Major Additions - VBay! Transform your vbulletin into an auctionhouse!

VBay.

This will add an auction section to your bulletin!

If you want to donate to me click the link over there ---------------------->

I am open to suggestions, bugs, comments, insults, and anything else you might say to me at the time :P

To do list:
*use forums/categories/subforums for your auctionhouse.
high bidder userid -> username
*" in description cuts the description at that point
add buyer name
fix pm formatting
add more currencies
intergrate with trader ratings
add paypal api
bidder usergroups
*hot auctions on main < - Available with addon (wont be packaged in vbay)
admin editing auctions
*set up for use with forum commenting.
*fix amount of days an auction can be posted (more than 2 char)
ability to prune old auctions
make sure buy it now is using buy it now price, not bid.
allow admin ability to specify bid/buyitnow/both overrides.

* = Completed.

Features:
Full BBCode support.
Specification of everything, Money Auction length ECT.
Image uploader for auctions.
Closed auction section.
3 auction types, bid, buy it now, or both.


To install
Upload files, and import product as usual
Make a new usergroup and call it the sellers usergroup, do what you want with this group (allow people to request addition maybe?)
Go to vbulletin options and into vbay, set the usergroup id of the sellers group you just made.


To upgrade
re upload all files
import new product
REVERT YOUR TEMPLATES

[Blaine0002]

Originally Posted by Geiri

There are still phrases who I can not translate.


In XML This lines must be translateble...

This phrases are seen under: myvbay, my auctions
Line 354 type='radio' value='bid'
Line 355 type='radio' value='buyitnow'
Line 356 type='radio' value='both'
Line 359 type='radio' value='Domestic'
Line 360 type='radio' value='Worldwide'

This phrase is seen in all items..
Line 981 Time Left

:up: Thank you

Those are not needed to be translated as they are being enteredinto the database and will not be seen by users.

[Wild Bronco]

Originally Posted by Blaine0002

Those are not needed to be translated as they are being enteredinto the database and will not be seen by users.

I needed to translate them in my vbay...

But I had to enter an item for sale first for them to be seen!

Maby the php text that calls the translated text phrase is missing?

You can see how this shows up on the photos.
I was experimenting a bit with the lines you can see how it prints direclty from the database what the lines say.

[powerful_rogue]

Hiya,

Couple of small things:

Unless you fill out every section in the address - It wont let you buy or bid on anything. It dosent pop up with an error message, it just keeps re-directing to the edit address page.
Would there be anyway of removing "State / Province:" as this dosent apply in the UK.

Once yove purchased an item using "Buy It Now" - the item vanishes and theres no record of it under "My Vbay". Would it be possible to create a section "Listings Ive Won" with all auctions and Buy It Now's being shown there? It also dosent show under "Closed Auctions"

The other point was the PM for the winning buyer, however ive seen your working on that

In a future version, would it be possible to add a "Wanted" section? An area where people can list items their looking for and how much their willing to pay. Maybe it could have a comment section underneath the listing where people can reply.
Hopefully many people would find the above useful as well

[edytwinky]

Originally Posted by powerful_rogue

The other point was the PM for the winning buyer, however ive seen your working on that

Currently, the winning buyer doesn't receive a PM?

[gpugliese]

<span style="text-decoration: line-through">This is probably a very stupid question, but I can't figure out how to add/modify Categories. As a result, nothing shows up when I submit auctions, unless I go into the "My vBay" link and manually find it.</span>

Edit: logging out of Admincp and deleting cookies fixes this, and opens up a vBay drop down menu.

I also put up a test auction, and completed it via BIN with no PM to the winner. Two people bid on it, and when one was outbid, there was a PM sent.

Also, how do you change the "vBay" text in the tool bar?

[Blaine0002]

Originally Posted by gpugliese

[s]This is probably a very stupid question, but I can't figure out how to add/modify Categories. As a result, nothing shows up when I submit auctions, unless I go into the "My vBay" link and manually find it.[/s]

Edit: logging out of Admincp and deleting cookies fixes this, and opens up a vBay drop down menu.

I also put up a test auction, and completed it via BIN with no PM to the winner. Two people bid on it, and when one was outbid, there was a PM sent.

Also, how do you change the "vBay" text in the tool bar?

Yeah that phrase bug is known

as for vbay text, everything is located in phrases with the prefix vbay_

[gpugliese]

Originally Posted by Blaine0002

Yeah that phrase bug is known

as for vbay text, everything is located in phrases with the prefix vbay_

Pardon my ignorance, but which .php file is that located in?

Also, BIN seems to be acting up. Had a user setup an auction, 110 opening price, reserve of 200, BIN for 300. I hit BIN, and completed the auction. Got a PM later saying the auction did not meet the reserve, however, the auction is filed under "Closed"

[Blaine0002]

yeah the php file closeauctions is bugged ATM, im working on fixing it.

As for phrases, they are located in your admincp under the language and phrases dropdown.

[gpugliese]

Cool, figured that out.

How about the pre-existing PM's that are sent when bidding or winning an auction? Is there away to include the name of the auction?

Also, bidding over the Buy it Now price doesn't end the auction, however, after bidding over, BIN is still available and doing that will end it properly at the BIN price.

[Blaine0002]

yeah thats part of the bugged closeauctions.