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).

[ozione]

If I'm not mistaken there should be two cron jobs regarding Classifieds, right? At least there used to be two... I have only one at the moment "Marys Classifieds Regular Actions".

I've just checked under the root of cron dir and I have there three microclassifieds files: "_cron, _daily and _regular".

Is there something i've messed up?

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by ozione

If I'm not mistaken there should be two cron jobs regarding Classifieds, right? At least there used to be two... I have only one at the moment "Marys Classifieds Regular Actions".

I've just checked under the root of cron dir and I have there three microclassifieds files: "_cron, _daily and _regular".

Is there something i've messed up?

No, don't worry. You didn't messed anything. The valid cron files are regular and daily. The 3nd one is empty. I left it in the package just for one reason. If someone forgotten to remove it, then vB will runs it and should mess the system. That's why I decided to have an empty file to overwrite the old one.

Chris

[IMRDY91]

Has anyone else successfully integrated paypal payments into this addon? I have and I'm currently have a small issue with the way feedback is displayed if anyone can help please PM me

[Christos Teriakis]

Old trick, to inform users that you have made an addon and want to sell it. Please remove your post. Has nothing to do with this plugin. Also modifications are permitting as long as you keep them for your own use. You're not allowed to share them even for free,

Regards
Chris

[judgeserg]

Originally Posted by vspro

Please help me,
I want to value Price = 0 when posting, so I need to fix something?
thank you.

Is 0 or not equal to 0?
The default price value can be set in 0

[lazytown]

Originally Posted by ChrisTERiS

Old trick, to inform users that you have made an addon and want to sell it. Please remove your post. Has nothing to do with this plugin. Also modifications are permitting as long as you keep them for your own use. You're not allowed to share them even for free,

Chris,
I've been following your work for a long time and think its great (haven't installed anything yet, probably will get the pay versions). While I completely understand not wanting people to list paid mods, to say someone couldn't even post their own free code seems a little silly. After all, in several posts you yourself said this was a community effort and for people to contribute, help and support one another as a community.

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by vissa

Chris,
I've been following your work for a long time and think its great (haven't installed anything yet, probably will get the pay versions). While I completely understand not wanting people to list paid mods, to say someone couldn't even post their own free code seems a little silly. After all, in several posts you yourself said this was a community effort and for people to contribute, help and support one another as a community.

Yes sure... Helping others understand and use the plugin AS IS !!!. So, are you finding it logic, someone (anybody, not talking for the specific user), to earn money based on my hard work?? I don't think so. Also what makes more sense. Is not the post itself. Is the tricky way that he used to "pass" his offer. "Small bug" (so trust me in nothing), "PM me" (and why not post it here), and of course the smile at the end. Do you know many people having a bug and asking for help to add smiling faces?

My dear friend, its long time ago that my hairs already grey to white. I can "feel" such tricks. And why this user didn't ask me anything? Even after my reply he as online in this thread for more than 30 min. Why he didn't said anything?

Edited: And if you're still unsure about the real reason of his post, read at:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=273689

Looking for someone to edit microclassifieds plugin!
Hey guy's I'm currently in need of someone who can add a feature for the microclassifieds plugin, that can be found here at vborg. I need it to be able to accept automatic paypal payments (after someone wants to purchase someones product on the classifieds) so that they are re-directed to a paypal payment page and after the payment is sent for the ad to be marked as "paid and complete". Also if possible I'd like a commission system put in, so that once a sale is complete, a percentage of the sale cost is sent to a designated admin paypal as a commission fee. Looking to get this done as soon as possible, it should be a fairly simple add will pay a very strict budget of $100.00USD for everything.

Simple question: If he really found a bug, why he don't ask the coder who did the modification, but asks for "help" here?


Chris

[ozione]

hello!

i hope some one could point me to the right direction with this issue i have. it started last evening and I can't really figure it out.

i'm getting these (dozens of) SQL errors:

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.8:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO vb4_pmtext
                                     SET fromuserid = '1',
                       			      fromusername = 'Classifieds notification',
                                         title = 'Mirror's Edge (On the list for removal)',
                                         message = 'We would like to inform you that the above mentioned Ad has been expired and currently is on the grace period before removing from the system. If you want to re-post it, you need to take immediatelly action. Timelimit for renewing it, set to be at:.  16.12. 2012 - 01:32. Povezava do oglasa: [URL=/classifieds_usercp.php?do=myitems&tab=5Expired Ads[/URL].',
                                         touserarray = '',
                                         iconid = '0',
                                         dateline = '1324156473',
                                         showsignature = '0',
                                         allowsmilie = '1',
                                         reportthreadid = '0';

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 's Edge (Na seznamu za odstranitev)',
                                         m' at line 4
Error Number  : 1064
Request Date  : Saturday, December 17th 2011 @ 10:14:33 PM
Error Date    : Saturday, December 17th 2011 @ 10:14:33 PM
Script        : http://www.xxx.com
Referrer      : http://www.xxx.com/vb4/
IP Address    : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username      : Unregistered
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

thanks!

[IMRDY91]

Chris, what are you talking about? I'm not sure I'm following. Anyway, no need for the edit anymore, I have added pay pal as I needed, however me and my coder have been scratching our heads trying to see why feedback is not being displayed correctly after our edits which I still haven't found a reason for btw. If anyone has any experience with this I could really use another opinion. Thanks.

P.s. Why are you all worked up about me finding help here? I asked you back in November to do a pay pal integration for me, but it wasn't in my budget; you then said that I should find someone else to do it so I have absolutely no idea where you're getting all of this from about "tricks" is it against your terms of service to have users fix your plugin or add features? If so, then why would you tell me to find another coder yourself when I asked about adding a feature? And what's this talk about me trying to sell anything? I'm not trying to sell anything at all I legitimately needed a second opinion from another coder to fix an issue. Im not trying to even give away my integration, nowhere in ANY of my posts does it even HINT at that. No one is trying to cheat you out of money, I fully intend to buy your premium version again once it launches, however I could not wait any longer to get some of the features I needed that are to be released in the next premium version so I am using something that allows me to launch my site and have something in place before your update goes live in January as you have said.

[Christos Teriakis]

Not available any more..........

PS- Moderators: Please remove the thread