Major Additions - Mary's Classifieds

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*** VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE ***

By downloading and installing the new version 5.0.3, you automatically accept the following restrictions in use, which have been approved as legal from the Administrator Team of vB.org.

1. This version is 80% custom work for a client in Norway, who gots the permissions for exclusive use in Scandidavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland). As a result of this legal agreement that I signed, installation of Mary's Classifieds is prohibited in domains (sites):
   1. With extention .no (Norway), .se (Sweden), .dk (Denmark) and .fi (Finland).
   2. In any site, having any tld extention (eg com, net etc etc), having as primary language:
      1. Norwegian
      2. Swedish
      3. Danish
      4. Finnish
2. Version 5.0.3 uses a thrid party Ajax Library from Guru Sistemas Ltd. This is a commercial library that I bought. Use of this libary out of the original directory (microclassifieds/datagrid/class/), even on the same domain, or including this library in any other module except Marys Classifieds is prohibited.
3. From this version and on there is my copyright link in the footer as all mods have. Please don't remove it. You can remove it legally by paying for it (not donating).

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With 100+ support pages, its impossible for me to follow the posts her. That's why I opened in my site:

1. A Thread for Installation Issues
2. A Project for Bug Reports

I'll appreciate your understanding on the fact that this is a Free product, so don't expect superior level support, but I'll try my best with the help of Bug Tracker.

Also note that even if you can suggest new features, these features will be include in the upcoming CMPS style version which will be Commercial. No plans exist for adding new features in the Free version. Just bug fixes.
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NEW VERSION 6.6.0

There are many new features to this version to list them now. Spend sometime to explore the new mod and you'll find them. The only that I want to mention is that the SEO rules that I've, are normal rules and not vbSeo rules.



How to upgrade:

1. Download the latest version 6.6.0. Please be aware that the regional restriction on use (Scandinavia) is still valid.
2. Upload *** ALL *** the files in your forum directory.
3. Import the product-microclassifieds.xml from your admincp, choosing overwrite.
4. Walk throught the General settinsg and usergroup permissions, as there are many new settings.

Thank you
Chris







1.- How it works

• A user posts an Ad. If the user hasn't post a profile before, the system auto creates one for him, populating it with any data there are in his forum profile.
• Members who are searching or browsing ads can see his ad. According the adtype (For-sale, Wanted, Auction), they can Buy it or Bid on it. The ad becomes invisible to public.
• System PMs seller about the sale. Seller can accept or decline the sale. In case of accept the ad is marking as pending payment. If seller declines the sale, the ad is activating again.
• When the payment is done, seller marks it as paid, the ad is removing from the server (with all related photos and attachments), and some data remain for history only.
• System PMs buyer that the sale has been finalized, and prompts him to rate and review the seller.
• In a time frame that admin has setup, seller and buyer can review each other. During this period reviews are hidden. When the time frame expires, the reviews become visible. Also with the help of a cron job, there is a check which activates reviews, even before the expiration, if both parties have post the review.

2.- Frontend Features

• 3 types of Classifieds (For-Sale, Wanted, Auction).
• Different look for each type.
• Powerfull Search engine
• What's New (Last 7, 14, 21, 30 days)
• Buyer can rate Seller, but also Seller can rate Buyer.
• Profile Information
• Full contact details
• Google Map Locator
• Value as Seller:
  • Rating
  • Total Sales
  • Total Amount of sold items
• Value as Buyer:
  • Rating
  • Total orders that he placed
  • Total amount of his orders
• Active Ads
• Sold Ads
• Reviews that he gots as Seller (from Buyers)
• Reviews that he gots as Buyer (from Sellers)
• Contact form
• Information Blocks in Main page:
  • Auctions to Expire
  • Random Classifieds
  • Premium Classifieds
  • Premium Profiles
  • Newest Idividual Ads
  • Newest Store Ads
  • Top Sellers (Rating)
  • Top Buyers (Rating)
  • Best Sellers (Amount of items that he sold)
  • Best Buyers (Amount of items that he bought)
• User can bookmark an Ad
• User can mark to follow a category, so he will get a PM for each new ad placed in that category (including subcategories).
• Logon user can:
  • Post an Ad (if it is permitting by his usergroup permissions).
  • Edit his profile
  • See the public view of his profile
  • My Classifieds section with:
    • Active Ads with options to Edit, Hide, Activate (if hidden) or Delete it
    • Hidden Ads with options to Activate or Delete
    • Accept Sales. List all Ads that have expired (if auction) or someone asked to buy them. Options: Accept sale, Reject sale, Delete Ad
    • Pending Ads, showing the ads awaiting to be paid. Options to close the sale (after payment), or to reactivate the ad
    • Sold Ads
  • My Bids
  • My Bookmarks
  • My Watch categories
  • My History, showing:
    • Items that I sold
    • Items that I bought
  • Attractive interface
  • Easy to understand and use by your members
  • Certified Memebrs

