[Chris] Auctions

[Christos Teriakis]

Auctions
by Christos Teriakis
(aka ChrisTERiS)



Please note that from
11 Aug 2013
you can get support only in my site
http://www.teriakis.com (http://www.teriakis.com)



Demo: http://www.christeris.net/dev42/auctions.php
Demo Accounts:
demouser1 / demopass1
demouser2 / demopass2
demouser3 / demopass3

1.- What's this mod?

Is better to say what is NOT :). For those who have used MarysClassifieds, I can say that they are 2 products which you can't compate. MarysClassifieds had dozens of features, has build in all types of Classifieds (including Auctions), but when I installed in my site I realized that I need only 10% of those features. Maybe less. This is SL Auctions. A minimalist version of MarysClassifieds, but I bet that 70% of the webmasters will find this one more pretty, more usefull.
Supports unlimited categories
Supports Extra fields (but not searchable)
Use realtime countdown for Auction expiration
Has PM templates for:
PM user when admin approves his Auction
PM user when admin rejects Auction
PM seller when a user places a Bid
PM seller when a user clicks Buy it
PM seller when a use uses the contact form
PM Buyer who won, on the Auction's expiration
PM Seller with Buyer's details on the Auction's expiration
Supports 5 statuses:
Open
Hidden
Reserved
Expired
Sold
Please note that unlike my old mod, here nothing is automatic. The seller has to take care to switch between statuses.
There are listings for:
Category Auctions
Timeframe (What's New) Auctions
Seller Auctions
Search Results
In view Ad page the visitor can see also:
Other Auctions from the same seller
Similar Auctions from the same category
In all pages there are available the follow blocks having the appearance of widgets:
Category Menu
Search Form
Statistics
Latest Auctions
Popular Auctions (Most Bids)
Soon to expire Auctions.
Facebook Like Advanced (Shows users who liked the Auction)
RSS Feeds of 10 next to expire Auctions
Description in Extra Fields to help user understand what they need to add on those fields. 2.- Usergroup Permissions
Can Access the Auctions section (See the Tab menu, see listings, see Auction details).
Can Post an Auction
Can Bid in Auctions (alse works as can Buy, can Contact Seller)
Auctions posts needs or not approval. For trusted usergroups set it to No
Maximum amount of concurrent (active) Auctions
Photos per Auction3.- How you can make (a bit) money with it.

Using vBulletin's Subscriptions Manager you can set subscription which will upgrade the subscribers to a higher usergroup with more privilenges in SL Auctions. eg:
To restrict post in specific categories. The system works such a way that for each category you can set who can post:
All usergroups
None usergroup
Specific usergroup(s).
To allow more days for postings. eg usergroup A can set a maximum of 15 days before the Auction will remove from the system, while usergroup B can set the Ad's duration for 45 days etc.
Concurrent Auctions. eg Register users can have only 1 active auction, while your VIP usergroup can has 5 ..or 10 ... or whatever you want.
More photos per Auction4.- Installation
Download and unzip the file Auctions_XXXX.zip
Upload the content of upload folder to the directory where your vB installation is. As a check: auctions.php must be on the same directoru as global.php, forum.php etc. SL Auctions are not working out of vB installation directory.
CMOD 777 the directories:
christeris/auctions/photos
christeris/auctions/photos/thumbs
christeris/auctions/photos/tmp
Goto Admincp and import product-auctions.xml. Double check before if you have another product with the same name.
Set the various settings in Auctions->General settings
Set usergroup permissions
Check and modify if you want PM templates.
Set categories
Set Extra fields (in case that you want them).5.- SEO URLs
If you're using vbSeo open the file Auctions_vBSEO_Custom_Rewrite_Rules.txt and add them to your vbSeo installation.
If you're using .htaccasse file copy the contents of htaccess.txt and add it to your current .htaccess files. If you don't have such file and your server is compatible with such files, upload htaccess.txt to your vB directory and rename it to: .htaccess6.- Copyright Link

Since the time that DBTech released their Copyright Manager, I've removed my own copyrights. I found their action insulting me to maximum. Their wording "Site is powered by vBulletin AddOns and Modules by Dragonbyte Tech" (and not "Some parts of this site"), means that everything there is their own work, ignoring on the worst way the fact that there are 100's of other coders and designers who are supporting this community for years. So, I'm letting the glory to them. No copyrights from my side.

Enjoy it
Christos Teriakis
aka ChrisTERiS

[Christos Teriakis]

Reserved for more Screenshots...........

[albibak]

First!
Look great, as useal.

