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Classifieds
by Christos Teriakis
aka ChrisTERiS

Please note that from
11 Aug 2013
you can get support only in my site
http://www.teriakis.com

Demo: http://www.christeris.net/dev42/classifieds.php
Demo Accounts:
demouser1 / demopass1
demouser2 / demopass2
demouser3 / demopass3

1.- What's this mod?

Is better to say what is NOT this mod . For those who have used MarysClassifieds, I can say that they are 2 products which you can't compate. MarysClassifieds had dozens of features, but when I installed in my site I realized that I need only 10% of those features. Maybe less. This is SL Classifieds. A minimalist version of MarysClassifieds, but I bet that 70% of the webmasters will find this one more pretty, more usefull.

• It supports 4 types of Classifieds:
  • For Sale
  • Wanted
  • For Trade
  • Free Offers
• Supports unlimited categories
• Supports Extra fields (but not searchable)
• Has PM templates for:
  • PM user when admin approves his Classifieds
  • PM user when admin rejects Classified
  • PM seller when a user Makes an Offer
  • PM seller when a user clicks Buy it
  • PM seller when a use uses the contact form
• Supports 5 statuses:
  • Open
  • Hidden
  • Reserved
  • Expired
  • Sold
  • Please note that unlike my old mod, here nothing is automatic. The seller has to take care to switch between statuses.
• There are listings for:
  • Category classifieds
  • Timeframe (What's New) Classifieds
  • Seller Classifieds
  • Search Results
• In view Ad page the visitor can see also:
  • Other classifieds from the same seller
  • Similar classifieds from the same category
• In all pages there are available the follow blocks having the appearance of widgets:
  • Category Menu
  • Search Form
  • Statistics
  • Latest classifieds
  • Popular classifieds
  • Soon to expire classifieds.
• Version 1.5 additions:
  • Facebook Like Advanced (Shows users who liked it)
  • RSS Feeds of last 10 Classifieds
  • Seller has the ability to not mark a classifieds as reserved when a user clickc BuyNow, in case that he has stock of the same items and he wants to keep classifieds active.
  • Added description in extra fields appearing as help text in add/edit form.
  • In case that a category has no subcategories, beside the "No more categories" added an icon/link to previous category level.
    

2.- How you can make (a bit) money with it.

Using vBulletin's Subscriptions Manager you can set subscription which will upgrade the subscribers to a higher usergroup with more privilenges in SL Classifieds. eg:

• To restrict post in specific categories. The system works such a way that for each category you can set who can post:
  • All usergroups
  • None usergroup
  • Specific usergroup(s).
• To allow more days for postings. eg usergroup A can set a maximum of 15 days before the Ad will remove from the system, while usergroup B can set the Ad's duration for 45 days etc.
• Concurrent Ads. eg Register users can have only 1 active ad, while your VIP usergroup can has 5 ..or 10 ... or whatever you want.
• More photos per Ad

3.- Installation

1. Download and unzip the file Classifieds_XXXX.zip
2. Upload the content of upload folder to the directory where your vB installation is. As a check: classifieds.php must be on the same directoru as global.php, forum.php etc. SL Classifieds are not working out of vB installation directory.
3. CMOD 777 the directories:
   1. christeris/classifieds/photos
   2. christeris/classifieds/photos/thumbs
   3. christeris/classifieds/photos/tmp
4. Goto Admincp and import product-classifieds.xml. Double check before if you have another product with the same name.
5. Set the various settings in Classifieds->General settings
6. Set usergroup permissions
7. Check and modify if you want PM templates.
8. Set categories
9. Set Extra fields (in case that you want them).

4.- SEO URLs

• If you're using vbSeo open the file Classifieds_vBSEO_Custom_Rewrite_Rules.txt and add them to your vbSeo installation.
• If you're using .htaccasse file copy the contents of htaccess.txt and add it to your current .htaccess files. If you don't have such file and your server is compatible with such files, upload htaccess.txt to your vB directory and rename it to: .htaccess

