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Old 02-23-2008, 01:24 AM   #1
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Is it possible to override the title tags with certain templates?

I would like to do something like this -
<title> {Title of listing} - {City}, {State} - Mydomain.com</title>

on the viewlisting template. Sometime like this would help out a lot with Google.

Also, is it possible for the site administrator to receive the messages users send to the listing owner from the form mailer? I like to review these messages as it lets me know my sites progress as well as monitor for spam.
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The only way to alter the title would be with the developer edition or with a some type of module.

As for your second question this would not be possible either. However that is why we added the private message system in v4 so you can see all responses between a buyer and seller.
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Im a firm believer that reading peoples private messages is wrong. Thats why they are called 'private'. Yes, you can monitor activity, how many are being sent, who is sending the most etc, but to read them, I personally dont think its right. If it is spam mail you are worried about then I would concentrate more on making sure that the spammers cant get into the program. Im totally against the the gestapo method.
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Im a firm believer that reading peoples private messages is wrong. Thats why they are called 'private'. Yes, you can monitor activity, how many are being sent, who is sending the most etc, but to read them, I personally dont think its right. If it is spam mail you are worried about then I would concentrate more on making sure that the spammers cant get into the program. Im totally against the the gestapo method.
Maffo - It's stated in my privacy policy that messages are scanned for spam manually. Honestly the messages are boring, reading them is not something I would do for entertainment. 99.9 percent of the messages are "Is this for sale still, etc". I do catch spammers on a regular basis who manually go through each listing and send messages off. These are not bots, they are actual humans who paste in messages in the contact form. Most of the time I'm online and I catch them after their 2nd or 3rd message and then ban the ip from the server and it stops from that particular spammer. I try to keep my websites as spam free as possible. I do understand where you're coming from on privacy, but sometimes you have to give up a little privacy to be spam free.

Eric - I would be interested in paying for a module for the custom <title>'s to do something like this. I'd even be willing to pay more than everyone else just to get the initial start up of the module going. I can even start up a thread to see if there is any demand for such module. PM me or reply here if you would like to discuss further.
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Just as a matter of interest, what type of spam are you getting? Is offering to advertise them on another site or is for the usual penis enlargement type?
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Just as a matter of interest, what type of spam are you getting? Is offering to advertise them on another site or is for the usual penis enlargement type?
The spam is targeted towards the people who list on my site. My site is a real estate related so I get people who will go on there and try to sell those who list on my site photography services, or sometimes I'll have competitors come on there and use the form mailer to try to get them to list on their site. I never have bots because of the captcha. It's usually all done by hand. I only have 3-4 incidents a year.

It looks bad on my part when my customers get spammed through my site. So usually when I find someone spamming I stop it and then send everyone an email that had received the spam to apologize and that the person's IP address had been banned from the site.

The script I'm currently using is Esvon Classifieds, which I'm trying to move over to 68classifieds from it. I've been using Esvon for years. I'm just used to Esvon Classifieds sending the administrator a copy of all mail sent through the form mailers. I guess it would be nice to have that option to turn it on or off in 68.
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Is it possible to override the title tags with certain templates?

I would like to do something like this -
<title> {Title of listing} - {City}, {State} - Mydomain.com</title>

on the viewlisting template. Sometime like this would help out a lot with Google.
You should be able to do this just with templates. First you would want to add some logic to test and see that the value of {$SCRIPT_NAME} equals viewlisting.php and if it does pull in thevarious smarty variables you want to use in the layout.
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hi cwp, actually monitoring PM spam is easier via the control panel, rather than receiving via email individually.

The PM system is a big plus point for 68classifieds.
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hi cwp, actually monitoring PM spam is easier via the control panel, rather than receiving via email individually.

The PM system is a big plus point for 68classifieds.

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The PM system would work out great for my needs... if you didn't have to register in order to send a message. Thats why I have to use the other method of contact.. the contact form.
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You should be able to do this just with templates. First you would want to add some logic to test and see that the value of {$SCRIPT_NAME} equals viewlisting.php and if it does pull in thevarious smarty variables you want to use in the layout.
Lhotch - The script name does equal viewlisting.php. I'm guessing I will need to grab the developer edition in order to do this modification?
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