To install, just download the widget (click the image below) and it will automatically add to your dashboard (if it doesn’t install automatically save the file to your computer then click the downloaded file)

To use the widget follow these steps

1. Click the ‘i’ button on the bottom right to get to the back panel
2. Add the username of the user you want to follow (this is the name at the end of their URL, without any spaces)
3. Choose which list or activity feed you want to display with the drop down
4. If you want to see another list the user has created (not on the drop down), select “Other List” on the drop down and add the list name in the box below (this is the name at the end of the list URL, without any spaces)
5. Click “Done” and you will return to the front panel which will show your automatically updating feed

We hope you enjoy using our site after the latest round of developments, we’d like to thank Aimee Daniells, who has been helping develop all the great new features we have added in recent months – many thanks!

RSS Feeds

You can now get RSS feed for every public list and also activity streams.

• Watch your friends lists and see updates of what they add
• Watch your network activity to see updates of everything all your friends add
• Watch your own lists so you can access them easily

This means you can get constantly refreshed updates anywhere there is an RSS reader – on your iPhone, on your Google homepage, on your Mac dashboard!

If you are new to RSS feeds they are really simple – just a URL that you add into an RSS reader.  To get the RSS feed URL just click the RSS icon next to each list / activity stream or the RSS icon in your browser address window – simple! Your RSS feeds willl keep updating frequently to make sure you can see any recent changes from boxedup.

RSS readers can be found for free or very cheaply all over the web, or you can use our Mac Dashboard Widget to which will allow you to access all your RSS feeds easily.

List Tags

Did you know that you can add tags to each of your products so that you, or anyone visiting your list can filter the list with those tags?

• Just want to see everything tagged with DVD’s or Music?
• Just want to see Clothes or Shoes?

To add tags you can edit each product and add as many tags as you want. Once you’ve added some tags, they appear on the right hand side, and just click one to add the filter! (click remove to go back to normal view)

Homepage

Lastly we’ve updated the homepage  so you can see the last few posts from our blog, which will keep you up to date with any changes we make – in fact you might be reading this now on our homepage. Happy Shopping!

Drag + Drop reordering

• If you look at your lists now, you can change the order really easily by just grabbing each item (there is a button in the bottom right of each list item) and dragging it up and down to reorder.

• If you can’t drag your list items – please make sure you have javascript turned on in your browser.

View more items per page

• At the top of your list are new buttons allowing you to show 10, 20 or 50 items per page.

• You can use this with the reordering function above to reorder your whole list and make sure the things you want the most are right at the top.

Bookmark

• We’ve improved the bookmark so it is better at getting your product data from websites. It also grabs multiple images so you can choose the best one for your product.
• Click on the image itself, or on the arrows underneath to select your image.

• There are so many websites out there that there will always be some that are really difficult to extract, but we’ve seen a big improvement since last week.

I Want / I Have buttons

• Clicking any of the ‘I Want’ or  ‘I Have’ buttons will add the item to your Want or Have list, but you will stay on your current page on boxedup.
• The link will update with a tick to show you it has been added.

List Items

We’ve also improved some list functions to help you use your lists more easily,

• Delete            - Your item is removed more quickly without reloading the page.
• Move Item    - When you move an item, you stay on the same page and the page doesn’t reload, making it quicker to move things around.
• Make #1        - Moves your item to the top of your list, but doesn’t reload the page.

We have also cleaned up a couple of the other functions at the top so they are laid out better. Why not try moving some items around to try out these new functions!

We will be improving your lists more over the next few days – happy shopping!

Some websites are more difficult than others to grab images from – so if you have added a product and it has no image, follow these quick steps to get one added back in.

• Add the product like normal – we will edit it afterwards to add in the image
• Find the product in your list and click the ‘edit’ link underneath.

• You can edit the title, description, price, currency and tags here as well as the image.
• Save the product image to your computer (right click and save in document or desktop, you can delete it immediately afterwards)
• Next to item image. click ‘browse’ to view your computer, choose the image then click open.

