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]

Thanks Ozzy for your help. @gettingbetter I'll put together some install instructions.

Originally Posted by kemraj

I don't want to have the featured listing on the home page but i rather it in the posting area, what can i do enable that.

Also since i'm not using it in the home page how to disable jquery/jquery-{version}.min.js on the main page.

To clarify, you mean turning it off the forum home page? Posting area you mean forums? Or where the listings are listed in the main Classifieds area?

Matt

[kemraj]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Thanks Ozzy for your help. @gettingbetter I'll put together some install instructions.



To clarify, you mean turning it off the forum home page? Posting area you mean forums? Or where the listings are listed in the main Classifieds area?

Matt

Yes turning off the featured listing for the front forum page, also removing the jquery/jquery-{version}.min.js in the header because i dont want it increasing the page size.

Looking to pay for the full mod once i can get this situation fixed

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by kemraj

Yes turning off the featured listing for the front forum page, also removing the jquery/jquery-{version}.min.js in the header because i dont want it increasing the page size.

Looking to pay for the full mod once i can get this situation fixed

In the Admin Settings section of Classifieds there is a settings group called DragonByte Tech: Classifieds - Advert Settings

In there you can disable various advert displays (or change their location) across the vB install.

Regarding the jQuery load, I might be able to find you some Template code you could use to not display that. I'll test some options and get back to you to let you know if we can do it without changing the main files.



Matt

[gettingbetter]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

You need to, drag and drop the contents of the upload folder (use Ctrl+A to select all files) to your public_html folder.

Then import the product XML.

Thanks for that, yet I think I already did this. Uploaded the files and imported the files I mentioned in my previous post to no avail.

Which file specifically do I "import" via the Product Import panel in my admin options?

I'm running vbulletin 4.0.8. Maybe it just doesn't work with my version?

Thanks.

[kemraj]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

In the Admin Settings section of Classifieds there is a settings group called DragonByte Tech: Classifieds - Advert Settings

In there you can disable various advert displays (or change their location) across the vB install.

Regarding the jQuery load, I might be able to find you some Template code you could use to not display that. I'll test some options and get back to you to let you know if we can do it without changing the main files.



Matt

Thanks man, great support. Looking forward to be doing business with you.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by gettingbetter

Thanks for that, yet I think I already did this. Uploaded the files and imported the files I mentioned in my previous post to no avail.

Which file specifically do I "import" via the Product Import panel in my admin options?

I'm running vbulletin 4.0.8. Maybe it just doesn't work with my version?

Thanks.

The file you import is:

XML/vB4/product-dbtech_classifieds.xml

If you are running 4.0.8, that might mean you don't get the links correctly for the Classifieds. If that is the case, let me know and I'll sort something out for you. The XMLs you tried installing are part of the core features. We always put XMLs for installation in the main XML folder in the zip file. Anything in the upload folder needs uploading to the root forum directory.

If you still have trouble, let me know and I can take a look if you send me some access details to your Admin CP, etc. You can do that via PM here or to Mokonzi at the main www.dragonbyte-tech.com site.

Originally Posted by kemraj

Thanks man, great support. Looking forward to be doing business with you.

Glad to help. Will get back to you tomorrow.

Matt

[gettingbetter]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

The file you import is:

XML/vB4/product-dbtech_classifieds.xml

If you are running 4.0.8, that might mean you don't get the links correctly for the Classifieds. If that is the case, let me know and I'll sort something out for you. The XMLs you tried installing are part of the core features. We always put XMLs for installation in the main XML folder in the zip file. Anything in the upload folder needs uploading to the root forum directory.

If you still have trouble, let me know and I can take a look if you send me some access details to your Admin CP, etc. You can do that via PM here or to Mokonzi at the main www.dragonbyte-tech.com site.



Glad to help. Will get back to you tomorrow.

Matt

Thanks a lot - I found the file. Didn't see it in the XML > vbulletin folder.

Going to buy the full version because you were quick and friendly about it - thanks for the support!

[gettingbetter]

When I try to remove a Listing Length from the Listing Length menu, I get an error:

"Invalid: 0"

Won't let me delete listing lengths (any of them)!

[DragonByte Tech]

Hmmm. Looks interesting. I'll see if I can find the issue. Will get back to you this morning.

Matt

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by gettingbetter

When I try to remove a Listing Length from the Listing Length menu, I get an error:

"Invalid: 0"

Won't let me delete listing lengths (any of them)!

Fixed it in the current version. If you redownload the zip file and upload it's contents to the server you should have a fix.

Let me know how it goes, and thanks for spotting the error.

Matt