Corporate Edition

Feature Summary

The following features are included with our e-Classifieds Corporate Edition:

Fast and Easy Setup

• Since we install and configure the application for you, there is no software to download or install. Once you place your order, we set everything up and then send you the URL to click on to go to your classifieds.

Free Installation

• We include free installation, including creating your account as the administrator, setting up your flagship affiliate web site, and configuring general program settings based upon your domain name and the other information that you entered when you created your account. Your classified ads software is installed and available immediately when your account is created.

Free Hosting Forever

• We include free hosting of the application forever, for as long as you continue to use it

Free Support Forever

• We include free technical support forever, for as long as you continue to use the software

Free Upgrades Forever

• We include free upgrades forever, for as long as you continue to use the software

Everything Included

• Ensured proper working environment for the software with all necessary programming languages and modules pre-installed so that all software features and functions are guaranteed to "just work" right from the start
• You don't need to have any technical skills or staff to install or maintain the program
• You don't need to have any particular type of web server, server operating system, server permissions settings, programming language installed (such as Perl, PHP, ASP, Cold Fusion, etc.), cgi-bin access, or even a web hosting account at all
• "One stop shopping" means that everything is included so that, unlike with old fashioned "scripts", you don't have to deal with finger pointing between the hosting company and the software company or find that certain program functions don't work because the server doesn't have the correct libraries or modules installed
• The only thing that you need is a web browser!

Continuously and Automatically Updated

• For example, our zip code radius search feature is unique and unrivaled by mere "scripts" because our zip code database is continuously and automatically updated for all of our customers, without the need to manually send out update patches that the customer would need to install every day or every week, as would be necessary to keep an old fashioned PHP, Perl, ASP, or other type of script up to date.

Web Browser Support

• The application works with all modern web browsers, including Internet Explorer 5+, Firefox, Netscape 7+, Mozilla, other Gecko-based browsers (Seamonkey, Flock, K-Meleon, Camino, Galeon, Epiphany, etc.), Opera 7+, Safari, and Konqueror.

Scalability

• Virtually unlimited scalability to millions of ads.

