Mod Request

[manilaboy]

Hi All!

Maybe someone can build mods for V4:

1. Seller Questions/response mod where guests and users can post a question on the ad itself and sellers can post their response too. Something like a comment feature on a blog.

2. Number of users: logged in and not logged in

3. banner/text ad manager

4. reciprocating link manager

5. integrated blog system for registered users/sellers (maybe a mod to integrate wordpress)

6. integrated forum (I think this is available on V3, not sure on V4)

[Lhotch]

Originally Posted by manilaboy

Hi All!

Maybe someone can build mods for V4:

1. Seller Questions/response mod where guests and users can post a question on the ad itself and sellers can post their response too. Something like a comment feature on a blog.

This is kind of a neat idea.

Originally Posted by manilaboy

2. Number of users: logged in and not logged in

Not so fond of this idea. The reason being is that the internet is a stateless environment. All a server knows is if someone requests a page or not, after its delivered the web server has no idea what the user is doing or even if they are still at the site.

I realize many forums have this feature but keep in mind its not an exact indication, its more just a recent history display.

Originally Posted by manilaboy

3. banner/text ad manager

I think many developers have passed on this because of the complexity and the fact that there are already a couple very good free scripts out. What exactly are you looking for this mod to do?

Originally Posted by manilaboy

4. reciprocating link manager

Can you give some specifics on how you would like to see a mod like this work?

Originally Posted by manilaboy

5. integrated blog system for registered users/sellers (maybe a mod to integrate wordpress)

Integrating 68 with other mods can be a bit tricky but a simple blog mod may certainly be doable. Once again, how would you like to see this mod work and where do you see it fitting into the 68c site?

Originally Posted by manilaboy

6. integrated forum (I think this is available on V3, not sure on V4)

I wouldnt call it integraion but there is a user share which allows the user database to be shared between phpbb and vb. Is that what your thinking of?

[chbrandt]

Lots of my users have complained about being contacted through automated spam using the contact owner link on the website. I think it would be a good mod or add-on to have the box where you have to type in a couple letters or numbers, or even one of those two plus two equals and they have to type 4. Anything that keeps automated spam from contacting people would be good for me.

[Mike-N-Tosh]

That's already built in. It sounds like you just need to turn it on.

Log in to your admin. Go to settings. Select "User Registration Fields" and select the "Security Image".

I know that seems like a weird place for that to be, however that's where it is. Turning this on turns on the captcha security image for any contact page which includes the viewlisting's contact owner.

-Mike

[manilaboy]

Originally Posted by Lhotch

This is kind of a neat idea.


Not so fond of this idea. The reason being is that the internet is a stateless environment. All a server knows is if someone requests a page or not, after its delivered the web server has no idea what the user is doing or even if they are still at the site.

I realize many forums have this feature but keep in mind its not an exact indication, its more just a recent history display.

I think many developers have passed on this because of the complexity and the fact that there are already a couple very good free scripts out. What exactly are you looking for this mod to do?

Can you give some specifics on how you would like to see a mod like this work?

Integrating 68 with other mods can be a bit tricky but a simple blog mod may certainly be doable. Once again, how would you like to see this mod work and where do you see it fitting into the 68c site?


I wouldnt call it integraion but there is a user share which allows the user database to be shared between phpbb and vb. Is that what your thinking of?

Thanks Larry!

Reciprocal link mod
- users can add a reciprocating link but only becomes active when my link is also added on their site, link added will be dropped if my link becomes inactive on their site

Blog mod
- this will be good if registered users/sellers are real estate agents like my site and other type of industries

Seller Question/Response mod
- you can see how it works on this site: http://www.hotswap.com/products/view...f/2003_BMW_M3/

I don't see a seller contact form. Users can instead post a question for the seller.

Is the vBulletin mod available for V4? How much is it? Do we also need to purchase a vBulletin license?

[Lhotch]

Originally Posted by manilaboy

Thanks Larry!

Reciprocal link mod
- users can add a reciprocating link but only becomes active when my link is also added on their site, link added will be dropped if my link becomes inactive on their site

Would this be for registered users only or would you let anyone add a link? Would these be approved after submission and before display on your site and where would these ads be displayed on your site?

Originally Posted by manilaboy

Blog mod
- this will be good if registered users/sellers are real estate agents like my site and other type of industries

I understand the desire for it but how would you want it to fit into your site? Do you see this as something where an ad posters blog would be accessible from letys say their user store or would there be a site link that takes you to a page showing all the available blogs?

Originally Posted by manilaboy

Seller Question/Response mod
- you can see how it works on this site: http://www.hotswap.com/products/view...f/2003_BMW_M3/
I don't see a seller contact form. Users can instead post a question for the seller.

Would you want user questions to appear before the ad poster responds or after? Would you want the ad owner to have the ability to edit the question and approve it as well as answer it?

Originally Posted by manilaboy

Is the vBulletin mod available for V4? How much is it? Do we also need to purchase a vBulletin license?

Im not sure the usershare mods are created by 68c you would have to check their site for details. If you got vb user share, yes you would also need to get a licence from VB for using VB.

[manilaboy]

Originally Posted by Lhotch

Would this be for registered users only or would you let anyone add a link? Would these be approved after submission and before display on your site and where would these ads be displayed on your site?


I understand the desire for it but how would you want it to fit into your site? Do you see this as something where an ad posters blog would be accessible from letys say their user store or would there be a site link that takes you to a page showing all the available blogs?

Would you want user questions to appear before the ad poster responds or after? Would you want the ad owner to have the ability to edit the question and approve it as well as answer it?



Im not sure the usershare mods are created by 68c you would have to check their site for details. If you got vb user share, yes you would also need to get a licence from VB for using VB.

1. reciprocating links is for both registered and non-registered users

All links added subject to admin approval. A Links page should be added from the admin panel to display the link categories and links. For real estate, link categories can be escrow, title, appraisers, lenders, roofers, electrician, etc...

Please look at my site: www.payingagents.com

I know I can simply add another category for the Links but I prefer to have reciprocating links from other are real estate related sites to generate more incoming traffic.

2. I am not sure if seller approval or response should be required before displaying the question. I am also not sure if giving sellers the option to modify the question will be the right approach. What do you think?

Another question is should be just replace the contact form with a Seller Question/Response with a captcha? Hotswap.com seems to be doing this and maybe a better way of reducing spam.

[manilaboy]

Hi Larry,

I found this free comment script. Maybe it can be modified and enhanced to become a Seller Question/Response mod that can allow the seller to respond and decide if the question/answer will be displayed on his ad.

http://www.digitalmidget.com/php_noob/comment.php

[anna245]

for banner ads and text link management try this script:

http://www.openx.org/

it works great. i have it on one of my sites and i'm planning to use it for the classifieds project im working on as well.