Just a mistake on your description (the same problem for the mod Review). You copy/paste the description of the classified mod without change ^^

Thx for sharing your work !

[Christos Teriakis]

First!
Look great, as useal.

Just a mistake on your description (the same problem for the mod Review). You copy/paste the description of the classified mod without change ^^

Thx for sharing your work !

Writting text is the worst that I can do. Thanks for your comment, but can you say me where I missed the replacement?:D

[albibak]

Sure:

3.- What is SL Auctions

Is better to say what is NOT SL Classifieds . For those who have used MarysClassifieds, I can say that they are 2 products which you can't compate. MarysClassifieds had dozens of features, has build in all types of Classifieds (including Auctions), but when I installed in my site I realized that I need only 10% of those features. Maybe less. This is SL Auctions. A minimalist version of MarysClassifieds, but I bet that 70% of the webmasters will find this one more pretty, more usefull.


It's the same for Review mod ;)

[Christos Teriakis]

Sure:

3.- What is SL Auctions

Is better to say what is NOT SL Classifieds . For those who have used MarysClassifieds, I can say that they are 2 products which you can't compate. MarysClassifieds had dozens of features, has build in all types of Classifieds (including Auctions), but when I installed in my site I realized that I need only 10% of those features. Maybe less. This is SL Auctions. A minimalist version of MarysClassifieds, but I bet that 70% of the webmasters will find this one more pretty, more usefull.


It's the same for Review mod ;)

Thank you. I've already corrected. Now I must do the same for Reviews... Ouffff...:o

[CharlieDelta]

WOW! Chris you are very busy these days. Another fantastic release. Great work!

I may find a use for this one down the road.
Rated and nominated.

[migratoria]

Great work!
Chris integrate the mod in Sl classifieds :-)

[Toorak Times]

They keep on coming Christos, this is amazing....a must have, you've almost completed my needs for a complete community sales section...

[Christos Teriakis]

Great work!
Chris integrate the mod in Sl classifieds :-)

Believe me, if I integrade it to General Classifieds you'll start "hating" me:D. No.. Never... I had them in one mod before. Difficult to work with it and loooottttt of extra code without a special needs. If you want to have them under the same tab is easy by adding the auctions menus/links to Classifieds Tabs using the Navigation Manager.

[My Dark Tower]

Cool I was looking for something like this, thanx m8! Will you be adding code so we can add it as a block on our forum home page?

What did I do wrong? I installed the Auctions, set permissions. Then I made a test auction but when I try click on the link it brings me back to my forum home page.

http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/2331/capturezws.png

Thank you for any help you can share

[hoangserip]

Tagged.. Looks promising..

[Christos Teriakis]

Cool I was looking for something like this, thanx m8! Will you be adding code so we can add it as a block on our forum home page?

What did I do wrong? I installed the Auctions, set permissions. Then I made a test auction but when I try click on the link it brings me back to my forum home page.

Thank you for any help you can share

I can't replicate your issue in my installation, so I assume that is something relevant to seo links. If you have activated them in settings, turn it OFF and try again. If it works, then read carefully my main post about SEO.

[My Dark Tower]

Thanx m8! That fixed the problem. It seems to be working good now.

[mertiliuss]

Your posting plugin dating?

tnks

[Christos Teriakis]

Your posting plugin dating?

tnks

Next month but a much simplier (like Classifieds etc).

[mertiliuss]

OK I'll be waiting

Thank you.

[AURFSCAN]

ok Chris sorry bout that, ill try again..

looks good, ill take a look but what about -

latest auction in

activity stream
whats new
forum side block

thanks

[1320Nation]

I found this and I don't think it belongs in this mod. I checked the htaccess and it appears to have the correct info. I'm surprised this wasn't caught by anyone before me.

vBSEO Custom Rewrite Rules
Add to form Custom Rewrite Rules:
'^classifieds\.php\?do=main&catid=(.*)$' => 'classifieds/category-$1/'
'^classifieds\.php\?do=viewitem&itemid=(.*)$' => 'classifieds-$1/'
'^classifieds\.php\?do=whatsnew&timeframe=(.*)$' => 'classifieds/new-days-back-$1/'
'^classifieds\.php\?do=seller&sellerid=(.*)$' => 'classifieds/seller-$1/'
'^classifieds\.php\?do=search$' => 'classifieds/searchresults/'

[Christos Teriakis]

I found this and I don't think it belongs in this mod. I checked the htaccess and it appears to have the correct info. I'm surprised this wasn't caught by anyone before me.

