Postcode search on its way!

One of the biggest comments I am getting is weather or not there is a better way to search by location. It didnt occur to me as a problem to begin with because I live in Newport a fairly small city in south wales. And so there is only really one area. But in places like Manchester and Leeds there are many areas covering a huge distance. And so it has been suggested that I change from asking what town you live in, to what is your postcode. I have been working tirelessly today trying to get this working, and still isnt quite there. I have emailed a tech friend to see if he can help out. At present if I enter my postcode to the search engine it tells me london is over 3000 miles away! So not very good at the moment. Hopefully by the end of the tomz it will be working. Bonne Nuit guys.

iGotMoney live and online!

iGotMoney is now live and online! Pretty much everything seems to be working on it. Although I have yet to check it out in internet explorer. It has loads of bits and bobs to play about with. I have also included a forum room so reps can now chat to one another offering advice on how to make a sale etc. I have also now managed to work it so no one has to literally sign a contract and post it down to me. Now by registering as a rep you automatically accept the contract and terms and conditions. This will hopefully speed things up dramatically. I will be emailing everyone who contacted me about working for iGotMunchies and tell them to register on this site as things are explained in a much easier fashion.

I look forward to hearing your feedback.

A lot of development work tonight for the reps.

I posted a ad on gumtree a couple of days ago and have received well over a 100 responses from people all over the country wanting to help out. Unfortunately I don't think I was nesseseraly prepared with the information people required to go out and sell the adverts. And so after some great help from a guy called Richard Madders and the hundreds of emails I have been receiving full of questions about the job. I decided to make things a little easier.

Tomorrow will launch a new section of the site called iGotMoney. iGotMoney is an exclusive section of the site only available to people who want to work with iGotMunchies. The section will be loaded with stats, information, help, advice and numerous other bits and bobs. It will also hold check lists of what you have to do, and the documentation that needs to be completed by the restaurants. I have even included a nice little balance counter at the top that will tell you exactly how much you have earnt. As you will see in the picture attached to this post.

I also made contact with the welsh business angles today. The angles are like the dragons off dragons den, but I hear are a much nicer bunch. And so next Tuesday I will try and arrange a meeting with the area manager, to chat about possible investment for iGotMunchies.

Numerous universities onboard

Hey guys just a quick update. I wanted to say a big thanks to everyone who has been getting involved in the site and epically to the following universities,

Sheffield Hallam,
University of Sterling,
University of Bath,
and of course University of Wales, Newport.

If you are a Sab, student or employee of another university why not get yours on board?

Application approved!

Great news guys. It has only been a couple of days and already the iGotMunchies Facebook application has been approved! This is fantastic news as any one can now find the app on Facebook through their application directory. The app already has many users and I am sure soon enough it will have many many more.

Facebook application now LIVE!

Hey guys I have spent the evening working on a Facebook application. It was something I always thought would be a fairly good idea, but never realized just how good it could be for the site. And I also never thought I would be able to make one. But I did and it seems to work an absolute dream. We already have many people using the app, which is great! Check out the still and then get yourselves over to Facebook and add it for yourself.

http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=26500966404

Just a quick update.

Just wanted to update you guys and let you know all menus now have a hit counter on them. So everyone can see how popular a establishment is.

Sponsored listing system now working.

Wahoo guys I finally have the sponsored listing system up and working. Things are going great with the site now. It is receiving an ever increasing number of hits each day, which is great! So now I have to working on the advertising page. I have left the right hand side of the search results page blank, so I can possibly add adverts there in the future. I just need to keep in mind that I want the site to been clean and easy to use. So may be too much adverts will distract from the meaning behind the site itself. I am also going work on a page hit counter. So when someone takes a look at a menu it is clocked on the system. This will then help in given stats out to potential sponsors.

Loads of new menus have been added!

I haven't been able to work much on the site this weekend due to other commitments. But I have been able to upload loads of menus for my home town of Grimsby. So be sure to check it out. I am still working on the sponsored listings. Catch you soon, Cargi

More issues fixed and front page modified.

Whilst one of my friends was testing the site out he noticed a few problems with the menu page. These have no been corrected. Although I still have one to fix and thats the counter for the number of reviews submitted.

Aside from these issues I have also been playing around with the front page form. So now the button looks more like a button and the boxes are bigger to input your type into. This evening I will be working on a new graphic for the right hand side.

Problem with the menu.php page fixed.

Hi had a slight problem with the menu.php page yesterday. Something I had done that counted up the amount of menus online which made the whole page duplicate over and over again. Not what I wanted lol. Today I am going to try and finish the terms and conditions of advertisement contracts. A right pain in the arse but must be completed before any sales are made. Thats all for now folks.

Design for results page

I am having a little difficulty with the results page at the moment. I have tried a few lay outs this evening but is always looking very messy. I suppose its a problem when you have so much information to display. I have now developed it on from what you may of seen before so each row is much more spaced out and easier to read. I did try alternative row colours but it was just looking to messy and very dated. I am kind of liking what I have now for the main listings. Although I think I am going to split the page into say 15 results per page just to make things clear on the eye, and ease loading times. In the future I will also include the star rating on here.

I have also removed the google ads as i think they were distracting away from what people really want - the menus. I will be having advertisements there, but will leave the space blank until I figure out what to do with it. The long advertisements 'sponsored links', at the top of the page will also have to be redeveloped. Currently they are just temporary and are not pulled from the db. But hopefully by the end of tomz I will have this sorted. I think they need to stand out a little more, to be worth making a sale on.

Anyway I have uploaded a picture of the results page. Any ideas or comments will be much appreciated.

Now able to upload mulitple menus

This evening I have had some great feedback on the site. So keep it coming. Any ideas or features you would like to see implemented, please let me know.


I have spent the past couple of hours working on developing the admin area of the site.
This is the area members will access once registered to upload or modify their menus. They will also be able to check out stats and other bits and pieces. In the image attached to this post you will see the form looks very similar to the registration one. I have simply removed the requirement for account details. Although it did take forever to get working lol.

I am now thinking about creating a few job opportunities. If any one is interested in working for iGotMunchies and earning a bit of extra cash then let me know. The job will require you to visit take aways and get them to register for 'sponsored listings'. It should be fairly easy. I am still figuring out the rules, regs, terms and conditions etc. So keep your eye out.

I-Gotmunchies Blog

Hi guys this is my first blog on my blog which will track the progress of my new website iGotMunchies.co.uk. The idea behind the site is to list all of the takeaway menus in the country in one place. Other sites exist that list menus but don't seem to be used much or are very difficult to use and navigate. I feel I have produced something which is really simple to use and appealing on the eye. Let me know what you think I will be updating this blog as I go along. Have fun :)