You don’t need to actually assign an auction to a Post/Page (while creating auctions) if you don’t want to. It’s just an option to offer you more control. I agree that it is an extra step and we’ll look into simplifying it in future upgrades.

Regardless of whether I *like* the lite version or not …

I will not pay for software, mid version or pro – with the extra complication that is involved in separating the listings from posts.

I am sure it is part of the functionality of the plugin but a cron job, or something to simplify this – should be possible. All code is – is automating human tasks.

I am simply stating if I am going to pay for a product I want it to be painless – and not have to do twice the work to get an effective site up and running.

Again, I will take a look at lite but I think you are missing the point I have been trying to make here.

While we would like to offer all the features of the Pro version in the Lite, we can’t. Simply because we are a business. The Lite version is there for everyone to use as is and upgrade if they feel that they really want the Pro features. With around 14,000 downloads, I would like to think that a majority of them have done quite well auctioning off their items.

Referring to your original comment “This should be a very basic part of this plugin.” – I can’t promise that any new feature we release/is part of the Pro version will be a part of the Lite version.

Go ahead, download the Lite version and offer us some actual feedback about the plugin. We like hearing back from our users.

Your lite version does not support what I need – at all.

I was simply stating *I might* download and try it to see how much of a hassle it is … But I can tell you this much. If it wasn’t that complicated I would of whipped out my waller already for the middle license.

If it went well would of got the pro license.

Just one opinion, as a developer I assume you want to hear them all though. We both know for every 50 clients you sell to only 5 of them actually implement a web site with the software … So feedback is tough to get. Developed scripts myself, it’s amazing …. People paid $200 for the script and never did anything with it.

JMHO though – take it or leave it 🙂

Our auction embed mechanism is built to be placed anywhere within a post. If we automated the placement, say to the very beginning or the very bottom or the exact middle, users would ask for an option to let them have the choice. So we decided to offer that choice from the very beginning. Yes, it’s an extra step but in the long run it is what has worked for our users and they seem to be fine with it.

You don’t need to pay for the plugin, enjoy the Lite version. It doesn’t have a lot of the features that the Pro does, but I guess you’re OK with that.

I might download and try the light version but I can tell you this much. I would never pay for a plug in if I had to create the post THEN copy and paste that link to make it a separate auction listing on the main / category / etc pages ….

This should be a very basic part of this plugin. Hopefully I misunderstood. Feel free to e-mail me.

1st option – Before you add an auction, create a post, grab the URL of the post. Then while adding the auction in the last option of the add auction process select – No and paste the URL there. You can then embed the auction in the post.

2nd option – Just add as many auctions as you want and then embed the auction in any post, there will be a custom write panel available showing your auctions when you go to write a new post. The 1st option just gives a location to each auction should you use the List Widget or the Sidebar Widget.