vBSEO Custom Rewrite Rules
Add to form Custom Rewrite Rules:
'^classifieds\.php\?do=main&catid=(.*)$' => 'classifieds/category-$1/'
'^classifieds\.php\?do=viewitem&itemid=(.*)$' => 'classifieds-$1/'
'^classifieds\.php\?do=whatsnew&timeframe=(.*)$' => 'classifieds/new-days-back-$1/'
'^classifieds\.php\?do=seller&sellerid=(.*)$' => 'classifieds/seller-$1/'
'^classifieds\.php\?do=search$' => 'classifieds/searchresults/'

Sorry... Seems that I updated only the .htaccess file and not vbSeo. Please use these rules:

'^auctions\.php\?do=main&catid=(.*)$' => 'auctions/category-$1/'
'^auctions\.php\?do=viewitem&itemid=(.*)$' => 'auctions-$1/'
'^auctions\.php\?do=whatsnew&timeframe=(.*)$' => 'auctions/new-days-back-$1/'
'^auctions\.php\?do=seller&sellerid=(.*)$' => 'auctions/seller-$1/'
'^auctions\.php\?do=search$' => 'auctions/searchresults/'

[1320Nation]

Ok thanks and that looks its part of the auction mod and not the classifieds. Also thanks for all the hours you put into your mods. I appreciate it very much!

[0verl0rd]

Hello,

There is a bug with PM templates.


Dear {username},

This is an automatic message to inform that you have a new bid.

Auction: {title}
Bidder: {bidder}
Bid: {bidamount}
Bid time: {biddate}


The {bidder} is still the sellers name/account and not really the bidder...

[Christos Teriakis]

Hello,

There is a bug with PM templates.


Dear {username},

This is an automatic message to inform that you have a new bid.

Auction: {title}
Bidder: {bidder}
Bid: {bidamount}
Bid time: {biddate}
The {bidder} is still the sellers name/account and not really the bidder...

I've fixed it many days ago but seems that I forgot to update the release here. I'll do it tomorrow morning as I'm away from my area now.

[0verl0rd]

Hey,

did you get a chance to update it?

[My Dark Tower]

Can you add a space to upload a link for a picture in addition to uploading actual picture file to help cut down on files on the server?

Like this:
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/7548/fb6.png

[Christos Teriakis]

Please download and install the latest version 1.2.0 which fixes all reported bugs and also removes my copyright links. From now on all my vB addons are without any visible copyright at page footer.

To upgrade upload ALL files from upload directory and import product-auctions.xml. Is important to upload all files as, I just realized that I never released the previous upgrade 1.1.0.

[Christos Teriakis]

Can you add a space to upload a link for a picture in addition to uploading actual picture file to help cut down on files on the server?


Marked for the upcoming update. To add it only in the main upload is not professional, so I need to add the same functionality in all uploads, and I need some time for it.

[migratoria]

Hi Chris

I have tested your mod..
It's good, but i have a problem whit link.

The Url shows only "auctions-x" and not the name of 'object and category

Standard:
http://www.mysite.com/forum/auctions.php?do=viewitem&itemid=1

vBSEO:
http://www.mysite.com/forum/auctions-1/

Should be corrected vBSEO

www.mysite.com/forums/category/object.html

[BigAl205]

I did a test auction and let it expire without reaching the reserve price, however I got a message showing that I had won the auction for $10 even though the reserve was set at $250.

Other than that, It's a really cool plugin

[BigAl205]

There also seems to be a missing bracket behind the seller URL. "=" should be "]", but I don't know where to fix it.

Please click reply to contact seller [URL=www.mysite.com/member.php?u=1admin[/URL] to discuss with him furture details for payment and delivery.

[Christos Teriakis]

Tomorrow!!... Tomorrow !! :) . In a few hours my short vacations will be end and I'll let back the mountains to return to my desk. So, one day more patience please.

[BigAl205]

Tomorrow!!... Tomorrow !! :) . In a few hours my short vacations will be end and I'll let back the mountains to return to my desk. So, one day more patience please.LOL...no rush. i just wanted you to be aware :cool:

[BigAl205]

Just a friendly reminder ;)

[ScottishScoobie]

So i have this installed (Marked and Voted) as although we dont have auctions on our site as a rule, we have found a need to hold charity auctions. let me set the scene so i dont receive any "If you cant find it, you should not have it installed" comments.

One of our members left on a family holiday and died in a tragic accident. now the family are struggling to bring his body home. we wish to raise some money to help them and this is ideal to use for that purpose.