5. CMS Widget / Forum Sidebar Block for Latest Classifieds

1. Shows latest 5 Classifieds. If you want to change the number to another value change at 1st line: $maxitems = 5;
2. Installation as CMS Widget
   1. Goto Admincp-> vBulletin CMS-> Widgets
   2. Click "Create New Widget" at the list bottom
   3. Set Widget Type: PHP Direct Execution
   4. Give a Title which appears at the widget. eg Last Classifieds, or.. Last 5 Classifieds etc
   5. Click SAVE
   6. Find in the list the new widget and click configure at the right side
   7. Replace the example code, with the code from Widget_Latest_Classifieds.txt
   8. Click Save
   9. Goto Layout and add it in any section you want
   10. Click Save (Layout)
3. Installation as Forum sidebar Block
   1. Goto Admincp-> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Block Manager
   2. Click Add Block
   3. In the next screen "Select block type: Custom HTML/PHP"
   4. Click Continue
   5. Title: Latest Classifieds
   6. Content Type: PHP
   7. Content: Copy & Paste the code from Widget_Latest_Classifieds.txt
   8. Click Save. The block will be now visible to your forum sidebar

6.- Copyright Link

Since the time that DBTech released their Copyright Manager, I've removed my own copyrights. I found their action insulting me to maximum. Their wording "Site is powered by vBulletin AddOns and Modules by Dragonbyte Tech" (and not "Some parts of this site"), means that everything there is their own work, ignoring on the worst way the fact that there are 100's of other coders and designers who are supporting this community for years. So, I'm letting the glory to them. No copyrights from my side.

Enjoy it
Christos Teriakis
aka ChrisTERiS

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by CharlieDelta

I am having a slight styling problem. Is it possible to not call on specific css files but rather all css files in the "classifieds_main" template?

I check one by one all frontend templates. In all templates the classifieds.css is including:

    <vb:if condition="$vboptions['storecssasfile']">
        {vb:cssfile forumhome-rollup.css,classifieds.css,popupmenu.css,options.css,usercp.css,additional.css,vbcms.css,widgets.css,postbit-lite.css,postlist.css,memberlist.css}
    <vb:else />
        {vb:cssfile usercp.css,additional.css,classifieds.css,popupmenu.css,options.css,vbcms.css,widgets.css,postbit-lite.css,postlist.css,memberlist.css}
    </vb:if>

[CharlieDelta]

It works fine on default style but not custom styles is what I am referring to.

[darkoutzide]

Thanks for the update

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by CharlieDelta

It works fine on default style but not custom styles is what I am referring to.

See if classifieds.css has been installed on your custom style. If not you can copy the content of classifieds.css to additional.css of your custom title.
If it's about design issues (eg a color is not good) you can change the stylevars in classifieds.css. They're less than 10.

[CharlieDelta]

Originally Posted by TheForumMarket

See if classifieds.css has been installed on your custom style. If not you can copy the content of classifieds.css to additional.css of your custom title.
If it's about design issues (eg a color is not good) you can change the stylevars in classifieds.css. They're less than 10.

Yes the classifieds.css is present in all styles. It is more of a template issue. For instance the template is missing

{vb:raw headinclude_bottom}

[sadiq6210]

Originally Posted by TheForumMarket

When I said "PayPal payment", I didn't meant (and never use to mean simple things). I was meaning full automatic payments with IPN support which, on successfull payment, will auto mark the ad as sold and will inform the seller.

So, what you said can't be done. For this they can use the current payment field to inform buyers what payment forms they're accepting.

I don't want this
I prefer it simple as it is.

Please Chris, if you want to add this feature, then make option to totally disable the "PayPal payment system" in admincp.

[migratoria]

Hi Chris

Can you show me the code to insert the last 10 ads in the widget on the home of vbulletin?

[smirkley]

Testing out, but I noticed Usergroups that can post selection is stock vb oem, and doesnt load any custom usergroups I may designate.

edit,...sorry was using a v1.2.0 build. My bad.

[Christos Teriakis]

Classifieds ver. 1.6.0 is available for download. This is a maintenance release.

1. Adds the missing {vb:raw headinclude_bottom} from the templates.
2. Improves RTL support with an extra setting (General settings-> Text direction ... default LTR).

To upgrade download ver.1.6.0 and then:

1. Upload christeris/includes/functions.php to christeris/includes/
2. Import product-classifieds.xml checking overwrite
3. If you're using a RTL language change the setting Text direction in General Classifieds settings.

Chris

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by migratoria

Hi Chris

Can you show me the code to insert the last 10 ads in the widget on the home of vbulletin?

Later today I'll release a ready widget and a forum sidebar block for this.