Set duration to max out at 28 days

[zaphrod]

I am having a problem updating the templates, so that my ads will expire at max 28 days. I have updated the "duration" global in the templates (uploadproduct.tmpl, uploadproduct1.tmpl, uploadproduct2.tmpl, uploadproduct3.tmpl), but the original fields still come up. I have removed all my categories and started from scratch thinking they might inherit the values from the first category I created before I edited the files. What do I have to edit to set the duration to the number of days I would like?

Any chance there will be a manual for your products. How to create a new template, etc. It would be nice to have a guide rather then "Thanks for buying....Good Luck"

Jason

[Chuck S]

As long as you add a proper option box for 28 days then you can select 28 days as an expiration without knowing what your doing I can not say what your doing wrong

[zaphrod]

Hi Chuck,

I am not sure what you mean by "add a proper option box for 28 days" since it seems to be picking up a default that is set somewhere in the software. I had come across a thread that sugested editing the uploadproduct.tmpl file to change

<tr>
<td class="{$Style['tddetails']}">{$Globals['pp_lang']['duration']}</span></td>
<td class="{$Style['tddetails']}"><select name="duration">
<option selected="selected" value="15">{$Globals['pp_lang']['15days']}</option>
<option value="3">{$Globals['pp_lang']['3days']}</option>
<option value="7">{$Globals['pp_lang']['7days']}</option>
<option value="10">{$Globals['pp_lang']['10days']}</option>
<option value="30">{$Globals['pp_lang']['30days']}</option>
<option value="60">{$Globals['pp_lang']['60days']}</option>
<option value="90">{$Globals['pp_lang']['90days']}</option>
<option value="9999">{$Globals['pp_lang']['noexpire']}</option>
</select></td>
</tr>
to say this
<tr>
<td class="{$Style['tddetails']}">{$Globals['pp_lang']['duration']}</span></td>
<td class="{$Style['tddetails']}"><select name="duration">
<option selected="selected" value="14">{$Globals['pp_lang']['14days']}</option>
<option value="3">{$Globals['pp_lang']['3days']}</option>
<option value="7">{$Globals['pp_lang']['7days']}</option>
<option value="10">{$Globals['pp_lang']['10days']}</option>
<option value="28">{$Globals['pp_lang']['28days']}</option>
</select></td>
</tr>

The only problem is it does not seem to pick up the new values, of course there is no way for me to know if this is the correct file to be updating.

Jason

[Chuck S]

Make sure your editing the correct templates as in if your using vb3 then its the vb3enhanced folder under templates those templates

[zaphrod]

Ok, the changes are sort of taking affect. When I shorten the list, it shows up find in the dropdown, but if I change the value from say 30 to 28 all I get is a blank line in the dropdown. Any ideas?

[Chuck S]

Remember you need to actually add those language strings. I show your using language strings and if so you need to define those in your language file. Your only half doing a modification.

$Globals['pp_lang']['28days']

Where did you define all those new strings. Edit your english.php language file to add them