Major Additions - [DBTech] DragonByte Classifieds v1 (vB4)

DragonByte Classifieds: What is it?
DragonByte Classifieds allows items to be sold in a variety of ways by your users including Auctions and stock controlled Buy-it-Now listings. It works on vB versions 4.1.x and 4.2.x

Uses
Allowing your users to sell items has never been easier with a feature rich Classifieds system that allows for Auctions as well as stock controlled Buy-it-Now listings.

Integrated into vBulletin, DragonByte Classifieds also allows users to see current listings, create their own postage and address options for use with their own listings and upload pictures to be displayed along with the listings.

With a permissions system, automated bidding on auctions, customizable feedback system, fees and fully customizable categories and specifications, and featured and digital items, DragonByte Classifieds caters for a wide range of requirements.

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Major Features

Multiple Listing Types: Auction, Buy-it-Now (with stock support) and Wanted Items Listings Types to allow your users to sell and barter for items in a variety of ways.

AJAX Integration: We used AJAX wherever we could to help reduce the page reloads, including bidding, checking for new bids as well as other areas.

Automatic Image Resizing: All images added to the classifieds system will be resized and have a thumbnails generated. This will help reduce the page load time but not having to dowload the full image when you just need the thumbnail.

Stock Control: Buy-it-Now listings have a complete stock control that can be adjusted and allows for multiple purchases by different users.

Postage and Address: Mulitple postage options can be added per user as well as a variety of addresses letting users choose where they want items delivered to and at whatever price they prefer.

Feedback System: Allow users to leave feedback about transactions including comments and a customizable ranking.

Watch Items, Save Searches and Users: Users can save items to their watch list and choose to store searches for easy reuse at a later time. Sellers and Buyers can also be added to lists so that their latest items can be found easily.

Categories and Specifications System: An unlimited amount of categories can be created, allowing for subcategories and specifications creating a huge range of options that can help users specify exactly what they are selling.

Payment Processors: Integrated payment processors, including PayPal, to allow users to pay for their items and their fees.

Featured Listings: Allow users to feature their items for an optional fee as well as allowing control over how many items they can feature.

Full Feature List
Payment Processors

• Payment Types
  • PayPal
  • Cash on Collection
  • Check/Cheque
  • Bank Transfer (manual transfers)
• Configure the description to display to your users when they checkout
• Configure your Merchant ID (such as PayPal email address)
• "Sandbox" Mode toggleable via vBulletin Options, for testing purposes

Listing Types

• Auction
  • AJAX Bidding
  • AJAX countdown timers
• Buy-it-Now
  • Adjustable Stock Control
• Wanted Items

Email and PM Notifications

• Users receive emails and PMs when items end, are sold, or are on their watch list
• Translatale phrases and email content

Categories and Specifications

• Categories can be added and assigned as subcategories
• Specifications can be added per category and used in multiple categories
• Options can be added to each specification and used in multiple specifications

Featured Listings

• Mark a listing as Featured to gain a higher position in the list
• Optionally add fees per usergroup to use the featured system
• Optionally add a limit on how many listings a user can feature via their usergroup permissions

Search

• In depth searching of:
  • Titles
  • Descriptions
  • Categories
  • Users
• Many Options to narrow down the search

Fees

• Custom Fees can be created
• Global or restricted to specific usergroups
• Charge for reserve prices, items initial listing and an items final price as well as for featuring items
• Choose from flatrate or percentage based values

Multiple Currencies

• Show prices in multiple currencies
• Set a tax rate for purchases in currencies other than your home currency
• Configurable exchange rate
• Choose a "Primary Currency" that your prices will be based on
• Automatical daily update of exchange rates via a Scheduled Task

Conditions

• Set the conditions of items

Returns

• Set the returns options

Country and State Codes

• Control the countries and states/counties that are available to be added to addresses

Addresses

• Allow users to add multiple address
• Define default address for when selling or buying items

Postage Options

• Create unique postage options
• Can be done per user
• Currencies can be defined
• The countries that the postage is available for can be defined
• Create user specific or generally available postage options from within the Admin Control Panel

Attachments

• Upload images to the vBulletin Attachment Manager
• Thumbnails created and used on upload
• Mulitple images per listing

Digital Listings

• Mark a listing as digital to help users understand they aren't bidding for physical items
• Send links to users on completion of the listing

Feedback System

• Allow users to submit feedback about transactions
• Users can submit comments along with their feedback

Listing Control

• Archive listings that have expired or are completed
• Relist items

Invoices

• Buyers and sellers have access to invoices of of completed transactions

Advert Boxes

• Advert and listings boxes to display current, featured or watched listings
• Various locations
  • Forum Index/Home
  • Forum Display
  • Search Pages
  • Classifieds Home Page
  • View Listing Page

Contact Seller

• Link to contacts seller when viewing a listing

Form Control

• Customizable Form Controls
• Default settings

Moderation

• Approve or unapprove listings
• Usergroup settings to automatically place new listings in moderation queue
• Moderation queue for moderators and administrators

Pro Only

Feedback System

• Customizable feedback ranks to mark reliability

Advert Boxes

• Various locations
  • Showthread Pages

Link Control System

• Create unique links at the foot of Classifieds pages to whatever URL you need

Notes System

• Users can submit notes on their listings

Resolution Centre

• Create and respond to issues in listings either as the seller or the buyer.
• Change the issue's status
• View how many issues are active on a listing

Contact Seller

• PM Created with translatable title

Form Control

• Simple Form in Forum Sideblock for quick listing submitting

Moderation

• Number of items in moderation queue displayed

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[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by Potters-Online

I'm getting a weird error when trying to install this, the install seems to go fine then the page hangs on Finalising Install...

