please drop me a line, and I’ll be sure to get to you as soon as I can :)

Thanks as always for your continued support! At time of writing, we’re $56 away from our fundraising goal. If you’re excited about this new feature and Dress to Impress in general, please donate to help us reach our goal. Thanks again!

Happy trading!