Pet Friendly Rentals

New version of extension available!

Well it’s been a while between drinks as they say but the Pet Friendly Rentals Firefox extension gets it’s first batch of improvements today as I upgraded some of the software components it relies upon, as well as fixing a few bugs that stopped the watermark image displaying on the listings in Firefox 3.

Essentially, this is a maintenance release with no new functionality but I have some great new features planned that I hope to start work on mid September.

How to upgrade

Firefox will automatically check for updates every so often so you should get the upgrade soon but if you want to upgrade immediately:

1. From the top menu, go to Tools.
2. Click on Add-ons. A window will popup.
3. Then click on the Find Updates button at the bottom left of the window.

A quick update

Although the site hasn’t changed much since the launch on the 2nd of June, a fair bit has been happening behind the scenes with the Animal Welfare League on the Gold Coast, RSPCA QLD and Your Pet Magazine helping out with some promotional efforts that should see the light of day soon.

With most of my time taken up with the development of the website and the Firefox extension, marketing and promoting of the site often get forced to the back of the line so if you know of someone who could benefit from this website, make sure you let them know!

Before I go…

I recently went into a pet store near where I live at Wynnum to get some treaties for Tonka, when out of the blue one of the assistants blurted out “I found a rental through your website!”. I remembered telling the staff of the store about my idea just after I had launched it and it was so wonderful and rewarding to hear how someone found and acquired a rental as a result of Pet Friendly Rentals.

So if you have a similar story you’d like to share, please either email me at ryan.blunden@petfriendlyrentals.comau or leave a comment for this post. It’s stories like these that really make my day, as saving pet’s lives is why I started this project in the first place.

Cheers,
Ryan Blunden