PhotoPost Classifieds

[Axe]

I'm looking into a classifieds system for one of my sites, but before deciding which one to get (or writing my own), I just had a couple of quick questions about PP Classifieds.

I'd like to offer classifieds ads accounts to users on two different levels.

1) Per-ad cost membership, where users pay fees for each ad they post
2) Per-month membership, where users pay a fixed amount each month and are allowed to post up to a maximum of, say, 3 ads in each category per day.

The market that the site is in would be to appeal to both the professionals nad the hobbyists in the industry. Many of the professionals in the industry are used to the #2 way of doing things, however that gets expensive for the hobbyists at home who would prefer the overall lower cost #1 option.

Does PP Classifieds support doing this natively? If not, are mods/hacks in existence to make it work this way?

Thanks guys,
John

[trackpads]

Axe, do you use VB or another forum for you site? If so with the VB membership option you can definately do some of the things you are asking. With the default settings you can moderate certain groups so after they hit 3 or so just hold them till the next month.

A hack is another way and I am sure there are guys who can do it.

-Jason

[Chuck S]

Hello Photopost Classifieds natively does this

1) Per-ad cost membership, where users pay fees for each ad they post

Now I do know in the next edition of Classifieds we are looking to move the payment from a global option to a usergroup options which in itself is quite an easy modification to the current code should you wish to do so.

Basically to acheive number 2 below you would move payment to a usergroup option not global and the group you want monthly payment from you set payment option to no in usergroups for there usergroup after say they are moved by signing up in vb subscriptions for a subscription service. I have done the aforementioned hack to a couple installs for customers and we are looking to make this change like I said in the next version. I have not documented the modification but if I get any free time I will try to do so

2) Per-month membership, where users pay a fixed amount each month and are allowed to post up to a maximum of, say, 3 ads in each category per day.

[Axe]

Trackpads: Nope, this will be running standalone - the site doesn't exist yet, but it will be based on whichever classifieds software we choose to use. It will be expanded and messed with to include extra features we need as we need them.

Chuck: Thanks very much, sounds hopeful. Looks like I'll probably be giving it a whirl when the site's ready to start being developed.

One other quick question, does PP Classifieds natively provide RSS feeds? If it doesn't, it wouldn't be difficult for me to create the appropriate scripts if need be, but it never hurts to ask

For example, could somebody with a classifieds account pull a feed of all of their current live ads? Or a list of all their current ads in a particular category?

[OzzieBrian]

Have looked hi and lo but can't find how/where to buy Classifieds for ReviewPost - does it exist?? - Do I use classifeds for Photo Post?? - is it compatible with RP??

Thanks

[OzzieBrian]

OOPS :- OK have found it - next question can it work with Review Post??

[Chuck S]

Classifieds can integrate with Reviewpost user database sure.

[OzzieBrian]

OK that's great Chuck - Have had some great success setting up Review Post - Managed to integrate a 600+ user database from another (related) project so the two work together quite well - hope to launch this site end of March... Classifieds seems an obvious one for a review site. Checked out some other Review software and although they may have a few more 'bells & whistles' they cost 4 timees as much!!

ReviewPost is eminently configerable with a little PHP 'tweaking'... thanks for a great product...

[Chuck S]

Not a problem have a good weekend.