questions

Hi,
I was looking around on the demo site but am still a bit confused. how many choices of templates come with the designer version?
i saw on the page editor tab where you could change the copy on the pages through that interface. but does that mean you are stuck with that template look? the navigation, headers, etc. how do you change those?
is there any way to see a sample of the files we get so i can see how i could edit them?

also, can i do this on a mac?

how much bandwith should i have available from my hosting company? my client wants to run something like craigslist, specific to one product.

how do you set up the payments?
how would it work if my client wanted to approve an ad before it got charged?
thanks for your help!

[cwp]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi,
I was looking around on the demo site but am still a bit confused. how many choices of templates come with the designer version?

2 templates come with both the designer and developer. I recommend just designing your own template.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i saw on the page editor tab where you could change the copy on the pages through that interface. but does that mean you are stuck with that template look?

No, the page editor just edits the text within the body. There is also a template editor that you can use to edit the templates.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

the navigation, headers, etc. how do you change those?
is there any way to see a sample of the files we get so i can see how i could edit them?

By editing the layout.tpl file and other template files. I won't be able to assist you in showing you a sample, a 68classifieds employee will have to help you out with that.
Check out the download in this thread, it might help you understand the template system better Modifying the default template in v4.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

also, can i do this on a mac?

Of course!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

how much bandwith should i have available from my hosting company? my client wants to run something like craigslist, specific to one product.

Not much unless your site gets hundreds of thousands of visitors daily. The script doesn't use much bandwidth that I know of.. Just depends on how many visitors / hits are coming to your site.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

how do you set up the payments?

Pretty easy, its in the payment providers section under payment. If you have a question about a certain payment provider just ask us.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

how would it work if my client wanted to approve an ad before it got charged?
thanks for your help!

I don't think there is a way to approve an ad "before" it gets charged. You can set it up to approve the ad before it is displayed publicly on the website. I would say - If you don't want to accept the ad then just refund the payment and delete it.

Hey, thanks.
i wasn't able to download anything though. it asks for a username and password and the template editor is uneditable in the demo version. so i'm still not sure what i'd be getting into.
the files that we get are html files? or html files with php extensions?
can i just drag them into Dreamweaver and take out the logos, add my own pictures, logo and change the look of the page- where the elements appear?
or do i have to make changes through the admin interface?


is the horse demo one of the templates that is available?

on the approval issue,
could i set up a php form for the user to submit the ad and photo, then generate an invoice in paypal, have the customer pay, and then go through the admin and post the ad?
there must be a way to do this.
any ideas? this is a sticking point for my client. she wants to approve the ad before it goes live or gets charged. is there another software or script that you would recommend?
thanks for your help.

[Mike-N-Tosh]

the template editor is uneditable in the demo version. so i'm still not sure what i'd be getting into.
the files that we get are html files? or html files with php extensions?
can i just drag them into Dreamweaver and take out the logos, add my own pictures, logo and change the look of the page- where the elements appear?
or do i have to make changes through the admin interface?

The template editor is simply a built in html editor for those that don't have anything to edit with. Dreamweaver would work just fine, just be aware that Dreamweaver sometimes likes to stick in it's own code in places that can sometimes cause issues.

is the horse demo one of the templates that is available?

There is no horse demo. Perhaps you're referring to the demo ad for a horse? The template in the demo is the default template. There is one other included called "Purple". Most people prefer to make their own by copying the default template and modifying that.

on the approval issue,
could i set up a php form for the user to submit the ad and photo, then generate an invoice in paypal, have the customer pay, and then go through the admin and post the ad?
there must be a way to do this.
any ideas? this is a sticking point for my client. she wants to approve the ad before it goes live or gets charged. is there another software or script that you would recommend?
thanks for your help.

I'm not aware of any classifieds scripts that the user would submit the ad before being charged. However, this script has an admin setting that you can set to manually approve an ad. If you don't approve it, then just refund their money.

-Mike

thanks so much for your help.
just a few more questions.
what is the smarty template items people are referring to?
do i need to know about those to edit the pages? or will they be straight html?

it seems like i can edit the look of the page, just need to leave the script in place where the actual classifieds start.
is that right?

also, if my client wants to run the script on 2 sites, will she have to purchase 2 copies? or can she just buy one?

[Mike-N-Tosh]

what is the smarty template items people are referring to?
do i need to know about those to edit the pages? or will they be straight html?

No, you don't need to know about those for editing your layout. Smarty is a templating system. That's what allows the script to be so straight forward in keeping the look from the content, so to speak. It also does other things. It is open source under a GNU license. To find out more http://smarty.php.net/

it seems like i can edit the look of the page, just need to leave the script in place where the actual classifieds start.
is that right?

Right, sort of. Basically all of the files that end in ".tpl" are template files and are editable. Within template files are still "calls" to the script. Typically something like {$smarty.something.somthingelse}, which is what will put the content/information wherever that code lives within the HTML in your template. But for simplicity, there is only one MAIN template called layout.tpl. All the other ".tpl" templates are small templates that go inside of the main content area within the layout.tpl file.

also, if my client wants to run the script on 2 sites, will she have to purchase 2 copies? or can she just buy one?

The license is a per domain license. So if your client wants to run classifieds at myclassifieds.com and one at myotherclassifieds.com, that would require two licenses. However, if you wanted to have myclassifieds.com and another at myotherclassifieds.myclassifieds.com then it would only require one license.

Cheers,
-Mike

how bout a sub domain parked onto the main domain?
would that require another license?

so those 'calls' for the script, i won't have to edit those?