Portal Software - [Chris] Classifieds

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 MoveOver.cc

Hi,

Great mod.

When I upgraded to 1.8.1, I lost all my thumbnails on the classified from page. I reverted back to 1.6.1 and they are back again. Am I doing something wrong?

Thx

1.- Be sure that you've uploaded all the files. Sometimes it takes some more minutes waiting to finish the upload, but you're always sure that you've an up to date installation.

2.- Import product xml checking overwrite

3.- If you see something not working as expected, clear the system cache (admincp), and browser cache. Also (if possible) try with anothre browser.

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by migratoria

HI Chris

If I add the code to the rules of writing in vBSEO custom vBSEO:

'^classifieds\.php\?do=main&catid=(.*)$' => 'classifieds/category-$1/'
'^classifieds\.php\?do=viewitem&itemid=(.*)$' => 'classifieds-$1/'
'^classifieds\.php\?do=whatsnew&timeframe=(.*)$' => 'classifieds/new-days-back-$1/'
'^classifieds\.php\?do=seller&sellerid=(.*)$' => 'classifieds/seller-$1/'
'^classifieds\.php\?do=search$' => 'classifieds/searchresults/'

I get this when I click on an ad

www.mysite.com/forum/classifieds-9/
www.mysite.com/forum/classifieds-8/
etc...

What could be wrong?

Let's wait any SEO guru to help us. What I can say seeing the links they must redirect to classified 9 ....or ...8

[MoveOver.cc]

System cache cleared and works just fine. Thx.

Sorry if already asked but has anyone added this to vbadvanced as a module?

[sadiq6210]

Originally Posted by Christos Teriakis

If you expect more traffic, then it will not works for you.

Why Chris? What will happen in more traffic sites so this mod will not work?

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by sadiq6210

Why Chris? What will happen in more traffic sites so this mod will not work?

Nothing bad don't worry. But usually admin with big boards need complicated features and as I said this has the basics only. Otherwise it can handle thousands of thousand ads, with better performance as it's lighware.
But as I said...... i haven't understood what he was asking......

[sadiq6210]

Originally Posted by Christos Teriakis

Nothing bad don't worry. But usually admin with big boards need complicated features and as I said this has the basics only. Otherwise it can handle thousands of thousand ads, with better performance as it's lighware.
But as I said...... i haven't understood what he was asking......

oh OK
I like this mod because it is not complicated :up: Keep it lite

[Rich]

How difficult would it be to track how many users have viewed an ad? One of my testers asked where they could see that, so the end user is actually interested in that data.

[sadiq6210]

Chris,
Is there a simple way to add color to ([for sale] - [wanted] - [for trade] - [free offer])

I mean how can I make [for sale] in green color everywhere and [wanted] in red color everywhere in the classifieds. (In main, categories, right menu, view items ...)

[Christos Teriakis]

@Rich
@sadiq
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For a coder is very easy... For an average admin is not. Needs additional code in php file (files for sadiq) and template (templates for sadiq).

Chris

[sadiq6210]

Originally Posted by Christos Teriakis

@Rich
@sadiq
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For a coder is very easy... For an average admin is not. Needs additional code in php file (files for sadiq) and template (templates for sadiq).

Chris

It was there in the old classifieds, if you can copy the code from microclassified and give it to us with some hints we will appreciate that Chris.

However, I think it could be a good improvement if you add it in the lite classifieds. Although it is simple, it will make the life easy for our users

I believe that searching by colors is always faster and more comfortable than reading