User Interface and Layout

• Sophisticated interface that is intuitive and easy to use.
• Ten separate default classified ads database sections for Announcements, Automobiles, Business Opportunities & Services, Collectibles, Computers, Employment, General Merchandise, Personals, Real Estate, and Rentals & Roommates, each with separate database fields optimized for these categories.
• Graphics included
• Support for an unlimited number of categories and subcategories
• Administrator can change the general HTML layout for the various pages displayed by the program
• Front page display for each section contains links for each category and can optionally display the number of ads posted in that category next to its listing.
• Can optionally display the total number of ads in each section on the front page for that section.
• Auto-generation of listing of sections in the toolbar, which makes it easier to add new sections, since the HTML will be automatically updated.
• Sophisticated navigation bar includes navigation arrows and buttons below search results to help users quickly jump to different sections of their search results without having to keep hitting the "Next" button.
• Navigation bar at top of pages that indicates current section and category, with links to overall site home page and classifieds home.
• Includes "Go Back" buttons on certain pages, such as error message pages.
• Displays "New" text or graphic next to sections and categories in which new ads have been posted since this user's last visit.
• "Tell Your Friends" option that allows users to e-mail their friends about your classifieds section right from an online form. It's a great way to help build traffic to your site.
• Extra Pages included for pages such as Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, Ad Posting Guidelines, etc.
• Sophisticated Help section that includes intuitive and context-sensitive popup Help windows. In many parts of the program, these windows will automatically display the help topic relevant to the action that the user is performing.
• Modern interface includes sophisticated navigation bars, hover effects on category icons, CSS effects for forms, title tooltips, and more
• Sophisticated and attractive popup calendars in the Power Search form
• Color picker on the Appearance Variables form makes color selection easy
• Who's Online display
• Latest Ads display
• Popular Ads display
• Recently Viewed Ads display
• Includes newsletter signup on the front page
• Featured Ads display
• AJAX and "Web 2.0" features enhance the layout with draggable and closable widget boxes
• Image gallery for the front page ads that includes true thumbnail images that display the full size photo when hovered over
• Numerous options for styling the front page (number of columns for sections, whether to show sidebars, what to display in each sidebar, whether to hide empty sidebars, whether to include images in ad listings in sidebars, etc.)
• Admin can change the number of columns displayed for the categories on the categories page
• Optional Google AdSense widget for the front page sidebars
• Optional Sections list widget for the front page sidebars
• Optional logon form widget for the front page sidebars
• WYSIWYG editor for the main page widgets layout
• When a user is posting or editing an ad, the page displays a miniature table to demonstrate the various Visibility Options. As the user changes Visibility Options, the middle row of the table will be updated to show how the user's ad will be changed by the selected Visibility Option. Selecting an ad highlighting option also changes this table.
• Word counter on the post ad page shows the user how many words have been entered into their ad so far
• Option to have the program list and link directly to the subcategories underneath the sections on the front page so that the user doesn't have to click into a section to see its subcategories
• Most Popular Searches display
• AJAX based visual login feedback
• Extensive CSS3 support
• Ability to display subcategory links underneath the categories on the front page
• Support for pretty date formats so that dates can be formatted as e.g. 21st Jan 2010
• Support for displaying dates and times relatively instead of absolutely (for example, displaying X min ago, X hours ago, etc., instead of MM/DD/YYYY)
• Frontpage sections can be ordered vertically instead of horizontally.
• Option to display default text in text input fields that disappears when the user clicks into the field and reappears if they have entered nothing and remove focus from that field.
• Page tools (such as Alert Admin and Send Ad to Friend tools) use in-page panels that appear above the relevant ad, instead of on a separate page.
• Admin can specify whether the program should display or hide empty value fields in the full size ad view.
• Admin can optionally limit the subcategories displayed on the front page for a more compact page.

Customization

• Easy customization of categories through an online form.
• Admin can copy categories, including all database settings, if desired
• Online forms allow you to easily control the appearance of the ads, such as the table width, border size, background color, bar color, and various text colors and fonts.
• Online forms allow you to easily define the colors of various tables, forms, and other displays throughout the program.
• Powerful database options that allow you to create your own unique classifieds sections or databases through an online wizard. You can control the number and types of database fields, including the data types, names of these fields, the input formats (radio, checkbox, etc.), the output formats, display types, and many other criteria for each field.
• HTML Template system allows you to easily customize the general layout of all pages generated by the program. The program also comes with nine default templates that you can choose from, but you can easily customize these or create your own unique templates using standard HTML.
• The Template System allows the admin to create separate templates for each section and for each affiliate, including the (optional) ability of affiliate sites to create and modify their own templates online. The admin can also delete templates.
• The Template System includes support for accessing internal program variables in the Template Editor
• Revert Templates support
• Admin can specify how many listings are displayed on the front page for the Featured Ads, Recently Viewed Ads, Most Popular Ads, and Latest Ads displays
• Admin can specify the number of characters that are displayed on the front page for each ad in the Featured Ads, Recently Viewed Ads, Most Popular Ads, and Latest Ads displays
• Dynamic Extra Pages can be created by the admin for legal pages, privacy policy pages, contact us pages, about us pages, pricing scheme pages, special promo offers, or anything else
• The program includes default static HTML pages for certain pages (Privacy Policy, Search Tips, Site Guidelines, and Terms of Use), which can be customized by the admin
• The program supports the usage of custom splash pages.
• "Groups" feature allows sections to be organized into groups, which enables three levels of categories in the program.
• Support for "multicity" or regional hierarchies, where users can search for ads within a particular city or geographic area.

