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]

anyone else having issues? i have the next few days off from work

[greenspan]

Originally Posted by maineGuy72

edit your config.php file in the forums_root/includes folder

change mysqli to mysql

$config['Database']['dbtype'] = 'mysql';

save
upload
test

Thanks! That solved that problem. But I have another one...

When I turn on 'SEO friendly URLs' and click on a product I get an error that it can't be found:

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Not Found
The requested URL /forums/For-Sale/3/<somecity>/Test2.html was not found on this server.
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When I turn it off, the product can be seen. I have uploaded the contents of .htaccess as instructed and I do not have vBSEO installed.

Also, my logo can't be found. It's just a text of my site's URL on the upper-left. I'm guessing it's a relative path issue but can't find where to fix it (the logo error happens only on classifieds pages).

Thanks in advance.

[maineGuy72]

Originally Posted by greenspan

Thanks! That solved that problem. But I have another one...

When I turn on 'SEO friendly URLs' and click on a product I get an error that it can't be found:

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Not Found
The requested URL /forums/For-Sale/3/<somecity>/Test2.html was not found on this server.
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When I turn it off, the product can be seen. I have uploaded the contents of .htaccess as instructed and I do not have vBSEO installed.

Also, my logo can't be found. It's just a text of my site's URL on the upper-left. I'm guessing it's a relative path issue but can't find where to fix it (the logo error happens only on classifieds pages).

Thanks in advance.

it would be more helpful with a link to your site and that unregistered users can see the classifieds

[Christos Teriakis]

Hello,

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.

Thank you
Chris

[GONUMBER6]

Is there any way to make the buy it now optional for auction style listings? We are doing fundraising auctions and people seem to be confused and hit the buy now button thinking they were bidding.

[Jman423]

Originally Posted by ChrisTERiS

Hello,

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.

Thank you
Chris

Chris,

No offense, but we have been through this already. You first said that only new features would go into the commercial version, so I had the site owner buy that. We started some support tickets on your site, then you deleted everything and said that everything was in the free version and that support would be give on vB.org. Now, again, you are saying that there will be no new features here, and that support will be given on your site for the new commercial version. I can't keep jerking this client around... it is making both of us look bad.

When can I get a stable, supported, commercial version of this?
When will it be available?
When will you start accepting feature requests (either paid or unpaid)?

I'm willing to pay for features that I need, but either way, my suggestions have gone unanswered several times.

I also don't want to hear from people telling me to calm down because this is a free product, we've already paid, and are still willing to pay more for what we need as long as everything doesn't change again suddenly.

I am sorry for the rant, but his has been going on since August.

[Jman423]

Originally Posted by Jman423

I am getting this db error emailed to me every night, I assuming as a result of a cron job that is attempting to run.

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.8:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM microclassifieds_watch WHERE categoryid IN () GROUP BY userid;

MySQL Error  : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ') GROUP BY userid' at line 1
Error Number  : 1064
Request Date  : Friday, December 2nd 2011 @ 12:04:10 AM
Error Date    : Friday, December 2nd 2011 @ 12:04:11 AM
Script        : http://*********.com/cron.php?rand=1322802250
Referrer      : http://*********.com/
IP Address    : 24.93.110.18
Username      : Unregistered
Classname    : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

How I can I stop this from happening? I've already reinstalled the latest version of the MOD.

I'm also still getting this error every day.

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by Jman423

I am sorry for the rant, but his has been going on since August.

I've refunded 5 full payments, 1 is still pending for refund, and 2 didn't wanted to get the refund. But even to one that the refund is still pending, I've informed him that he will gets his money back. Are you??

You can't offend me such a way. For this mod that everyone is getting for free, the only income that I had was $55 from 2 donations, while I spent around $500 just for the datagrid. Actually to have it configured the way that "you" (the users here) wanted to work. For me has no sense as I'm not using it at all.

And finally. Did you asked support and didn't got it? The only message that I got was talking for an open ticket, without details. It was so bad to not remember it and asking you to remind me the issue?

Chris

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by Jman423

I'm also still getting this error every day.

Check at forum_dir/includes/cron/ if exists there a file microclassifieds_cron.php. If yes, remove it.

[TZ.]

dear Chris,

(I apologize for poor english)

I do not understand what kind of status on this product.

I like to use, but in Hungarian. I started the translation product. But this is a very big job.

If there is no support, or it will not work, then work with it unnecessarily.

The site has not yet been published where I want to use. But just now I thought that you purchase the license. Indeed, there are mistakes and I ask for your help. The site www.christeris.com was surprised to see that you can not buy. Therefore, I came here. Here, I read this: "I've refunded 5 full Payments"

What should I do? Stop the translation, because I will not be able to use it?

Otherwise, very like the product!

Thank you!