1 Classified Script User Guide v1.0
Installation... 3 Create Database... 3 Grant Rights... 4 Configure Settings... 5 Step 1... 5 Step 2... 6 Step 3... 7 Post Sponsored Ad... 8 Step 1... 8 Step 2... 9 Manage Currency... 10 Admin Panel... 12 1- Site Settings... 13 a- General Settings... 13 b- Listing setting... 13 c- Site Theme... 13 d- Web Banners... 13 2- Category... 14 3- Classified... 14 4- Accounts... 15 5- Subscription and Payments... 16 a- Add New Subscription Plan... 16 b- Subscription Plan... 16 c- Payment Received... 16 d- Payment Settings... 16 6- Static Page... 17 7- Email Templates... 17 8- World Wide Management... 17 9- Messages... 17
Installation Create Database 1- Create a blank database and a database user for the blank database. 2- Grant all rights to newly created database user as shown below
Grant Rights 1- Unzip the 1Classified Script then upload the unzipped folder to your ftp server. 2- Go to root directory and find config.php (file) and resources (directory) 3- Grant write access to config.php file a. In ftp client (e.g. CuteFpt) right click on the config.php b. Choose Properties c. Give execute and write access to owner and group d. Click on Apply and then OK button. e. Repeat above (a, b, c, d) steps for resources directory
Configure Settings 1- Run the install.php from install folder as: http://yourdomain.com/install/install.php 2- Complete the steps as shown below; Step 1 In this step you will configure basic settings for the script: 1- Website (URL): Path of the directory where you have uploaded 1Classifeid script 2- Database Server Name: default to localhost 3- Database Name: name of blank database. 4- Database User Name: name of the user that associated to the blank database 5- User Password: password of the user
Step 2 Choose the options you want to install along with the mandatory tables and records.
Step 3 The installer will execute the MYSQL script and create the necessary database tables and records that 1Classifeid script needs to run. Important: when you have successfully installed every thing, remove the install directory for security reasons.
Post Sponsored Ad Step 1 1- Click on Post Ad link in the main header 2- Fill out the post ad form 3- Click Sponsored Ad Radio button 4- Choose any subscription you would like 5- On completing the form click on Post Ad button 6- Application will redirect user to PAYPAL site for payment 7- After completing the payment process click on Return To Store link, PAYPAL will redirect user to the classified script site 8- A payment entry will be saved to database that can be view at Admin Section -> Subscription and Payments -> Payment Received 9- An email will be sent to OwnerEmail (it is define in Admin Section -> Site Settings -> General Setting)
Step 2 On finish of STEP 1, admin of the site has to do some manual tasks, he will check PAYLPAL instant notification email in his PAYAPL account and verify the payment then he will update ads status to sponsored ad via: Admin Section -> Classified -> All Classified -> search the ad via ADID or Title Update the status of the ad to sponsored ad. Now the add will the published as sponsored ad on main page, application will automatically check the subscription (number of days to display it as sponsored ad) and will remove it from the Sponsored Ad section on completions of days.
Manage Currency 1- Admin will add currencies for the countries at: a- Admin Site -> World Wide Management -> Country b- Enter Currency Code c- Save Country 2- Admin will set default currency for ads at: a- Admin Site -> Classified -> Settings b- Select Default Currency for Ads c- Save Settings On user site while posting ad, all currencies will be displayed in a dropdown with selected default currency (set by admin).
After completing Post Ad Procedure the selected currency will be saved and display on all corresponding sections.
Admin Panel Admin panel is full fledged application that controls the user viewable site. Following are the details about its sections:
1- Site Settings a- General Settings Admin can define Title, Site Name, Site Logo, Language, Google Analytic Code, Site is live / down etc in this page. b- Listing setting These settings are used to set the listing type on search result page / category listing page. There are 2 types: List and Gallery c- Site Theme This setting is used to change the theme of the site. d- Web Banners This is used to set banner of different companies e.g. Google, Amazon, Hostgatter etc on user viewable site. There are different placements for different pages e.g. Home Page & top banner, home page bottom banner, detail page top banner etc. Admin will select the page, its placement and write the code (usually copy paste the code provided by the companies). In the result a banner will be displayed according to the respective settings.
2- Category This section is used to manage categories; admin can add unlimited categories with parent child relation. User will post / filter / search ads against these categories. 3- Classified This section is used to manage classified ads posted by users. Admin can edit/ delete/ search/ mark & unmark sponsored / active & in-acitve ads etc. In Setting page admin will also set Default Price for Ads and Days to expire ad automatically.
4- Accounts This section is used to manage registered user. Admin can View / edit/ delete their profile, make active or ban a user. Admin can also add new admin users with restricted rights e.g. new admin can manage only Ad Banner / Payments/ Static Pages. Or admin can grant all privileged to a new admin user that all depends on the need and requirements.
5- Subscription and Payments This section is used to manage payments and subscription. a- Add New Subscription Plan Admin will add new subscription Title, Amount and Number of days for which an ad will remain listed in Sponsored Ad area on main page of user site. On completing days the ads will be removed from Sponsored Ad and considered ad normal ad. b- Subscription Plan This will show all existing Subscription Plan so that admin can add/edit/delete these. c- Payment Received This page will show the payments received from users against Sponsored Ads. d- Payment Settings This is an important settings page, here admin will set the Paypal User Name (against which payments will be made), Paypal Payment Note and the Currency of Paypal user account.
6- Static Page This section is used to manage content pages, these pages can contain simple html text or form (available in custom work). Admin can set to show these pages link on top navigation bar as well on footer. 7- Email Templates This section is used to set templates that will be used to send email when user: a- Post an Ad b- Make new registration 8- World Wide Management This section is used to manage Country, State and Cities 9- Messages This section is used to manage the messages received from registered users. Admin will view their messages and make replies to these.