Fee-Based Features

• Flexibility to set up free or fee-based classified ads listings.
• Administrator has option of whether to use credit card billing and/or postal billing.
• An exclusive new Credit Check feature for optional fee-based classified ads systems. Unlike other programs that claim to be able to handle fee-based systems, Credit Check can accept credit card numbers, check them for validity, compare them against a list of stolen credit cards, and then include the credit card numbers in the registration notice that it sends to the administrator.
• Exclusive ability to handle real-time credit card processing through 13 different vendors, including Authorize.Net, Network Merchants Inc., Quantum Gateway, E-Commerce Exchange, ATS Bank, iBill's "TP Basic" account type, Plug'nPay, Planet Payment (which allows customers from outside of the United States to use the Authorize.Net real-time credit card processing system, and which supports over 150 currencies), HSBC, Worldpay, 2Checkout, Skipjack, and Electronic Clearing House (ECHO). The system also supports Clickbank, PayPal, and most other vendors via an external form. The system can optionally create and require an access code, and it can optionally require a specific referring URL before it will create this access code. This allows you to earn money from your classifieds section each day without any manual processing of charges, as the ad fees are automatically deposited into your account.
• Ability for fee-based systems to store credit card information online. If this is done, the card numbers can be stored either in an unencrypted format (not recommended) or in an encrypted format where they are automatically decrypted on the fly whenever the administrator needs to see this information.
• Option of charging users for posting ads.
• Option of charging users for renewing ads.
• Option of charging users for viewing ads. This can be set up to allow users to view the "headlines" versions of the ads for free, but to require them to pay to see the full size ads, or it can be set up to charge them for viewing any ad information at all.
• Option of charging users for replying to ads.
• Support for charging different fees based on whether this is the first ad posted by this registered user, or a subsequent ad. This allows for discounts for multiple ads, and by allowing the administrator to set lower fees for additional ads, it discourages people from re-registering under a different username.
• Administrator can optionally charge for multimedia file uploads.
• Administrator can optionally charge users who subscribe to the Auto-Notify feature.
• Administrator can optionally charge all users who register.
• Administrator can optionally charge users for including maps with their ads in certain sections.
• Priority ranking options that provide you the option of charging users extra who want to have their ads appear at the top of the search results. The prices, number of tiers, names of these options, and other options are completely customizable.
• Visibility options that provide you the option of charging users extra who want to have the visibility of their ads raised by having the ads placed in bold text, red text, or any other method that you choose. The number of tiers and visibility raising methods (bold, red, etc.) are completely customizable.
• Option to charge for ads based on the number of words contained in the ad.
• Option to charge users for making their ad a featured ad
• Option for admin to allow credit card payments or postal billing (via e-mail invoices) at the same time.
• Online variable for setting the credit cards to be accepted in a fee-based system.
• System automatically obtains the correct years to display in credit card forms.
• Ability to charge for posting or renewing ads in some sections and not others, and to charge different rates for different sections.
• Payments database and extensive online reports that include pie charts.
• Option to clear payment stats
• Support for Authorize.net 3.1 (AIM: Advanced Integration Method)
• Support for PayPal Website Pro
• Optional credits system for payments allows users to purchase credits that can be used for purchasing services through the system, such as posting ads, etc.
• Admin can issue credits to any user
• Ensures PCI-DSS compliance for credit card security by enforcing the usage of secure connections when selecting any payment processor other than "manual" in the admin area
• Promotion codes (also known as coupons or discount codes) can be set up by the administrator and then given to certain users in order to offer them a discount off the normal price for performing various activities on the system, such as posting ads, renewing ads, or upgrading ads. These discounts can be set to either a flat rate or a percentage of the normal cost.
• Pricing plans feature allows you to set up as many different pricing plans as you want.
• Pricing plans can optionally include a minimum level of priority ranking, a minimum level of extra visibility, and featured ad status
• System can be set up to give initial credits to new users based upon the pricing plan that they have selected
• Pricing plans can be set up to charge different fees to individuals and businesses or dealers
• Pricing plans can be set up so some users (such as private sellers) pay per listing, while others (such as businesses or dealers) pay a subscription fee
• Ability to set different pricing plans for each section
• Ability to create unique user/section and group/section pricing plans
• Ability to set the priority for each pricing plan in order to determine whether the pricing plan for this particular user, group, section, user/section, or group/section should take priority
• Users can upgrade their listing
• Admin can charge users extra for ad highlighting
• Color to be used for ad highlighting is customizable
• Admin can charge users extra for Attention Getters (small, eye-catching icons next to the ads)
• Option to charge based upon the price of the item for sale in the ad
• Ability to set different multimedia options for each pricing plan (maximum photo width, height, and upload sizes for different types of media files, as well as number of uploaded multimedia files allowed)
• Optional display of SSL certificate issuing authority trust logos.
• Admin can allow a certain number of free words when posting ads.
• Renewal charge rates and durations can be set to automatically match those for posting ads.
• Admin can optionally give users an initial number of credits in pricing plans.

