First off happy April fools day. This is not a joke though.
This is an announcement to let everyone know our office will be closed April 3rd through the 6th. I will be going down to the coast and will have internet so I will still be able to check support but it will be only a few hours a day.
If you need immediate support it is best to ask on the forums as we have users from all over and usually someone will respond a lot faster.
I want to thank everyone for being a customer and have a happy spring break.
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Today one of our moderators Mike-N-Tosh posted a pdf download with instructions on modifying the default template in v4. I have read through it and I highly recommend downloading it before you dive into creating your own template.
Quoting Mike-N-Tosh
I’ve been using 68 Classifieds for over year now. It’s the best classifieds software that I’ve found anywhere and I can tell you, that I’ve looked at quite a lot of them. Now since the new version 4 is out, there has been even more people coming to the same conclusion about the software.
I am posting this document, “68c_v4_mod_template.pdf” for free to the group. It is my contribution to give back to the 68c community. It is my hope that this will help those that are new to 68 Classifieds as well as those that are upgrading from the v3.x.
This is an excerpt from an e-Book that I am working on and will be releasing in the future. This excerpt covers the basic default layout in version 4. It explains how the HTML, CSS work together and most importantly, how you can change the logo at the top to your logo as well as the footer information to your information.
Maffo has created a location system mod for 68 Classifieds and I got copy to test out and give my feedback on.
Take control of the Countries, States, Towns & Cities with this easy to use, easy to install and highly efficient Location Module
About The Mod
This mod basically transforms your forms for when users are registering and modifying their account. Currently 68 Classifieds has them choose the country, state, and they enter in text for the city. This module changes this and has them choose the country then the state and finally a list of cities or towns are displayed based off the state, country choice. All wrapped together using Ajax. It also stops duplicates and if your location doesn’t exist you can still enter a new one.
Installation
The installation was really straight forward. Here is what Maffo has outlined:
Installation Time: Less than 1/2 Hr
Edition(s): 68classifieds V3.1 & V4 DEVELOPER & DESIGNER
Difficulty: Easy
File Changes: 6
I was able to install it in less time than the 1/2 hour but I imagine it should take the average users around that time.
We have just released a Smarty plugin that allows you to have a category tag cloud. You can see an example in the image on the right. 
