Search, maps, and sold!

[juven14]

I think this new module - out on around same time as 3.1.6 will satisfy all the sold needs.

User - marks item as sold - it stays in the regular listings for x amount of days, with an image overlay that says sold. There are also options for 4 other status, ie pending, reduced, etc. Once the item is marked sold they are asked for a selling price, then when they submit they can no longer change the status of the ad. After it gets removed from the regular results it is no longer displayed in their userbrowselistings and is not editable by user. A search drop down allows them to search for any sold item in regular listings and in the sold only listings.

I'll put a demo up this week for y'all to check out.

[BigOrange]

Originally Posted by juven14

I think this new module - out on around same time as 3.1.6 will satisfy all the sold needs.

User - marks item as sold - it stays in the regular listings for x amount of days, with an image overlay that says sold. There are also options for 4 other status, ie pending, reduced, etc. Once the item is marked sold they are asked for a selling price, then when they submit they can no longer change the status of the ad. After it gets removed from the regular results it is no longer displayed in their userbrowselistings and is not editable by user. A search drop down allows them to search for any sold item in regular listings and in the sold only listings.

I'll put a demo up this week for y'all to check out.

The new module sounds good. Could you please explain why you would ask for the selling price? In my case I have a vehicle classified site and experience tells me that a vehicle seller, or buyer for that matter, would not want to disclose the final agreed on purchase price. If you were told the selling price what would you use the information for?

[juven14]

This way you can maintain the historical selling price for cars, and people can use this as a guide when looking at other similar cars for sale. Of course they can put anything value they want in the field so it won't be perfect. It is probably better suited for property but can be useful for other markets.

You can remove this field from the template and it won't cause any trouble for those of you who don't want/need it.

I plan on putting this up at our demo site today after I get back from school.

Originally Posted by juven14

I think this new module - out on around same time as 3.1.6 will satisfy all the sold needs.

User - marks item as sold - it stays in the regular listings for x amount of days, with an image overlay that says sold. There are also options for 4 other status, ie pending, reduced, etc. Once the item is marked sold they are asked for a selling price, then when they submit they can no longer change the status of the ad. After it gets removed from the regular results it is no longer displayed in their userbrowselistings and is not editable by user. A search drop down allows them to search for any sold item in regular listings and in the sold only listings.

This is exactly what I was looking for... and more! Sounds great. As long as I have this to look forward to then this script might be everything I need. The 'sold' option is a big factor, and not allowing the user to edit is even better.

All these mods (and all your responses!) are really starting to outweigh the other scripts I had in mind. I'm assuming Google Maps can be added to any site, so that isn't going to sway me for now. (That was the only thing the other guys had on you).

The site mentioned by Chaslie, www.eshopper.com.au, has one more feature that I would like to have that I've seen on other classifieds scripts but not 68classifieds. If you go to a listing view and click on the thumbnails, the large image switches instead of popping up a window. Is this a mod? Or I guess the other question would be: if this isn't a mod could I add similar code to the template on the Designer version or would I have to purchase Developer?

Decisions, decisions! With this much support I'm bound to be able to create the site I want.... right?

Thanks for all your help.

[Chaslie]

The site mentioned by Chaslie, www.eshopper.com.au, has one more feature that I would like to have that I've seen on other classifieds scripts but not 68classifieds. If you go to a listing view and click on the thumbnails, the large image switches instead of popping up a window. Is this a mod?

