Photopost Classifieds 3.1 Released - 3-18-2009

[Chuck S]

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VERSION UPDATE: 3.1
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PhotoPost Classifieds 3.1 is a huge update with lots of changes and additions.

New features or Updates:

. Subscription Link Placed in Menubar
. Went through all files and made the entire program XHTML Compliant. Need to do this from time to time.
. Removed lots of the nested table tags throughout the program converting to div tags to make way to conversion in future to more XML Content versus just XHTML.
. Added TinyMCE OpenSource WYSIWYG Editor
. Added script to show all comments on ad. ( linked off comments pal )
. Redesigned Show Product page to be more streamlined.
. Added option to toggle whether guests can use buy it now or not.
. Added option to hide bidders name on showproduct and bid history scripts.
. Added feedback total and percentage to showproduct page.
. Removed Preview Image and installed Web 2.0 Compatible thumbnail viewer if more than one Image.
. Added that if the main categories extra fields are enabled that they be required for entry on upload just like title and description.
. Added a business template.
. Added option to enable the -f mail paramter for php mail if users server requires it.
. Added option to enable sending of HTML mail if admin chooses to.
. Added a global send_ppmail function to centralize all mail in files down to a single function line.
. Defined Global charset variable to pass charset to html email and database additions for proper encoding of variables like russian, arabic etc.
. Added 3 more image fields for a total of 9 max images per ad.
. Defined Global variables for text alignment and direction to support display of the html according to the language selection. Opens up future addtions of arabic hebrew etc that support RTL display
. Added ability for user to enter a shipping amount.
. Added switch that if the bid on an auction surpasses the reserve ( buy it now price ) then the reserve prices used will be the new high bid.
. Moved language strings into database and translated admin panel for complete language translation ability
. Added new paginated language string editor in admin panel
. Added search panel for new language strings in admin panel
. Added ability to create new language and phrases in admin panel
. Added switch in admin options to allow email messaging or both to aid users who can not send email or want both notifications.
. Broke up administration global files to smaller core files for better processing and categorizing of functions
. Added Ability for user to select alternature language from there profile in a standalone classifieds if admin has multilanguage site.

Upgraded files

*.php ( All main core PHP scripts have changed. Upload all except your config scripts. )

languages/*.php (Upload entire directory)
templates/*.tmpl ( Upload entire folder since most have changed for XHTML validation. )

New files:

adm-cats.php
adm-lang.php
comshow.php
templates/comshow.tmpl
templates/vb3enhanced/comshow.tmpl

/js/*.* New Directory upload it all.


You will need to run the upgrade.php script after updating your files as there are many changes. It is very important you
upload all the new files except your config files and header footer files etc as most everything has changed. Also very important. After upgrade there is also a new file phrases.php that one has to run.
The new script is linked on the upgrade script or as well the next step after running 3.0 upgrade it guides you.

YOU MUST RUN BOTH SCRIPTS EVEN IF YOU PARTICIPATED IN THE BETA. Do not worry about duplicate errors.

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[auto_freak]

awesome! i just upgraded right now! awesome!! thanks chuck.

[Chuck S]

No problem glad you like

[concreteweb]

It's smokin'! Thanks!

[Chuck S]

have a good one.

[Chuck S]

. Added Ability for user to select alternature language from there profile in a standalone classifieds if admin has multilanguage site.

Thats a nice one

[handicappedpets]

We have 20 languages, that will be cool.

upload all the new files except your config files and header footer files etc

We are upgrading.

1) Is this the complete list of files I should NOT upload?

config-inc.php
config-intc.php
header.htm
header-inc.php
footer

You will need to run the upgrade.php script *snip* After upgrade there is also a new file phrases.php that one has to run.

2) Does that mean after I upload the files, I point my browser to upgrade.php and then point my browser to phrases.php?

Thanks,
Carol

[Chuck S]

1.

config-inc.php
config-intc.php
header.htm
footer.htm
install.php

2. The upgrade when run will have a link to install the phrases.

[handicappedpets]

Thanks, it is upgraded now, it seems to be working fine. Thanks again!

Carol

EDIT: I don't see a language selector in my profile. We have phpBB3 with language packs installed. I tried switching my phpBB account to Spanish to see if the language option would show in the Classified profile panel, but it still does not. I did run the phrases script which followed the upgrade script, and it said everything was successful. Does it work with phpBB? Thanks!

[Chuck S]

. Added Ability for user to select alternature language from there profile in a standalone classifieds if admin has multilanguage site.

That ability to switch languages is a standalone only because we need to know the language exists therefore in a standalone a user can select out of the languages you make in the admin panel.

[handicappedpets]

I'm still not clear on this, sorry. Our classifieds are integrated with phpbb3. Does that mean our classifieds are not standalone and therefore we cannot use the new language feature?

If we can use the new feature I must not be doing it right. I went into the admin panel and added a new language: French, fr, UTF-8, ltr, and left Meta Content Tag and Language Doc type the way you have them. Admin log says "Added a language: French" But if I go to my profile, there is still no language selector. I see "Edit language strings" in the admin panel but do not know what that is for. What am I doing wrong?

Is there a tutorial on adding languages somewhere?

Thanks,
Carol

(If this should be in the "How do I" forum, I apologize.)

[Chuck S]

Carol

what this means if you can add new languages thats fine and you can select GLOBALLY what your photopost language selection will be by setting the language to say french in the config settings.

The ability to switch languages via a standalone in the standalone profile is for a STANDALONE system meaning not integrated with a forum. In a forum integrated profile the user profile stuff is done via the forum therefore the selection of language per user is not an option.

[handicappedpets]

Ok, thanks. That cleared it up nicely. The software is great even without using the language feature. Thanks again!

Carol

[Chuck S]

No problem.

[bloggermb]

Okay since i am still what you would call a newbie to this product what is the process of upgrading and updating files as i am confused and would love to upgrade to 3.1

Is it done through my c panel control and if so what are the steps can someone please help me with this i looked all throught the forum and cannot find any steps on how to updrage.

Thank You.

M.B

[xluk]

Hey Chuck, is there a live demo of 3.1 somewhere? It'd be great to see the new show ad pages, thanks.

[Chuck S]

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[xluk]

Thanks for that Chuck. How are you progressing with the latest release? One suggestion I'd really like is for those using vB3.x integration - when you report an ad it ties in with the standard vBulletin report feature. Any chance of having that in future releases?

[Chuck S]

The latest release? This was just released less than a month ago there will be no new version anytime in the near future.

The feature your talking about is something to do with vbulletin not classifieds. That might be something one sees if a modification to vbulletin is released in the mod forum. I do know there are two older hard coded mods in that forum.

[xluk]

Hi Chuck, I thought there might be a development roadmap? For example a target date for the next release based on feature requests from things like this forum? Or is it less formal than that?

As for my feature request above, I was trying to be helpful so I'm a bit confused by your slightly negative "it's vBulletin" response. What I was suggesting is that for those of us integrating classifieds with vBulletin it would be nice to have the classifieds hook in with the reporting feature that the forum uses, rather than have 2 separate systems.