Ad Display Options and Features

• The administrator can use an online wizard to customize the sections, including their full names, icons, descriptions, and more. The overall classifieds front page is automatically generated using these settings, which makes it easier to change or modify sections.
• The administrator can set variables for whether to limit users' ad renewals, the maximum number of renewals allowed, whether to charge for renewals, and the amount of the renewal charge.
• The administrator can set options for allowing users to choose from varying lengths of time that their ads remain posted on the system, and the ability to charge different fees for ads posted for different lengths of time.
• Overall classifieds front page displays the number of ads in each section next to its listing.
• Option to turn off the counter on the front page of each section that displays the current number of ads in that section.
• Ability to automatically keep track of the total number of ads posted by users as they move from screen to screen, even if a purge has occurred after they logged on.
• Optional use of pre-defined values for Cities and States. Otherwise, users write in their own values.
• Ability for administrator to set the default method for displaying the ads ("full size" or "headlines").
• Administrator can determine whether URLs in ads should be displayed as clickable links or plain text.
• Optional caption headers that can be turned on or off and have pre-set choices for the caption headers. These options can be configured separately for each section.
• Administrator has option of whether to allow HTML in the ads.
• Display of expiration dates within ads displayed using the long format.
• Can display URLs and e-mail addresses as clickable links.
• Can display photos, sound files, and even video clips in ads.
• If the admin allows this, users can upload multiple photos to each ad.
• Users can modify or delete their multimedia uploads for their ads.
• Users can specify automatic generation of a map for their ads in any section.
• Ability to limit the number of words posted in each ad.
• Ability for administrator to set the maximum number of words that may be contained in certain fields (such as the "text" field that contains the body of the ad).
• Size of included text in ads can be controlled by the administrator.
• Support for uploads by users of multimedia files to their ads, including photos, sound, and video clips.
• Preview feature that allows users to preview their ad before it is posted.
• Initial modification and deletion pages allow user to enter specific ad number to be modified or deleted, with options of viewing all ads posted by that user or using the power search form to search for a specific ad.
• Our exclusive Checklist feature allows users to mark certain ads for future viewing. When they come back in the future and click on "My Checklist", the program will display all of their checklisted ads. We call this "the digital equivalent of circling ads in the newspaper."
• Popup mortgage calculators in the real estate sections and loan calculators in the Automobiles section automatically fill in the financial information relevant to this particular ad and calculate payment amounts.
• Popup loan calculators include graphs that show the remaining balance over the life of the loan
• Administrator can set maximum number of consecutive characters allowed in ads, thus preventing users from distorting the ad displays with really long strings of characters.
• Links to other ads posted by a particular user in either a particular section or in all sections.
• Counters within the ads for how many times the ad has been viewed and how many times the ad has been replied to.
• Alert Admin link from each ad so that users can alert the administrator about ads that are objectionable or otherwise may be in violation of system policies.
• Links within each ad for modifying or deleting the ad.
• Option for headlines display to have full text of ad displayed under the headline.
• Ability to scale thumbnails to maintain proportions of original graphic, and the option of having the program autoscale the thumbnails or allowing the admin to set the percentage in the administrative control panel.
• Precise timestamps for ads and user registrations down to the very second
• Thumbnail images in the headlines view of the ads
• Javascript popup photos when hovering over the "camera" icons or thumbnail views of uploaded photos in the headlines view of ads make it easy to preview photos
• Well organized icons on the full size ad displays include icons for reply to ad, visit web site, user's other ads, print ad
• Optional fade-in slideshow for thumbnail images displayed in the full size view of ads
• Includes sophisticated multimedia slideshow for popup photo windows
• Ability to create signs for ads (landscape mode)
• Ability to create flyers for ads (portrait mode)
• Column headers and data in the headlines display are automatically left, center, or right justified depending on the type of data (string, number, or date)
• Column headers in the headlines display can be toggled between ascending and descending sort order for a particular field by clicking on them
• The column header in the headlines display that was last clicked on has a different background color and includes an up or down arrow to show the current sorting order
• The column for the field that is currently being sorted on in the headlines display uses a different background color
• Rollover backgrounds for listings in the headlines display make it easier to tell which ad is about to be clicked on
• The entire row for each ad in the headlines display is clickable, so the user doesn't have to point to a specific text link within that row
• Users can rate individual ads and add comments, which are included in the ad display
• Ad rating system can optionally be disabled by the administrator
• "Short URLs" feature allows ads to be referenced using much shorter URLs
• Program can create RSS feeds for all new ads, both by section and for all ads
• Seller's Listings Page shows all ads posted by that user
• Optional pre-defined subject lines for "reply to ad" links
• Option to require authentication to reply to ads
• Option to have the program not display ad counters next to sections and categories that have no ads