There is no admin settings for me to edit or anything ?

I have disabled all other plug ins and tried a fresh install (it's a brand new board) still getting the same problems

Thanks for highlighting this issue. I'll have a look at why it is. It does look like the issue is purely a matter of the redirect not kicking in correctly, so if you are not getting any other errors then carry on for now.

Matt

[bonkel]

is there a german Translation file for this plugin?

[DragonByte Tech]

Not at the moment, though we are happy for anyone to provide one.

Matt

[DragonByte Tech]

Hi everyone,

This week we have the fourth beta of DragonByte Classifieds (v1.1.0 Beta 4) which has a number of bug fixes as well as some changes and new features. Among the bug fixes are several MySQL errors that have cropped up and errors that have caused a few rogue listings with incorrect settings. In the changes we've improved checks done when submitting a listing to prevent errors unintentionally or maliciously being inserted into the listing, as well as now included the listing type when posting threads for new listings.

The new features focus mainly around maintaining and correcting errors. It is now possible to force a recount of of stock for a listing individually, or use a maintenance tool to check every listing in the database for the stock count or inconsistencies in the pricing and listing type structure of a listing. Additionally when a listing is completed or ended, then the associated thread is also locked automatically.

Thanks to everyone for their input and feedback in the past week. It's help immensely in tracking down several issues, especially thanks to JaiKai and Mick who have fed back several bits of data directly from their databases.

We're working through the rest of the issues and relevant changes that we want to introduce into v1.1.0 for next week. Keep the feedback and reports coming. It will be especially useful to get feedback on the Maintenance tools and how they help tidy up some of the rogue listings that have been floating about.

The full changelog for v1.1.0 Beta 4 can be found below.

Remember, we have installed the latest Beta of Classifieds here on DBTech. We have created some 'fake' items and have left PayPal in Sandbox mode so that no real money changes hands allowing anyone to test how the system works. We look forward to your feedback. Go here for the latest listings: View Listings - DragonByte Tech | vBulletin Mods & Addons.

To create a PayPal Sandbox account you need to head over to this page: https://developer.paypal.com/webapps...tions/accounts. Once you login with your regular PayPal account you can then create a sandbox testing account to use to 'purchase' the items on our Classifieds.

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:
Fixed: Issue where a user could create the wrong or invalid listingtype when creating a new listing
Fixed: Issue where in rare circumstances no prices could be set for a listing when first created
Fixed: Missing category information when trying to relist an item
Fixed: Missing listing type information when trying to submit a relisted item
Fixed: Missing Pages when viewing or searching through listings
Fixed: Missing defaut settings for default thread and forum when using the Pro version (now set to 0)
Fixed: MySQL error in some rare cases of not finding a valid listing in the Admin Control Panel
Fixed: MySQL error if there is a bad listing with no current items when trying to complete the listing
Fixed: Missing Listing Length options when relisting a listing
Fixed: Permissions error when a user is trying to edit their own listing for and has canedit permissions

Changes To Existing Features:
Change: Improved checks when submitting a new listing to prevent mismatches with listing settings
Change: Threads created after a new listing is submitted include the listingtype in their title and their post text
Change: The Feedback to Leave link now is to the My Classifieds section of the User Control Panel

Additions To Product From Feature Requests Or Just Something Else Added:
Feature: Now possible to Recount the Stock of a listing, update the information or complete/cancel the listing and notify the seller and the webmaster of issues
Feature: Maintenance tool to check the stock count of all the listings and closes corrupted or no stock listings
Feature: Maintenance tool to check the prices are valid for listings and deactivates and ends them if they are not
Feature: Threads created when posting a new listing are automatically closed when the last item in a listing has been sold (this does not apply to threads which automatically have posts inserted into them with the listing details)

Matt

[poita]

Is it possible to have a thread that is posted to, or a forum section that is posted to when a new item is listed?

Just so everyone knows when a new item is listed.

Have only installed the mod today, but appears to be pretty awesome so far, big fan of DBTech mods.

Cheers

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by poita

Is it possible to have a thread that is posted to, or a forum section that is posted to when a new item is listed?

Just so everyone knows when a new item is listed.

Have only installed the mod today, but appears to be pretty awesome so far, big fan of DBTech mods.

Cheers

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

There is a feature in the Pro version of the mod that does that, but not the Lite version.

Matt

[poita]

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Is there any chance of mobile style/tapatalk integration for this?

And being able to change/add to Buy It now, Auction, Wanted. ir Freebies, Swaps?

Sorry for all the questions, just asking on behalf of my forum users and other
admin

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by poita

Thanks for the prompt reply.


Is there any chance of mobile style/tapatalk integration for this?

And being able to change/add to Buy It now, Auction, Wanted. ir Freebies, Swaps?


Sorry for all the questions, just asking on behalf of my forum users and other
admin

Tapatalk won't happen, but a mobile style will. Once we're happy with how things are with the main styling and functionality, we'll start work on a mobile style.

We do have plans for other types of listings, including similar ideas to what you've suggested.

Matt

[poita]

Fantastic!

Will keep an eye on the thread.

Once again, thanks for the prompt reply Matt and the great mods!

Keep up the good work DBTech.

Cheers

[My Hattiesburg]

Can someone explain to me what "specifications" and "options" should be used for? We're wanting to use this for general type classified ads.