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Please check your "htmlarea" field names (field ids) for the fieldset in which you have this problem (in Admin Area -> Manage Fieldsets). There are a couple of rules for JavaScript HTML Area usage : 1/ don't use "description" as field name (string ca...
Yes, you can. Here is how to do this : Create "Extra Page" in Admin Area named "index". It will be the main page of the site automatically. You can use blocks like b_Featured_Matrix, b_Latest_Ads_Browse from browse.htm at this extra page to display ...
We can offer you the necessary customizing to accept credit cards directly at your website running Esvon Classifieds. Requirements : - SSL certificate (HTTPS) installed at your website for secure credit card transactions - payment gateway provider su...
Yes, our price plans system allows you to control many aspects of users charging for ads / membership or to keep the website free.
In Admin Area -> Manage Fieldsets -> Fieldset Options you can specify number of image columns displayed and max. amount of images displayed on listing details page. You can set these values globally (select "- Default -" as target fieldset) or for e...
Yes, we provide 3rd party payment gateways integration. Please contact your payment gateway for developers integration guide and sample scripts if possible and forward them (or URL to them) to support@esvon.com to request a free quote.
As it is written in one wise book "He who puts up security for another will surely suffer, but whoever refuses to strike hands in pledge is safe", and that's the answer. But we can recommend you qualities/skills to seek in developers in addition to those...
It is difficult to use WYSIWYG editor (Dreamweaver, Frontpage) because the templates are not full pages (i.e. the header and footer are separate from the page body). For initial template modifications we recommend you combining 2-3 template files into one...
1/ Go to Admin Area -> Manage Ads 2/ Browse to desired category and click "modify" or [M] next to it 3/ "Edit Category" screen will appear where you can specify Image URL
For price field storing we recommend numeric database field type (like the built-in 'v_price' field). It stores numbers only and ensures correct (numeric) prices sorting and price range searching features. Although price is stored as numbers only value, i...
Add new field with type "File Upload (file)" for desired fieldset in Admin Area -> Manage Fieldsets -> Field Manager and enter in "File Extensions Allowed" field "doc,xls" to allow only Word and Excel files uploading.
To change displayed format of the price to another format (for versions that have fieldsets management implemented in Admin Area) : In Admin Area -> Manage Fieldsets 1/ click 'edit' for desired fieldset fields 2/ click "M" (modify) on "Price" fiel...
I would recommend you the following: 1/ find navigation code placeholder in the corresponding template (i.e. ##nav## in browse.htm); 2/ replace ##nav## with ##nav|replace:"<a ":"<a class=nav "## 3/ define "nav" class in CSS file, something...
For HtmlArea you have to edit editor.js file - "this.toolbar" section - comment out unnecessary toolbar items (like Createlink, InsertImage, etc) and leave only the items you need. Example where 'InsertImage' is commented out : ['Horizontal...
In ad details page (details.htm) you can have fields like the following (instead of ##f_field##) : <a href="##f_url##">##f_url##</a> <a href="mailto:##f_email##">##f_email##</a> <a href="files/##f_file##">##f_file##<...
1/ Since version 4.0 : edit inc/application.php and change define('THUMB_WIDTH', 0); to define('THUMB_WIDTH', 150); (maybe 100 or 200 will be better for your layout - you can figure this out experimentally). 2/ For versions 3.x (although...
Since build 4.0.3 it is quite easy. For user account (My Listings) page you can do the following: in file inc/pages/account.php add the following lines at the end of ShowItems() function : $o_pg = &Factory::singleton('esPage'); $o_pg->tpl_hea...
In Admin Area -> Fieldsets Options please select desired fieldset and check off "Generate "Place Ad" page ?" and/or "Generate "Modify Ad" page" options. After this you can copy add.htm (or/and modify.htm, search_adv.htm) file(s) from "tpl/" directory i...
You can edit lang.ini file in Admin Area -> Templates and change page_nav = "[<<]|[<]|[>]|[>>]" to page_nav = "[<<]|[Previous Page]|[Next Page]|[>>]"
You should use certain block of HTML code to ensure that your flash banner will be displayed correctly, this code is usually provided with flash banner or it can be created manually. The code always appears in the following format: <object clas...
In file inc/pages/search.php change line if(!$clean['hw_layout']) $clean['hw_layout'] = 'list'; to if(!$clean['hw_layout']) $clean['hw_layout'] = 'matrix';
Here is sample URL to be used in details.htm (ad details template) : index.php?page=list&uid=##userid##
Please go to Admin Area -> Manage Fieldsets. Click on "Edit Fields" link for {user_fields} fieldset. User fields management page will appear. Click "M" to modify certain field parameters (caption, menu item values, etc).
You have to remove or comment out corresponding placeholders from header.htm and browse.htm templates (##l_num##, ##total##, ##amt##, etc).
To find out which template is used to render any page you can do the following: 1/ Enable "Display HTML template hints" option under Admin Area -> Application Setup -> Advanced Setup 2/ View source of any generated page
Please see "details_print.htm" template from Admin Area -> Templates This file can be fieldset specific to reflect correct ad fields for each category. To access printable listing details page online, please use link index.php?page=out&id=##id##&pr...