Multimedia

• Automatic image upload resizing so that users never have to see an error message about their uploaded photo being too large
• Automatic thumbnail creation causes the headlines view of the ads to load faster and to use less bandwidth because it uses real thumbnails, rather than just using HTML to make the original, larger image look smaller
• The admin can define the allowed multimedia upload types for photos, sound clips, and video clips
• The admin can set up the system to allow document uploads for any types of documents that the admin specifies
• Users can upload multimedia files directly from the post ad and multimedia upload pages, without having to go to a separate page to do so
• Users can upload multiple multimedia files at the same time, so that they don't have to upload each multimedia file separately
• Admin can specify how many multimedia files can be uploaded from the post ad page
• Admin can specify how many multimedia files can be uploaded from the multimedia upload page
• Admin can specify number of thumbnail photos to be displayed in the headlines view
• Admin can specify thumbnail images format (png or gif)
• Admin can specify size of thumbnail images in headlines view
• Admin can specify how to handle uploaded photos that are bigger than the specified maximum width and height
• Admin can force images to have specific dimensions (so that they are all the same size)
• Admin can specify a background color for uploaded images
• Admin can make background transparent for uploaded images
• Admin can specify thickness and color of border for uploaded images
• System can be set to automatically save uploaded images to the format (gif, jpg, png) that would result in the smallest file size
• System can be set to always re-save uploaded images in a valid image format as a security measure
• System can be set to automatically convert all uploaded images to a specified format (gif, jpg, png)
• Users can view all of their other ads by clicking a link in the multimedia upload form
• Admin can specify whether to allow or disallow animated GIFs in multimedia uploads.

Expiration of Ads

• User can select from administrator-defined options for number of days before ads expire.
• Optional notification by e-mail to users whose ads are about to expire.
• Optional purging of ads that have expired.

