Homepage Banner improvements etc.

[iCraft Admin]

Just wanted to give you a quick update on what's coming soon.

1. Homepage Banner Improvements
We are searching for great product images right now to showcase those products in the main banner space on the homepage. Currently, you see an image of the pretty girl with the welcome message there.

We are planning to rotate messages and images in that space and give your wonderful creations more exposure on the site.
You will still see the current banner image, but only sometimes. If you visit homepage second time or come back often, we'll skip default banner image and start with the product slideshow.

2. Online Status Indicator
Before releasing "Live Help" feature, we are going to implement "Your Online Status Indicator", so the site visitors could see that you are currently Online (meaning logged-in) on iCraftGifts.com.

We are also going to add a few optional fields on your Profile page, allowing you to specify your ICQ, MSN Messenger, Skype, Yahoo Messenger etc. ID. This will allow those users who are browsing your product pages, see that you are online, let's say on Skype, and start chatting with you on Skype. This will be completely up to you what other messaging service you'll mention on your iCraft Profile.

We'd love to hear what messaging/social media services you use and where you spend most of the time chatting with others. Do you think having the ability to connect with your potential iCraftGifts.com buyers on other sites would be beneficial to you?

Thanks!