They all sound good.

The newsletter idea is a great one that I've thought of myself. The problem is that the newsletter is hand written and isn't dynamic. The SweepsCheck feature uses javascript and there is no way to send javascript via email and have it pass virus filters and such. We had to trim down the last version of the newsletter because it was being rejected for images and size. Getting emails delivered is a tricky business because of what spammers have done.

All that being said I think I could work around this problem with a little extra code. I'll add this idea to the list. Thank You. 

I'll give this some thought. Thank You.

I missed this post while the voting was open but would like to add my 2 cents (ok, maybe just 1 cent worth).

I would like to be able to sort sweeps by 2 or more options.  Such as # of hits and expiration date.

Thanks for a great site.

The option for frequency (such as: one per person, one per household, etc.) is supposed to be implemented soon.  I hope that it doesn't get lost in the shuffle as it is an absolute necessity in households with more than one sweeper.  You know, husband and wife, or room mates or parents who enter and their kids also enter, etc.  Most of the good sweep sites have it.  That is the only real  necessity (besides a good internal search engine) that this fabulous site lacks. That's also the only reason that I go to other sweeps sites - to quickly find out the frequency.  I wish I didn't have to do that, though.  The other suggestions are good, too, such as having a cd, dvd section, etc.  Thanks.

This feature has been implemented today. Look for the "limit" label in the listings. It will take some time before all the listings will have data in this field. Starting today I have informed the editors to start populating that data.

 

The daily category is a good example of why we need the 1 PP. Some dailes allow more than 1 entry per day. I think its better to state it for all rather than just say PP. Thats just my opinion and maybe others can chime in. We just want to stay with a consistent format. 

Thank You,

-Ken

These will be done in the order of the voting starting with Custom My Sweepstakes categories.

Thank You. 

I was hoping to be able to put creative-type sweeps, such as essay and recipe sweeps, in a custom category.

Perhaps the user can name the category, and each sweep has an option allowing it to be filed by the member.

Thanks for implementing the upgrades. Good on ya!

Thanks, looking forward to seeing what's new. It's nice that changes and upgrades happen here continuously and without fanfare. 

Not too late, but admin is working on an upgrade that will make it unnecessary to add more categories:

Custom my Sweeps category...this would be a great way to organize sweeps

Hi,

We are still working on this change. It ended up being a little deeper that first thought.
We also have to make sure that we don't sacrifice performance with any changes.

Hang in there! 

Hi,

Just an update. It is taking much longer than expected to do the My Sweepstakes custom categories change. In the meantime we have been making some other smaller changes. You will notice a new easier to use tabbed search box on most of the SA pages. There was also a forum software upgrade to the most recent version. There have also been several bug fixes. The most recent being an email reminders fix.

We'll try to do a better job at setting expectations going forward and we appreciate your patience.

-Ken

I see what you mean. It only seems to happen on the main page search box. The smaller search box that appears in the new section and in the categories does not seem to have this short delay. I'll check it out. Thanks for the heads up.