Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Last fall, I developed an interface that provides a randomly generated list of automobile photos, descriptions and links for a selected number of cars- currently available through the dealer. An illustration of the interface is shown on the right.
The interface is a quick executing Java Servlet-- which accesses the current inventory maintained with the management service the dealer uses. In this case autofind.com. Placement of the advertisement can be anywhere on the a publisher's site and customized to use current page styling.
The more button at the bottom allows visitors to scan through the dealers inventory.
Last fall, when I initially promoted the interface there was some interest-- however I did not get much further than that. I am again promoting the tool- because [1] I think it could be useful for small dealers that want to place ads quickly with online publications and [2] I want to show the type of interfaces I offer small businesses who want to promote their services and products via online publications.
QiSoftware offers custom advertisement interfaces which can be in place in a matter of hours.
Today, when I tested this interface-- using NetBeans, I found it was inoperable. The inventory service changed layouts. I repaired the interface in a matter of minutes and since I maintain copies of all client interfaces, can ensure yours too- are never in disrepair.
