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oldford
10-07-2003, 03:53 AM
I've read several posts about integrating a full classifieds script with VB, but I thought this might be a nice compromise and a little easier to hack.

Basically this hack would add some new input fields when a new thread is started in certain forums. In addition to the "subject" and "message" fields I'd also like to add fields like "state", "city", "price", etc.

The new values would be required and be displayed as the first few lines of text in the message body. The value from the "state" field would also be shown in front of the subject line (ie: NY - Cool stuff for sale) so people can easily see if the item is in their area just by looking at the message index. There would need to be a way to select which forums would get these new fields. (Probably in Modify Forums-->Edit section of Admin section)
I haven't owned VB long enough to know if this is a hard hack or not, but it seemed a lot simpler than trying to create a full classified system from scratch or other script.

Thanks for any input!

oldford
10-17-2003, 09:50 PM
I'll just bump this once and then let it die. :)

If anyone has any thoughts I'd appreciate them. Thanks!

kneesparx
12-20-2003, 07:06 PM
bump ;)

nycunderground
12-29-2003, 02:16 PM
bump one last time ;)

kneesparx
01-09-2004, 07:19 AM
bump

icanx
11-28-2005, 05:18 PM
bump again

oldford
11-28-2005, 05:58 PM
I ended up using the Forms Hack to pretty much accomplish what I wanted.

For VB3.x.x click here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=66082
For VB3.5.x click here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=93970

wrang
01-01-2006, 05:34 PM
I want this too