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OK ~ I got distracted with one other item before I got to the mass edits thing. If you go to your Profile page, you’ll see there are a lot of extra graphics customizations you can now add to your store, including button images for the link back to your main page, to the past items page, etc. In addition, if you’d like to add a counter to your store, you can go to statcounter.com, sign up for an account, and C&P the counter code into the text box on your Profile page.

I had to make quite a few changed to the store pages, but everything should look exactly the same. If you notice anything acting funny, please send me an e-mail. I tried to make sure I entered the correct data for everyone who had a counter or any customized graphics in place. If I forgot you, please let me know!

Also, I fixed a bug with stocking items in a category store. When you add a new item now, the category you define will stay set (previously, you had to go back and edit the category).

Also, if you haven’t already, please join the Hyenacart Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hyenacart/

We have had a *serious* influx of new HC stores the past few days and I just wanted to thank you again for your wonderful support!

All this action has re-inspired me to get coding on some features I’ve been meaning to add for a while. The first one will be mass edits to allow you to change the preview status of many items at the same time. I was also going to make it possible to delete a lot of items as a group as well. Is there any other toggle you’d like to be able to switch en masse?

Another idea I had was to have a directory of HC stores broken down by category to make it easier for the customers to shop. It will probably replace the “powered by HC” page and will just have our banners in random rotation at the top. It would have a list of wool soaker mamas, fitteds, AIO’s, etc. and you’d be able to list in multiple categories. Please e-mail me with a general category name for your store if you think I might forget to list it.

I will try to get at least these two things implemented in the next few weeks. I have a bunch of other things I’d like to code, but I’d love to get input from you as well.

Oh, one other thing. I just wanted to be totally clear on payment. You do *not* have to pay for months when you aren’t planning on stocking your store. So you could stock your store, then have a baby and take a one year break. Then just pay $5 and start stocking again. In the time when your payment is expired, customers will still be able to purchase things from your store, but you won’t be able to edit or add items.

Thanks again everyone. Please feel free to contact me with any questions/problems/suggestions