Here is the code used for 'eshopper'. Just replace the original code in /templates/default/viewlistings.tpl.php with this (back up first):

	
{* This the image display portion *}
{if $viewphotos=="Y"}
{if $data<>""}
<table width="100%"  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr><td width="80%">
{section name=image loop=$data max=1}
<p align="center"><img id="placeholder" src="photos/{$data[image].image}" alt="" class="imageborder" /></p><strong><p align="center" id="desc">{$data[image].title}</p></strong>
{/section}
</td><td>
<DIV STYLE="height:320px; width:160px;overflow:auto">
<div align="center">
{foreach from=$data item="entry"} <a onclick="return showPic(this)" href="photos/{$entry.image}" title="{$entry.title}"><img src="thumbs/small_{$entry.image}" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" class="imageborder" /></a>
{/foreach}
</div></div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
{/if}
{/if}
{* This ends the image display portion *}

[BigOrange]

I'm trying to get your photo mod code to work on my site. For it to work properly I found that each photo must have a unique title or the popup window appears instead of the photo changing positions. How do you ensure the user will enter a title for each photo when they are placing an ad?

I also had to add the following in front of the code to make it function properly:

{literal}
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
function showPic (whichpic) {
 if (document.getElementById) {
  document.getElementById('placeholder').src = whichpic.href;
  if (whichpic.title) {
   document.getElementById('desc').childNodes[0].nodeValue = whichpic.title;
  } else {
   document.getElementById('desc').childNodes[0].nodeValue = whichpic.childNodes[0].nodeValue;
  }
  return false;
 } else {
  return true;
 }
}
</script>
{/literal}

Is there more info about this mod somewhere? Thanks!

Originally Posted by Chaslie

Here is the code used for 'eshopper'. Just replace the original code in /templates/default/viewlistings.tpl.php with this (back up first):

	
{* This the image display portion *}
{if $viewphotos=="Y"}
{if $data<>""}
<table width="100%"  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr><td width="80%">
{section name=image loop=$data max=1}
<p align="center"><img id="placeholder" src="photos/{$data[image].image}" alt="" class="imageborder" /></p><strong><p align="center" id="desc">{$data[image].title}</p></strong>
{/section}
</td><td>
<DIV STYLE="height:320px; width:160px;overflow:auto">
<div align="center">
{foreach from=$data item="entry"} <a onclick="return showPic(this)" href="photos/{$entry.image}" title="{$entry.title}"><img src="thumbs/small_{$entry.image}" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" class="imageborder" /></a>
{/foreach}
</div></div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
{/if}
{/if}
{* This ends the image display portion *}

[Chaslie]

Is there more info about this mod somewhere? Thanks!

Ooops - sorry, meant to add you need to add this at the tp of the page BEFORE ....
{* Are you an administrator? *}

This is what to add:

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
{literal}
function showPic (whichpic) {
if (document.getElementById) {
document.getElementById('placeholder').src = whichpic.href;
if (whichpic.title) {
document.getElementById('desc').childNodes[0].nodeValue = whichpic.title;
} else {
document.getElementById('desc').childNodes[0].nodeValue = whichpic.childNodes[0].nodeValue;
}
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
{/literal}
</script>

What I did about the 'caption' option problem of people not adding a caption was to add a 'full stop' (also referred to as a 'period' by US citizens) in the code - thereby preventing a 'NULL' from being displayed. I think a ' ' might also work instead of a '.' but have not tried it yet.

Add this to /templates/default/checkout/step4.tpl.php

Change this:

<td class="formleft">{$smarty.const.LANG_ADD_IMAGES_TI TLE}{$smarty.const.LANG_COLON}</td>
<td class="formright"><input name="title" type="text" value="" size="{$smarty.const.FIELD_SIZE}" /></td>

To this:

<td class="formleft">{$smarty.const.LANG_ADD_IMAGES_TI TLE}{$smarty.const.LANG_COLON}</td>
<td class="formright"><input name="title" type="text" value="." size="{$smarty.const.FIELD_SIZE}" /></td>

[BigOrange]

Thanks Chaslie,
Adding the period worked. When I used " " the images didn't show up.

Wow, you guys are REALLY helpful! Thanks for the code Chaslie, now I need to buy the script! Will I be able to make that modification with the Designer version or do I need the Developer version? That's my last question and then I start building my site!

Thanks again, see you on the other side of the 'pre-sales' forum...