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]

Originally Posted by DannyITR

If I wanted to add three big buttons for Posting For Sale, Wanted and Auction ads on the classifieds home page (category listing) which template would I need to edit to do so?

microclassified templates --> microclassified main

[NTMID8]

Would it be possible to have the Classifieds CMS Widget use a slider like the Random Classifieds slider on the Classifieds home page, except displaying New Classifieds instead of Random Classifieds?

Since the code already exists in this product, it would be good to leverage it and have a very nice widget.

[pumarjr]

When I make a test sale and someone agrees to purchase, I get a pm telling me that a user has opted to purchase the item, then I goto the item and it only shows up under pending, and there is no option to sell or accept, just delete or reject. also, there are no sales history or anything. not sure what's going on.

[maineGuy72]

Originally Posted by pumarjr

When I make a test sale and someone agrees to purchase, I get a pm telling me that a user has opted to purchase the item, then I goto the item and it only shows up under pending, and there is no option to sell or accept, just delete or reject. also, there are no sales history or anything. not sure what's going on.

there is a link in the PM to accept sale but the link is wrong.
if you goto your user control panel and on the classified tab there is another tab to accept the sale. i have reported both errors already

[Christos Teriakis]

Hello all,

It got me 2 full days but finally I succeeded to put under control the incompatibility with non-English characters in listings. Along it this version has some other fixes and some corrections/additions, as per list below:

1. Fixed the problem with non-English characters in listings
2. Added the missing category name in listings
3. Added phrases to listings
4. Corrected and added some missing PMs
5. Added PM to seller when the an Ad is deleting by the system after expiration.

By the way a want to warn you for something very important. By using the datamanager to send PMs, it also activates the vB feature to send an email to user that a PM is waiting him on the forums. But there is a disadvantage here. These emails are sending by the Daily Digets cron, and thus, as the name says, it runs once a day. So if the user waits the emails, most probably will lost many Ads, as someone else maybe has bought before. That's why inform your users to keep an eye on their PM's inbox and don't waith the daily email. Sure you can change this cron to run more often. This is up to you.

To upgrade you must upload ALL files, as there are many changes. Finally import the product-microclassifieds.xml

*** ATTENTION ***

As it's impossible to follow all posts before, if after upgrading to ver.5.1.1, you still have problem with something, please post it again. But please only bugs and not design issues, much more not suggestion for new features. First, let's have a 100% stable version and then we will have time for everything else.

Thank you
Chris

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by vBarsiv

highly successful. Well what will happen this XSS vulnerability? Is a solution be found?

I can't find any other post from you. To which post are you reffering??

Chris

[Alp Ozdemir]

I think "place bid" button is not working.

By the way, how can I disable Auction Ads, or remove the from the navbar menu

[BWJ]

Thank you Chris!

Found one possible bug:
When you sort in advanced search (pushing the arrows up/down). Everything seems to be okay. If you do the same within a category, it gives following error:

Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in [path]/microclassifieds/datagrid/class/phpmydatagrid.class.php on line 24

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by BWJ

Thank you Chris!

Found one possible bug:
When you sort in advanced search (pushing the arrows up/down). Everything seems to be okay. If you do the same within a category, it gives following error:

Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in [path]/microclassifieds/datagrid/class/phpmydatagrid.class.php on line 24

Hello Brian,

Do you mean that if you select any category, then all fields (title, location etc) are giving this error, or only if you try to change the sort order in categories?

Chris

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by BWJ

Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in [path]/microclassifieds/datagrid/class/phpmydatagrid.class.php on line 24

Please open the file at microclassifieds/datagrid/logs/dataerror.txt and tell me what says there.