3.- Administrator Features

• Unlimited depth level of categories
• Option per category to allow posts to:
  • All Usergroups
  • None Usergroup
  • Specific Usergroup, or Usergroups
• Extra fields, global for all categories:
  • Text
  • Radio Button
  • Checkboxes
  • Droplist
  • Textarea
• Extra fields for Profiles (same options as above).
• Set expiration time (in days) for ads. A cronjob checks the ads and removes ads that have been expired (also removes related, bookmarks, bids etc).
• Can setup default currency for all ads, or can allow users to use any currency they want.
• Allow or disallow to user, to choose if he wants any expired ad, to be peplaced with a new one.
• Can setup where the text search will perform:
  • Title
  • Title and Keywords
  • Title, Keywords and Message body.
• In addition, he can setup how the search will works:
  • Looking for exact text
  • Looking for partial search
• Can choose to use or not Google Maps
• And many other common options (eg photo widths, allowed filetypes etc etc).

4.- Moderator Actions

• Approve New or Edited Ads
• Approve or Delete Reported Ads
• Add/Delete Certified Members. Certified Members is another way to promote some users that you want. You can change the word to anything you like. Some webmasters use it to show that a seller has proven his identity to him, others use it to promote good clients etc.

5.- Usergroup Permissions

• Can access the classified section
• Can post ads
• How many concurrent active ads
• How many photos per ad
• How many attachments per ad
• Priority on listings (1= Higher .... 9=Lower. Please note that usergroups with priority 1, Ads and Profiles appear in random, as Premium)
• Ads need approval? This is a commonly used permission, but I moved it to work per usergroup and not as general option.
• Can Moderate Ads and Reported Ads
• Can Moderate Certified Members

6.- New version 4.9.5

This version fixes all posted bugs and corrects any styling issued by using external css files (microclassifieds/includes/classifieds.css). It also replace the inline blocks (Buy Now etc) with modal popup windows.




7.- Upgrade to ver.4.9.5

1. Upload all file to your site overwriting the old ones
2. Import product-microclassifieds.xml from your admincp marking the overwrite checkbox

8.- New version 4.9.5a

1. New Feature:
   1. Added Social Network sharing buttons (facebook, Twitter etc)
2. Improvement:
   1. Added {vb:raw headinclude_bottom} in all templates
3. Bug fixes:
   1. Auctions PMs have empty text
   2. Wrong PM on close Auction when there was no bids
   3. Missing photo in Premium Sellers block
   4. Missing condition "Used" in listings
   5. Wrong date in PMs to contact seller
   6. Missing photo in Wanted Ads
   7. Database error when adding a category with apostrophe in title

9.- Upgrade to ver.4.9.5a

1. Upload all file to your site overwriting the old ones
2. Import product-microclassifieds.xml from your admincp marking the overwrite checkbox

10.- New version 4.9.5a

1. Bug fixes:
   1. Phrase in wrong phrase section caused empty PMs for Auctions.
   2. Wrong Mathematical formula in Search (expiration).

11.- Upgrade to ver.4.9.5a

1. Upload all file to your site overwriting the old ones
2. Import product-microclassifieds.xml from your admincp marking the overwrite checkbox

*** VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE ***

By downloading and installing the new version 5.0.3, you automatically accept the following restrictions in use, which have been approved as legal from the Administrator Team of vB.org.

1. This version is 80% custom work for a client in Norway, who gots the permissions for exclusive use in Scandidavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland). As a result of this legal agreement that I signed, installation of Mary's Classifieds is prohibited in domains (sites):
   1. With extention .no (Norway), .se (Sweden), .dk (Denmark) and .fi (Finland).
   2. In any site, having any tld extention (eg com, net etc etc), having as primary language:
      1. Norwegian
      2. Swedish
      3. Danish
      4. Finnish
2. Version 5.0.3 uses a thrid party Ajax Library from Guru Sistemas Ltd. This is a commercial library that I bought. Use of this libary out of the original directory (microclassifieds/datagrid/class/), even on the same domain, or including this library in any other module except Marys Classifieds is prohibited.
3. From this version and on there is my copyright link in the footer as all mods have. Please don't remove it. You can remove it legally by paying for it (not donating).

[maineGuy72]

Originally Posted by dypsisdean

Sorry Mike, I'm confused.

The fix you linked to has to do with an approve/delete link target issue - not a login link target issue. It can't be the same fix, can it?

sorry wrong link. brains is fried with this PM error

this one is for the register link not working
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=638

[maineGuy72]

i am gettin closer to the PM issue i think its a VB issue and not the MOD
but stay tuned to find out for sure

[dypsisdean]

Originally Posted by maineGuy72

sorry wrong link. brains is fried with this PM error

this one is for the register link not working
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=638

No problem. Thanks again. Just keep up the good work. I feel guilty about all my questions, so I am compiling a .doc of wording/spelling that could be corrected regarding the English language. Do I remember reading something about someone else helping with phraseology? I would like to help if needed.