• Now your product has an image attached and you can delete the file from your computer.

• Birthday lists
  “It’s the easiest way for my family to see what I want each year. I just keep adding things to my birthday list throughout the year, and my folks don’t even need ask what I want anymore.”

• Wedding List
  “We didn’t want everything from a single store, and some stuff was quite weird so we made our own list. Everyone could reserve the things they were going to get and we got lots of nice presents.”

• Shopping Research List
  “I bought a TV recently – I ended up looking at loads of models. I made a new list with all the different TV’s so I could see them all together and choose more easily.”

• I Have Lists
  “I’ve made lists of all the stuff I’ve got. Hopefully my family will look through them and buy something decent for a change!”

• Hidden Lists
  “When I see good presents for my family I add them to a private list only I can see. If I’m ever stuck at birthdays I know I always have some good ideas.”

So if you haven’t thought about using your lists like those above – now you know!

Fixes & Functions

• Currencies
  • Missing currency on some items were causing problems for some users which meant that they couldn’t edit or move list items. This is now fixed, items can be edited and the full range of currencies is available when you add any new products.

• Reordering Lists
  • You can now reorder your lists by price, recent or alphabetically to help you find your product more easily.

• Alphabetised lists on profile page
  • For those of you who have a lot of lists, these are now in alphabetical order on your profile page (after your 2 default lists Things I Want + Things I have)

• Move / edit / delete list item
  • Some migrated products without a price or currency were cause errors while moving / editing / deleting. This is now fixed and all items should be able to be deleted / moved etc.

• Birthday emails
  • Some users have not been receiving birthday reminders (10 days before a users birthday). A small bug was fixed, however, please make sure that you have birthday emails option ticked in your account settings.

Known Bugs

• Move Up / Down not showing for some products
  • Very few instances of list items not showing the correct ‘move up’ and ‘move down’ links

• Time out page / “There has been a problem”
  • If you see the ‘There has been a problem’ error page, this may well be due to a system timeout. Please try the link again, in most cases this will work.

• Widget, RSS & Facebook apps
  • These are currently unavailable

Reserving Products

In order to reserve an item, you must be logged in and also be friends with the other person.

• Under each item in your friend’s lists is a reserve button, unless somebody else has already reserved it.
• By clicking this you will have reserved the item and a ‘reserve’ icon will appear next to the list item.
• All other users (logged in or not) will be able to see this. The user themselves might be able to see this depending on their User Settings (see section below)

Once You’ve Given The Gift

Once you have reserved a gift, it will appear on your account reservations page where you can manage your reserved items on your account page.

• If you need to unreserve the item, click ‘unreserve’ beneath the item.
• Once you have given the item to your friend you can click the “I have given this to xxxxxx” button.
• Your friend will receive an email letting them know that you have given them the item and the email contains a link which moves the item from their ‘want lists’ to their ‘have list’, keeping their account up to date.

User Settings

Once someone has reserved an item for a friend, all visitors to the page will be able to see that it has been reserved (whether they are logged in or not). The only exception to this is the user who owns the list. In your settings page, each user can choose whether they would like to see what has been reserved for them or whether reserved icons should remain hidden.

• Go to your Settings page and select the “I like Suprises! Don’t show me when something’s been reserved for me” button.
• Tick the box if you don’t want to see what has been reserved for you.
• Untick the box if you want to know!

Please update your bookmarks

• You can log into the site with your existing details
• you will need to delete the old bookmark in your browser and add the new one so you can add products!
• Donwload new bookmark here

The bookmark is how you add products to your lists. You will need to add the new bookmark to your browser so you can add products to your lists. Go here to do that now.

Problems with your account?

If you can’t access your account please contact us on support@boxedup.com. The data on the new site was migrated a couple of weeks ago and as a result new items added to the old site rather than new may not be in your account.