Portal Software - [Chris] Classifieds

Classifieds
by Christos Teriakis
aka ChrisTERiS

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

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

1.- What's this mod?

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

• It supports 4 types of Classifieds:
  • For Sale
  • Wanted
  • For Trade
  • Free Offers
• Supports unlimited categories
• Supports Extra fields (but not searchable)
• Has PM templates for:
  • PM user when admin approves his Classifieds
  • PM user when admin rejects Classified
  • PM seller when a user Makes an Offer
  • PM seller when a user clicks Buy it
  • PM seller when a use uses the contact form
• 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 classifieds
  • Timeframe (What's New) Classifieds
  • Seller Classifieds
  • Search Results
• In view Ad page the visitor can see also:
  • Other classifieds from the same seller
  • Similar classifieds from the same category
• In all pages there are available the follow blocks having the appearance of widgets:
  • Category Menu
  • Search Form
  • Statistics
  • Latest classifieds
  • Popular classifieds
  • Soon to expire classifieds.
• Version 1.5 additions:
  • Facebook Like Advanced (Shows users who liked it)
  • RSS Feeds of last 10 Classifieds
  • Seller has the ability to not mark a classifieds as reserved when a user clickc BuyNow, in case that he has stock of the same items and he wants to keep classifieds active.
  • Added description in extra fields appearing as help text in add/edit form.
  • In case that a category has no subcategories, beside the "No more categories" added an icon/link to previous category level.
    

2.- 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 Classifieds. 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 Ad will remove from the system, while usergroup B can set the Ad's duration for 45 days etc.
• Concurrent Ads. eg Register users can have only 1 active ad, while your VIP usergroup can has 5 ..or 10 ... or whatever you want.
• More photos per Ad

3.- Installation

1. Download and unzip the file Classifieds_XXXX.zip
2. Upload the content of upload folder to the directory where your vB installation is. As a check: classifieds.php must be on the same directoru as global.php, forum.php etc. SL Classifieds are not working out of vB installation directory.
3. CMOD 777 the directories:
   1. christeris/classifieds/photos
   2. christeris/classifieds/photos/thumbs
   3. christeris/classifieds/photos/tmp
4. Goto Admincp and import product-classifieds.xml. Double check before if you have another product with the same name.
5. Set the various settings in Classifieds->General settings
6. Set usergroup permissions
7. Check and modify if you want PM templates.
8. Set categories
9. Set Extra fields (in case that you want them).

4.- SEO URLs

• If you're using vbSeo open the file Classifieds_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: .htaccess

5. CMS Widget / Forum Sidebar Block for Latest Classifieds

1. Shows latest 5 Classifieds. If you want to change the number to another value change at 1st line: $maxitems = 5;
2. Installation as CMS Widget
   1. Goto Admincp-> vBulletin CMS-> Widgets
   2. Click "Create New Widget" at the list bottom
   3. Set Widget Type: PHP Direct Execution
   4. Give a Title which appears at the widget. eg Last Classifieds, or.. Last 5 Classifieds etc
   5. Click SAVE
   6. Find in the list the new widget and click configure at the right side
   7. Replace the example code, with the code from Widget_Latest_Classifieds.txt
   8. Click Save
   9. Goto Layout and add it in any section you want
   10. Click Save (Layout)
3. Installation as Forum sidebar Block
   1. Goto Admincp-> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Block Manager
   2. Click Add Block
   3. In the next screen "Select block type: Custom HTML/PHP"
   4. Click Continue
   5. Title: Latest Classifieds
   6. Content Type: PHP
   7. Content: Copy & Paste the code from Widget_Latest_Classifieds.txt
   8. Click Save. The block will be now visible to your forum sidebar

6.- 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

[migratoria]

Hi Chris
It would be nice once concluded that the ads did not disappear from the market.
In doing so sebra empty.
You can not let them write and maybe sold or expired ad?

[svyrydov]

Christos, this is perfect mode for me. Will try soon.
I have question, is it possible to change
-For Sale
-Wanted
-For Trade
-Free Offer
in some other categories ? In my case, I'm planning to open Job-board.
Thanks.

[CharlieDelta]

Chris I found a small bug. The breadcrumb links are pointing to an invalid url.
See image.Attachment 144908

Edit:
Another bug found during testing;
Trying to add a "Make Offer" ad by leaving amount blank. The ad shows as "Make Offer" but when viewing ad details the only option is to "Buy it".
See images;Attachment 144909 Attachment 144910

[smirkley]

Ahh the irony,... Parenting Done Right,.... invalid url.

[CharlieDelta]

For some reason the editor is not loading for me under "Classified Details" when trying to post an ad.
Attachment 144911

[DirtRider]

I have found the following issues.

1. I created a new usergroup so I could extend the time for our store items. I have associated this user groups with the member (myself Admin) that will be handling these items.



The first item I entered looked at this value however the second items is looking at the default value of 30 days





In the above you can also see the difference in the expiry time.

[DirtRider]

What I would also like to see

1. The terms of service displayed when a members is viewing the ad. My terms of service are relevant to both the seller and buyer.

2. A purchase option. When a member ads an item you should have a place for their PayPal email if they have one. So now if another members wants to purchase said item they would select the purchase item option. This would take them to the PayPal page to pay for said item. The seller would then also get a PM.

With the above you would also need to list how many items are for sale. So as in our store that would be unlimited. If you have a limited number of these items once that limit is reached it should flag that item as sold. You could also have a counter indicating how many items are still available to be sold as they are sold.

Otherwise this is an awesome mod all round congratulations on it

[Toorak Times]

Hi Chris,

Been wanting this for some time, thanks, donation waiting for you

Update

Started playing and setting up sections, this is a fantastic mod

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by DirtRider

I have found the following issues.

1. I created a new usergroup so I could extend the time for our store items. I have associated this user groups with the member (myself Admin) that will be handling these items.

The first item I entered looked at this value however the second items is looking at the default value of 30 days

In the above you can also see the difference in the expiry time.

hmmm.... Try something..... set the max days to 999 and see if it works. I think that when i planed the database structure I had set it to max 3 digits.

Chris

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by Toorak Times

Hi Chris,

Been wanting this for some time, thanks, donation waiting for you

Payment for Copyright removal received. Thank you for supporting my work

Chris