The goal for this site is to help centralize all the mods in one place and making searching for a particular mod easy. Another nice feature is the ability to rate and review both modules and developers. So if you have worked with a particular developer or module then rate it so other users can see what to use and what to avoid.

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2. I see Hills Web Design in the footer did they design your site?

Actually, I am “Hills Web Design” and this site has been developed for my client. We are a small, growing company and have been operating for just over 1 year now and this project has been probably the largest we have taken on. Using and modifying 68classifeds has been the easy part, the time consuming aspect from a web developers point of view has been the constant cries from the client, “can the site do this?” and the answer has almost always been “Yes!”

3. Since you are Hills Web Design do you offer design or modification work for 68 Classifieds?

Yes, I would be happy to do some design and/or 68 Classifieds modification work. Just visit Hills Web Design and get in touch.

4. What made you choose 68 Classifieds?

Well, there wasn’t really many classifieds systems to choose from and I initially chose this system because of the active community of people using it. The site has been quite heavily modified from the “out of the box” package, and 68classifieds lends itself very well to being modified.The support from the developers and other users via the forum is second to none. As a web developer, the flexibility of this system and the support that has been provided has made my choice of 68classifeds a good one indeed.

5. Are you using any modules with your site?

Yes, we are currently using numerous modules, some of which were developed outside of 68classifieds. We are using, Ad reporting, Incomplete listings reminder, a “Banner Advertising” module and a “Bulk Upload System” which allows to inject ads in bulk directly into the system, this is a must for a large classifieds site like this one.

6. Any additional details you would like to share?

Thanks for the support from the developers and the community! I look forward to building more sites with your software and I will be purchasing numerous licenses from you guys in the near future as we expand our operations internationally.

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Lets say for instance that you only want to display advertising to people visiting your site that are not logged in. This way it would give people that take the extra time to register an incentive. So if we write this out it would look something like this: “If you are a guest then show ads”.

To convert this to a Smarty conditional then we could do this:

{if $smarty.session.userlevel == 5} put your ad code {/if} 

What this does is check the users session and if the userlevel is 5 (which by default is the guest user group) then show your add code.

Now that we have the basics lets get into a more complex conditional statement. For this one lets say: “If you are logged in then display a greeting. If not then display a generic welcome message”.

This would be written as:

{if $smarty.session.username<>” || $smarty.cookies.username<>“”}
Welcome {$smarty.session.username}
{else}
Welcome to our site.  Why not join?
{/if}

The first part says if they are logged in and the username is not blank then display “Welcome Name”. Next if that condition does not run then display the else. “Welcome to our site….”.

I hope this helps you better understand Smarty conditional statements.

References

• Smarty.net

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define('NO_REFERRER_CHECK', TRUE); 

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New in v4 is the ability to have template hooks which integrate with the module system. This is great for adding new features without having to modify any of the template files themselves. One thing I came across today was wanting to include a template file in the location of the hook.

Inside your mod_user.php file you add a hook function just like normal except make $class_tpl global and return the fetched template. Here is an example:

function example_admin_tpl_userinfo()
{
	global $class_tpl;
	$include = $class_tpl->fetch('orders/customer_table.tpl');
	return $include;
}

Now when the module is installed and the user visits the page with the hook a new template file will be added.

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My Name is David Anthony Schnoblen. I am 29 years old; I live outside of Metro Detroit Michigan. I received an Associates Degree in Vehicle Design and later went back to school to receive a Bachelors of Science in Computer Systems Management. I worked in the automotive design & engineering field for about 10 years. I am engaged to a beautiful girl that is very supportive and extremely patient, since I spent a lot of Friday nights home or at her house working the website. My parents and siblings were also supportive on the development of the site. Without them and my sister going through a divorce, MyDivorceSales.com would have been probably never created.

2. What made you choose 68 Classifieds?

I have chosen 68 Classifieds, due to the fact it was really everything I was looking for in a software bundle. Also, being open source helped a lot for the development of the site. I was looking for some custom features to integrate in to my site that I could not have done with other software that I thought of purchasing. I also like the fact, that there is an active forum, where people can collaborate to share ideas and get help from the support staff as well as other users.

3. Are you using any modules with your site?

Yes, I am using “Ad Reporting, Listing Status Reminder, phpbb UserShare, Ratings modules.”

4. Any additional details you would like to share?

My web site is called MyDivorceSales.com, it was primarily developed for my sister and everybody else that has gone through a divorce to sell their unwanted items. Although, it is a web site for divorced couples, everybody is welcome to divorce their unwanted items at MyDivorceSales.com. If somebody has advice or tips that they would like to share, they can sign up to chat in our forums or write a blog.

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Please keep in mind we will not be able to showcase every site and the more custom the better.

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An access key or accesskey allows a computer user to immediately jump to a specific part of a web page via the keyboard.

• Alt + D - Dashboard
  • Alt + H - Home
  • Alt + F - Support Forums
• Alt + L - Listings
• Alt + O - Orders
• Alt + U - Users
• Alt + C - Categories
• Alt + P - Payment
• Alt + S - Settings
  • Alt + M - Modules

From Wikipedia
In most web browsers, the user does this by pressing Alt (on PC) or Ctrl (on Mac) simultaneously with the appropriate character on the keyboard. In Opera, the user presses ⇧ Shift+Esc followed by the access key (without Alt). In Mozilla Firefox 2.0 the access key keyboard combination has changed to Alt + ⇧ Shift (still configurable via about:config), while in Amaya, the preferences allow the user the option of choosing Ctrl or Alt. In Konqueror on Linux, The Ctrl key is pressed and released, and then the access key is pressed.

Whilst Mozilla and Firefox will execute the corresponding links immediately on the press of the access key, IE will just focus on the link and require ↵ Enter to be pressed in order to activate the link. If multiple identical access keys are assigned within the same document, IE will tab through them on each keypress (IE will tab backwards if ⇧ Shift will be pressed as well). This way, links can be logically grouped in various access key rings for easier navigation. IE 4.0 did only support letters of the English alphabet as accesskeys. Firefox 2.0 will activate the last of a group of links assigned the same accesskey.

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If you wish to add this to your site please visit this forum thread.

Available Parameters

Below is a list of parameters you can use when calling this plugin. Please note these are optional.

min

(integer) The minimum size for the category with the least listings.

max

(integer) The maximum size for the category with the most listings.

pixel

(string) What size you want. Default is “em”. Could be % or px.

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