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).

[Jman423]

Originally Posted by addamroy

Oh ok I see, so how do I go about downloading the 'free' version instead of the 'pro' version, do you know?

I don't know that the author will be supporting the old version now that v5 is out.

I can access the settings as the main admin of the forum but my other administrator cannot, any idea how to troubleshoot this?

What usergroup is your other administrator in?

Is anyone else able to create a premium ad, and can you see the vote portion of any ad??

[sick adam]

Hello, just need a quick question answered.... what are you supposed to do with the index.html files in the download? Replace them with your own index.html file? I cant upload them, since they are empty, if someone could answer would be a HUGE help, thank you!

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by Goatpod

Hi Chris, many thanks for taking on the Classifieds and all the work you're doing. I've recently updated to v5.0.6 from Mary's original script and have started receiving the following VB error:



I've had a poke around but I'm no expert, any ideas?
Thanks, Dave.

Hello Dave,

There is 100% compatibility with Mary's original code. I just improvent it. A part that I changed is the PMs. Mary used to not "touch" vB native functions as a way to keep higher compatibility with the upcoming versions. I do agree with her, but at this point there was a missing feature (sending email to user about the new PM). That's why I changed it to use vB's datamanager.

I've checked all type of messages and work, but I'll try a check more. What seems strange to me is that "\n". Mary was using it as way to have a line break, but I removed them. So, I'm wondering if you've uploaded all the files.

Chris

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by sick adam

Hello, just need a quick question answered.... what are you supposed to do with the index.html files in the download? Replace them with your own index.html file? I cant upload them, since they are empty, if someone could answer would be a HUGE help, thank you!

I've already replied to this topic. You can easily delete them from the package and then upload the rest files. These files are there just to protect your site from directory listing. What FTP client are you using which does not upload zero size files?

Chris

[Jman423]

Originally Posted by sick adam

Hello, just need a quick question answered.... what are you supposed to do with the index.html files in the download? Replace them with your own index.html file? I cant upload them, since they are empty, if someone could answer would be a HUGE help, thank you!

You should not have to replace any index files unless you are updating the product. You should be uploading the file structure just the way it is in the zip file and the only three files that should be going in your forum root should be php files. The index files are found within the microclassifieds folder... and as far as I know, they shouldn't be touched.

As for the "Page Not Found" error that I mentioned earlier, that appears to be the voting block, and it only appears on my vB Suite installation, and not in the Forum "only" installation... much like the AdminCP menu problem that required CMS files.

[Goatpod]

Originally Posted by ChrisTERiS

Hello Dave,
So, I'm wondering if you've uploaded all the files.

Chris

Hi Chris, thanks for taking the time to respond. I've deleted all of the Classified files currently on the server and uploaded new ones just to be sure. I'll give it an hour and see if there's any improvement. Thanks again, Dave.

[voglermc]

Originally Posted by voglermc

I'm getting this error on the main page

Warning: Division by zero in [path]/microclassifieds/includes/functions.php on line 586

Any answer on this?

[Goatpod]

Originally Posted by voglermc

Any answer on this?

Edit:// Sorry I'm going blind

[1320Nation]

I have had issues with getting this mod to work on my domain. My webtech fixed it but, said to pass this info along to the developer.

Tell the developer to edit \microclassifieds\includes\functions.php

And change:
".TABLE_PREFIX."user.* AS thisprofile
to:
".TABLE_PREFIX."user.*

in every place he's done that.
Otherwise it'll never work right.

Btw, before fixing the issue this is the error I was getting.

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.5:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT AVG(board_microclassifieds_orders.sreviewrating) AS thisrating,
board_microclassifieds_profiles.* AS thisprofile
FROM board_microclassifieds_orders
JOIN board_microclassifieds_profiles
ON board_microclassifieds_profiles.userid=board_micro classifieds_orders.sellerid
WHERE board_microclassifieds_orders.sreviewrating>0
GROUP BY board_microclassifieds_orders.sellerid
ORDER BY board_microclassifieds_orders.sreviewrating DESC
LIMIT 5;

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 'AS thisprofile
FROM board_microclassifieds_orders
' at line 2
Error Number : 1064

[RSNF]

Hello I am using this mod but I appear to be having an issue exactly how are we suppose to create an ad as I see no option where a user can create an ad not in the navigation menu when you click on classifieds or in the profile when you click on classifieds? I have adjusted all the usergroup permissions so that they may create an ad but still does not work. Thanks in advance for your help.