1/ Go to Admin Area -> Fieldset Options 2/ Select the Fieldset you want 3/ Change "Number of image columns displayed, ad details page" 4/ Click "Update"
After you add / remove fields in the fieldset you have to update fieldset specific template and add / remove the fields there (details.htm for Ad Details, row.htm for Ad Browsing). The templates can be managed from Admin Area -> Templates where you can...
Please read "docs/fieldsets.txt" to understand fieldsets creation process. To assign created fieldset to category: 1/ Go to Admin Area -> Manage Ads -> Modify Category. 2/ Select desired fieldset in drop-down menu and click "Update". We can h...
When you delete field you have to remove reference to it from fieldset template(s) as well. Please go to Admin Area -> Templates, select the updated fieldset and update details.htm and row.htm templates.
Please edit footer.htm template (in /tpl/ directory or from Admin Area -> Templates) and remove reference to Esvon.
Yes, we provide such services. After some similar requests we made this process transparent and easy. We are ready to assist you with migration from Interactive Tools Realty (Auto) Manager, Mojo Personals, e-Classifieds, phpBazar and some others. Please c...
{Item}, {items} are aliases for which real values are specified in /tpl/lang.ini file. The advantage is that you can update lang.ini once and it will be applied across all the templates. {Item} can mean ad, listing, product, job, car, profile and so on ...
In Admin Area -> Application Setup you can specify "Max. allowed description length in search results"
In Admin Area -> Manage Fieldsets -> Fieldset Options section each fieldset has "Number of image columns displayed, ad details page" option. E.g., if you set it to 4, you will have images arranged horizontally by 4 images in a row.
In Admin Area -> Manage Fieldsets click on "edit fields" for the fieldset used, click "M" (modify) next to the searchable field and specify "Range" for "Display in Advanced Search" and save the changes. Advanced Search page will display "From" and "To...
You have a lot of freedom on the design aspect of the templates. All design/layout is 100% template based and you can modify templates in the way you want. The templates can be managed from Admin Area -> Templates section or you can edit them via FTP (...
CSRF means cross-site request forgery. It is a security risk where an attacker can trick a visitor into making a malicious request to your site from another, entirely unrelated site in their control. Yes, for CSRF tokens in HTML template you can use...
Admin Area -> Manage Fieldsets -> Field Manager Select fieldset (e.g., general) Click "M" (modify) next to desired field. You will see "Keywords Searchable ?" among other field parameters. Title (v_title) and description (v_descr) fields are alw...
Yes, you can remove "Reply To Ad" link from ad details template (details.htm) in Admin Area -> Templates. Select desired fieldset there and edit its details.htm template
Yes, all design / layout is 100% template based. For example you can change the 3 column layout to a 2 column layout. You can remove certain sections such as "Most Popular" and "Shopping Cart" and so on. The most important templates controlling 'look a...
You can create additional ad field(s) of "file" type for which you can specify max. allowed filesize + file extensions allowed, please refer to /docs/fieldsets.txt for more details.
Basic Package has the following files in source code : 1/ /inc/pages/*.php 2/ /inc/blocks/*.* 3/ Free modules (built-in) : Broken Link, Cron, Extra Pages, Faq, Favorites, Form-to-Email, Mailing Lists, Members List, Recommend Us, Reviews 4/ inc/app...
Map URLs in our software are given for sample purpose only and are links to 3rd party mapping service(s). Yahoo Maps work with USA and Canada only now ( see http://maps.yahoo.com/ to verify ). The map link in Esvon Classifieds is hard-coded URL with...
You can use "IF" tags in template files to hide/show blocks of content, i.e. : Field: ##field## or even better Field: ##field##
Please use the following syntax for php code pieces inside template files : <script language="php"> // php code here </script>
In Admin Area -> Manage Fieldsets you can edit your price field and do the following : 1/ Specify "digit" or "decimal" as "Validation Type" to allow numeric values only; 2/ Make the following or similar note in "Note / Hint" : "Numbers only, no $ or ...
In Admin Area -> Manage Fieldsets when you create a new Single Line Textbox (text) field you should select correct database field according to planned format of data stored. Here are some possible options : v_255_XX - textual data (255 characters max);...
When you add new fields to a fieldset which creates an ad, the new ad form includes the fields you have set up, and the email confirmation sent to the advertiser also shows those fields and the values entered. You have to edit the fieldset-specific templa...
If you have Multi_Lang module installed, date format settings in Multi_Lang module have priority over website settings. Please go to Admin Area -> Multi_Lang and click "M" (modify) next to website language and set desired date format settings there.
For better keywords search you can uncomment the following code in header.htm and search_adv.htm templates: <!-- all/exact full text search works on MySQL 4.0.2 or later --> <!-- <select name=stype> <option value="any">Any words ...
details.htm pages are fieldset specific, you can edit details.htm template for certain fieldset in Admin Area -> Templates after desired fieldset selection.
To avoid displaying ads amount in categories you have to update proper templates and remove ads amount placeholders from them (e.g. for categories block in header you have to update header.htm template). See also /docs/readme.txt - "Modifying Templates...
When you modify header.htm file or replace it with new design / template make sure you haven't removed important tags between <head> and </head> tags, for example the following (this can vary in different versions, please refer to your default...
Listing counts removal will hardly provide much performance gain because of caching techniques used to address database server load issues in our software architecture.
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