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Old 04-29-2008, 12:35 PM   #1
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I am seeking help on how to setup an option for a locations (city, town, state,etc) listing before main template page. IE Craigslist, backpage.com, phlist.com etc

After visitor selects their location they would be routed to the main template page.
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Old 04-29-2008, 12:39 PM   #2
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Were probably going to need some clarification here.

Even if your visitors hit a page that asks them for a location first, how do you plan on making sure that once they have chosen a location those are the only ads they see?

If you are bound and determined to have people chose locations I recommend setting your site up so the very top level parent categories are locations and then within them have you categories.

If you dont do it that way you are going to likely have to do a whole bunch of custom coding throughout to limit what people see based on an inital caqtegory they chose.
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My super-mod-system has a built in location system. You can add as many or as few locations as you wish. Demo inside my signature.
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Having the top category as a location will mean that you will need to set up sub-categories for each.

EG. You have the 50 something states in USA, you have 20 categories, thats 1000 categories to set up. Maybe I am missing something but it just doesnt seem logical to do it this way.

Wouldnt this also affect the search? If you search by category but the category includes the location and there is also a choice to search by location, it all gets a little confusing, to me anyway.
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Having the top category as a location will mean that you will need to set up sub-categories for each.

EG. You have the 50 something states in USA, you have 20 categories, thats 1000 categories to set up. Maybe I am missing something but it just doesnt seem logical to do it this way.

Wouldnt this also affect the search? If you search by category but the category includes the location and there is also a choice to search by location, it all gets a little confusing, to me anyway.
Maffo I do not find the locate filter at your demo site?

Can you give me other demo site address?
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Maffo I do not find the locate filter at your demo site?

Can you give me other demo site address?
Maffos last activity here was 12-16-2008 so I dont know if I would expect him to reply to your question any time soon.
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