https://www.linickx.com/Wed, 07 Dec 2005 09:04:00 +0000https://www.linickx.com/calcylator-update<p>I think it's worth updating you, progress is slow, but I'm doing my best to be consistent, hopefully after the x-mas chaos, and with my health improving things will pick up again.</p> <p>I've had a few issues with fee calculations, take a look at this:</p> <p><strong>Closing Fee over �600</strong>: (From: <a href="http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/fees.html">eBay.co.uk Fees</a>)</p> <blockquote> <p>5.25% of the initial �29.99 (�1.57), plus 3.25% of the initial �30.00 - �599.99 (�18.53), plus 1.75% of the remaining closing value balance</p> </blockquote> <p>Have you ever looked at how complicated ebay fees can get ? I've had a bug reported that closing fee's weren't being calculated correctly, basically I typo'd a <em>&gt;</em> rather than <em>&gt;=</em> and this was causing the function to fail under certain circumstances, the up-shot, closing fee's not being added to some transactions.</p> <p><em>99p listing fees were also effected by a similar bug - DOH !</em></p> <p>Anyway onto some good news, I shall be focusing on two new features (<a href="https://www.linickx.com/archives/346/no-longer-associated-with-calcylator">todo page</a> updated), 1 improving the work flow so things feel quicker, the server and page response is excellent, but users just feel they are spending too much time typing stuff in; so I'm going to add a <em>Sell Similar</em> function - like what ebay do. The second will be fee variations, so shops &amp; non-UK users can get involved !</p> <p>The help section has also been updated with an <a href="https://www.linickx.com/archives/346/no-longer-associated-with-calcylator">link to us page</a> so you can now share your favorite calculator with the world !<br /> These are the graphics I've done so far, if you're a paint wizard, please <a href="https://www.linickx.com/archives/346/no-longer-associated-with-calcylator">let me know</a>.</p> <div style="text-align:center"> [*Images removed*](https://www.linickx.com/archives/346/no-longer-associated-with-calcylator) </div>nickWed, 07 Dec 2005 09:04:00 +0000tag:www.linickx.com,2005-12-07:calcylator-updatecalculatorcalcylatorebayprofithttps://www.linickx.com/bug-hunting-calcylator<p>Nearly 10days in, and the bug hunt is in full swing, to be honest life is slowing me down !</p> <p>I've learnt an important lesson it is <strong>impossible</strong> to fully bug hunt your own app, I know this seems obvious, but the scale of this truth isn't apparent until someone else starts pulling apart what you have done.</p> <p>Feedback so far:</p> <ul> <li>Many Pages: £ Signs were being formatted incorrectly - <em>fixed</em></li> <li>Profit Report: Needs simple funds in &amp; out calculation at bottom - <em>added</em></li> <li>Edit sold page: Error - Cannot update postage type - <em>removed</em></li> <li>Edit sold page: Massive Bug - fees increment without updating any information - <em>fixed</em></li> <li>Sell Page: "please type description here" - reported as annoying - <em>removed</em></li> <li>Help Info: Paypal fees used not shown anywhere - <em>Added <a href="https://www.linickx.com/archives/346/no-longer-associated-with-calcylator">paypal helpfile</a></em></li> </ul> <p>As a permanent record of feedback received, but not yet implemented please see the <a href="https://www.linickx.com/archives/346/no-longer-associated-with-calcylator">project todo list</a>.</p>nickTue, 22 Nov 2005 14:55:00 +0000tag:www.linickx.com,2005-11-22:bug-hunting-calcylatorcalculatorcalcylatorebayprofit