I have it installed, I can see all the options. But where are the permissions set for the usergroups ?

I see in the navigation manager that it looks for permissions in a file called "auctions_access" am i missing something ? where can i find it to edit the usergroup permissions.

I was expecting something to be under the Auction Options in the ACP but nothing. I will be the first to admit that im new to vb so any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give to get this up and running as quick as possible.

VB is 4.2.1 PL3

[ahobilam]

Hi Chris
I have installed and found good.
But why there is no link given to post new action in the All Auctions page itself?
Most of the members will not open usercp to post actions and they can not guess it!!
New Auction posted is not listed in the Activity page?
Is it necessary to upload the file htaccess.txt and where?
Thanks in advance.

[ahobilam]

I see in the navigation manager that it looks for permissions in a file called "auctions_access" am i missing something ? where can i find it to edit the usergroup permissions.

VB is 4.2.1 PL3

in Admincp scroll down to find the menu "User Groups" -> User Group Manager -> Registered Users (click on Go) Scroll down to find the Permissions for Auctions ad found inthe below image.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/
NVS

[ScottishScoobie]

in Admincp scroll down to find the menu "User Groups" -> User Group Manager -> Registered Users (click on Go) Scroll down to find the Permissions for Auctions ad found inthe below image.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24348664/images/forum/Usergroup%20Manager%20-Auctionsl.jpg
NVS

Excellent, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. you have helped us gain access to a very useful tool which will raise money to bring one of our late members home to rest.

http://www.gofundme.com/3kx0g0

[ScottishScoobie]

Anyone found the way to change who the PM is sent from. from what i can gather it has chosen the admin with the lowest user id.

this is a superb addition and after our hosting costs have been paid, i will be supporting the developer with it little paypal bonus.

thanks Chris.

[JBWeibelt]

I'm having trouble getting the main image to appear in the listing or in the individual item view. Any ideas?

[BigAl205]

Make sure that you CMOD 777 the directories:
christeris/auctions/photos
christeris/auctions/photos/thumbs
christeris/auctions/photos/tmp

[JBWeibelt]

Thanks BigAl. Is it just the directories? I've tried that I believe. I'll try again,

[JBWeibelt]

I don't see a means of selecting the Main Photo. I think that might be the issue.

[BigAl205]

"Main Photo" is towards the bottom below the "Auction Details", just above "Additional Photos"

[JBWeibelt]

http://www.cageforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=212&d=1375097836

This is what I see. Maybe that will help explain.

[JBWeibelt]

www.cageforum.com

I'm also from AL. :)

[JBWeibelt]

I uninstalled and reinstalled and still no Main Photo selection box. I've tried it in multiple browsers.

This is both with the Classified and Auction mods.

Also every directory and file within Photo directory is 0777. Including the photo directory.

[BigAl205]

I wonder if it's because you don't allow users to upload pics in the forum? Try enabling attachments and see if that fixes it.

[JBWeibelt]

But I'm Admin, and have access to upload attachments.

I found it. It's related to the skin/theme I'm using. If I change it to the default VB then it appears.

Otherwise it is in the top left corner. I'll post some screenshots soon.

[JBWeibelt]

Using CompleteVB theme Shiny Red
http://www.cageforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=215&d=1375183891

and then using the default VB theme
http://www.cageforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=216&d=1375183892

[ScottishScoobie]

Is there some code that is required to be changed to offset your time zone, my dedicated server is in the US and My Forum and Users are in the UK ?

[CouponWCents]

I keep getting this:
XML Error: Not well-formed (invalid token) at Line 1

[stevieb]

This doesn't work on 4.2.0 - none of the jquery elements work so you cannot bid/buy/offer/contact seller or view popup images.

Obviously a clash somewhere but any idea where?

[Skivey]

This doesn't work on 4.2.0 - none of the jquery elements work so you cannot bid/buy/offer/contact seller or view popup images.

Obviously a clash somewhere but any idea where?

installed on 4.2.1 for me, no problems - everything is working fine.

You need to go through each one of your mods and see which one is causing the issue.

rsclassics360.co.uk <- join up and take a look for yourself. Ive offered all registered members 2 weeks trial :)

[Christos Teriakis]

Please note that from 11 Aug 2013 you can get support only in my site
http://www.teriakis.com (http://www.teriakis.com)

[TheAdminMarket]

Maybe to add online payments for Sellers?

[ozzy47]

As stated in the post above, you need to post anything for support on his site, http://www.teriakis.com (http://www.teriakis.com) this includes feature requests, bugs etc.