A few more questions please. I know, I ask a lot.

-Where do I find an ad's ID in order to place it in the marquee?

-I think I know the answer to this. But some users wish to give things away free or trade. But they have to enter a price greater than zero. Is there a way around this? - a way to allow "Free" or "Trade" in the price field?

-I still don't see any premium ads on my Front (First) Classified ad page. I see some when I click on an ad, but none on the First Page. What am I doing wrong?

[maineGuy72]

Originally Posted by dypsisdean

No problem. Thanks again. Just keep up the good work. I feel guilty about all my questions, so I am compiling a .doc of wording/spelling that could be corrected regarding the English language. Do I remember reading something about someone else helping with phraseology? I would like to help if needed.

A few more questions please. I know, I ask a lot.

-Where do I find an ad's ID in order to place it in the marquee?

-I think I know the answer to this. But some users wish to give things away free or trade. But they have to enter a price greater than zero. Is there a way around this? - a way to allow "Free" or "Trade" in the price field?

-I still don't see any premium ads on my Front (First) Classified ad page. I see some when I click on an ad, but none on the First Page. What am I doing wrong?

the easiest way to find the id for marquee is to goto the product page and look at the URL it says itemid=xxx that is the number

i saw a setting for the price being greater to 0 i will have to find it again

in order for premium to work correctly the seller has to be set to a premium seller before the ad is posted once the ad is posted you being the admin can edit the item and check the box at bottom for premium ad than it should so up

[dypsisdean]

Originally Posted by maineGuy72

the easiest way to find the id for marquee is to goto the product page and look at the URL it says itemid=xxx that is the number

Yes, I did that and got an ID that looked like this 10&urlid=2

I placed that in the field for the marquee and received a database error when trying to access the Classifieds again.

Is that a proper ID?

I'll try again.

Tried - this is the error - MySQL Error : Unknown column 'urlid' in 'where clause'

Sorry - I have it now. I had entered 1 and 2 as a test and got nothing. But if I enter just the number like 10, it does work now. I guess ad #1 and #2 must have been deleted.

[dypsisdean]

Originally Posted by maineGuy72

in order for premium to work correctly the seller has to be set to a premium seller before the ad is posted once the ad is posted you being the admin can edit the item and check the box at bottom for premium ad than it should so up

Sorry, I give up. I have the priority for the usergroup set at "1" and the ads have the box checked for premium. And the premium ads show up on the pages when I click an individual ad. But I have none on the First/Opening Page.

http://www.palmpedia.net

[maineGuy72]

Originally Posted by dypsisdean

Sorry, I give up. I have the priority for the usergroup set at "1" and the ads have the box checked for premium. And the premium ads show up on the pages when I click an individual ad. But I have none on the First/Opening Page.

http://www.palmpedia.net

the seller themselves have to given a setting of for premium as well

[dypsisdean]

Originally Posted by maineGuy72

the seller themselves have to given a setting of for premium as well

Grrrrrrrr - frustrated.

I believe I had this problem with the older version as well.

Premium ads are showing, just not on the first page.

I just went through and certified everyone with ads individually now as well. And still nothing on the first page.

I tried editing an ad and removing the premium check, in order to re-apply it - and see if that made a difference. But when I remove it and approve, it is still there upon returning. I don't think the premium check box works when editing.

But at any rate, why are premium ads showing on every page but the first page?

[maineGuy72]

Originally Posted by dypsisdean

Grrrrrrrr - frustrated.

I believe I had this problem with the older version as well.

Premium ads are showing, just not on the first page.

I just went through and certified everyone with ads individually now as well. And still nothing on the first page.

I tried editing an ad and removing the premium check, in order to re-apply it - and see if that made a difference. But when I remove it and approve, it is still there upon returning. I don't think the premium check box works when editing.

But at any rate, why are premium ads showing on every page but the first page?

i did it the hardcore way and changed it in the dbase directly.
i cheated

[dypsisdean]

Originally Posted by maineGuy72

i did it the hardcore way and changed it in the dbase directly.
i cheated

Care to share? What did you change and how? Is that change necessary individually for every old ad? Or does the change enable all Premiums to appear on the First Page properly. Or does the change allow new ads to show on first page Premiums going forward. I'm still confused. What is different about the first page when it comes to Premiums. If I wish to add and remove users and premiums, will I need to edit the database?


This is the last layout issue I need to solve before I can then send out an email blast to all users alerting them to the new feature. But with no premiums appearing on the first page, it is a little incomplete.