Kate Wessling

We now have the ability to display custom disclaimers on the hours page for all departments. Just go to DealerOn Services > Dealer Info > Hours, enter the disclaimer text and hit save!

Another quick security update to the CMS…Users will now be locked out of their account after 3 failed login attempts. Accounts will also be locked after 120 days of activity.

When a user gets locked out, the following message will appear:

A quick call to the Support team will get you unlocked!

We’ve made some updates to User Accounts in our CMS.  Here are the highlights:

• E-mail based login – your email address will now be your username when you log in.
• Strong password requirements – passwords must now be a minimum of 8 characters and have at least 1 uppercase letter, 1 lowercase letter and 1 number.
• Password Auto-reset – we require all users to reset their CMS password every 90 days.

You’ll see this screen when it’s time to reset your password:

We’ve also added the password requirements to the “Change Login Info” section in the CMS:

Yelp is now available as an option in Social Media Settings which will also provide customers the option to leave a Yelp review on our platform Reviews page.

Just enter the Yelp URL in the Social Media Settings in the CMS:

And it will then show up in the header along with the other Social Media icons:

And will also be available on the Customer Reviews page:

We’ve added the ability to sort and display inventory using custom tags. This allows us to display and filter inventory using any custom tags added to an inventory feed and is useful in being able to display additional features and options.  To start using this feature, just edit any Inventory Search Results page in the CMS, and you’ll see “tags” in the list of options on the right hand side of the page:

In our effort to continuously improve user experience across devices and overall website performance, we have released a new and improved navigation menu. The new navigation will dramatically improve user experience on tablets and mobile devices.

Improvements include:

• A cleaner look and feel
• A cleaner navigation menu and user experience on tablets in portrait orientation
• Faster opening / closing / expanding / collapsing
• Works identically on all browsers
• Native mobile sticky header (meaning as you scroll, the bar stays but the header with the logo goes away)

Our platform now has the ability to refine inventory search results by distance/geographic location. This new feature is helpful for larger dealer groups with multiple locations spread out across a wide geographic area.

How it works:

When a visitor navigates to the inventory search page, a pop-up window displays prompting the visitor to either enter their ZIP code or share their location. Search results are sorted by distance from the location specified:

Additionally a distance filter is available in refine search options for any inventory page (currently available for group sites only):

A few things to note:

• Location sharing will not work in Google Chrome until we migrate to HTTPS support later this year.
• On iPhones, location services must be enabled for Safari.
• If a visitor declines to share their location once, the browser will remember this and will return a popup with an error message that reads: “Error: User denied permission”.
• If a visitor closes the pop up without entering any information, search results will display with the default sort order.
• If a visitor wants to change sort after they have chosen to share location or enter zip (to Price low to high for example), the initial sorting by location is overwritten. Then the visitor has an option to filter by location.
• If a visitor uses the homepage search widget to filter inventory, the filter will take precedence but the user will still be prompted to sort by location.