Zip Code locater

Jeremy, we made our best efforts to contact all the operators about the change. After we didn’t recieve the desired amount of response from the August Newsletter, the deadline was extended by 2 additional weeks as was mentioned in the mass mailer. I will be creating a headline in the operators only section to try and further spread the word for those who are still not aware of the change. The option of using the locations map is still presented to the customer at this time. Also, for those that run across this post in the future, here are the instructions taken directly from the August Newsletter:

You can access this new feature through the button in the “operators only” section labeled “My
Information”. Here you are presented with several options. Firstly you can press show account
information to view and update information such as your address, password, e-mail address,
website, etc. Next you will have the option of adding an area to the zip finder using the “Add
Area” link. Under the “Display My Locations” link on the same page you will be able to find all
the information on areas you have added, their status (rather pending or approved by corporate),
and the option to perform an update or delete the area.

Here is a step by step on how the process works:
You add an area using the “Add Area” link mentioned above. The corporate office will review
your pending requests and approve them within two business days. Approval will make that zip
active in the zip finder, prior to approval the zip you added will not show in the zip finder. You
can check the status of areas you have submitted by pressing “Display My Areas”. Areas that
have been approved will be shown in green while those pending will be shown in red. The status
is also indicated by the text in the status column.
If you need to make an update to a specific area, you may also do this under the “Display My
Areas” link. Just change the fields that you want to update, and press the update button. It is
only possible to update on area at once. It should also be noted that if a zip code or city name is
changed, the status of an area will return to pending. The rest of the fields may be changed by
the operator freely.
Delete is also found under the “Display My Areas” link. To delete an area, press the delete
button corresponding to the area you want to delete. A confirmation prompt will be shown, to
finish the process press “Delete Area”.
Wrapping it up, here are some final points on the more advanced features. The field “Area
Name” is optional when you are creating a new area. If a name is not specified, the default area
name displayed in the zip finder is the name found under “Show Account Information”. To
modify this name, press “Show Account Information” (found on the My Information page) and
modify the field that is labeled “Company Name”. If you do specify an area name when creating
an area, it will override the default name for that location only. Lastly, if your have a city with
multiple zip codes, you may enter all of them in the zip field. Each zip code should be separated
by a comma and a space. For example,”83402, 83401, 83400”. When any of those three zip
codes are searched, that city is the one that will be returned. If you have a city that has two zip
codes within it, an entry should be created for each city.
Please contact me with your questions and concerns about this new feature and I can help you
complete the process.
In closing, the zip finder will not be available to customers until August 14th, 2007. This is to
give each operator time to add their areas to the zip finder. If you experience any difficulty in
completing this process, please contact me for assistance!