Auto-Notify

• An exclusive new Auto-Notify feature that lets users set up their own personal search agent that will automatically e-mail them periodically with the new ads that match the database search criteria that they specified when they set up their agent. Their search criteria can include not only keywords, but also specific categories, features, or geographical locations, date ranges, price ranges, model year ranges, square footage ranges, or any other database criteria. They can even choose to be notified only of new ads with photos, sound clips, and/or video clips.
• Users can choose how long their agent will last (from options defined by the admin) before it is automatically purged by the system.
• Users can set up as many search agents as they want for each section and throughout the classifieds.
• "Instant Auto-Notify" option that causes program to run the Auto-Notify program for each new ad immediately after that ad is posted. Subscribers receive notification immediately after the ad has been posted.
• Admin can modify or delete users' Auto-Notify profiles from the web interface.
• Count of Auto-Notify agents for a user on their "My Account" page and a popup window that displays some info for each agent and includes a link for editing that agent

Private Messaging

• Ability for administrator to turn on or off the "personal inbox" feature throughout the classifieds. The Personal Inbox feature functions as a full-strength, private, and secure messaging center. When someone replies to an ad, the poster is notified that they have a reply and is given a URL where they can retrieve it. The e-mail address of the person who replied is not revealed. When the original poster retrieves the reply, he or she has the option of sending a reply back, again without revealing his or her e-mail address. That way, the parties can send messages back and forth through this system without revealing their e-mail addresses or other personal information until they feel comfortable in doing so.
• Personal Inbox system can use short URLs and allows recipients to enter a number in a form to pick up the message
• The system can optionally send a copy to the admin each time that a user sends a message through the Personal Inbox system

Searching

• Optimized search engine for seven different types of searches: browsing, advanced searches, category searches, retrieval of a specific ad by its database ID number, retrieval of all of a specific user's ads, retrieval of one specific ad for modification, and full database power searches.
• Powerful database searching capabilities that allow users to search for ads by many different fields and even by discrete ranges within fields, such as price ranges, date ranges, model year ranges, square footage ranges, or any other range that the admin defines.
• Optionally can be set up to allow users to select more than one item for certain items during searches (such as city, etc.) using new OR logic.
• Contains search options for searching by keyword, by ads posted within the last x days, or by all ads. Also contains user-friendly Boolean logic search options on the advanced search form.
• Option to turn off full database searching.
• Contains short results format for ads with links to details (long format). The short results format tables allow users to re-sort their search results on the fly by clicking on the table headers.
• Alphabetical, numeric, or date sorting on any field, as well as ascending or descending sorting, case sensitive, and exact match options.
• Contains a powerful sorting routine that is sophisticated enough to properly recognize various inputs that users may use (for example, it understands that $40k means $40,000).
• JavaScript popup calendar and buttons to activate this in the date range searching section of the Power Search Form.
• Users can decide how many ads are displayed on each search results page through a menu choice on the search form (administrator can set the default number).
• Users can decide how search results should be sorted through a menu choice on the search form (administrator can also set default).
• Global text search that can now span across multiple databases or classifieds sections.
• Quick text search allows users to enter quoted searches (for example, "2003 BMW") and to search on word boundaries
• Users can search on multiple items from the same dropdown menu within the Power Search form
• Saved Searches feature allows users to save a particular search, as well as to retrieve it, delete it, or convert it into an Auto-Notify search agent
• "My Searches" page uses in-page Javascript and AJAX fadeout effects when deleting searches
• Boolean search options on the Power Search form allow users to search within each field requiring either the exact phrase, all search terms entered, or any of the search terms
• Power Search form allows users to list search results in either ascending or descending order
• Zip code radius searching allows users to search for ads for people or items that are located within a certain distance of a specified zip code
• Advanced search form supports zip code radius searching.
• Refine Search on basic search input box (remembers previous keywords entered)
• Natural Language Sorting (i.e., 1, 2, ... 10, 11, instead of 1, 10, 11, 2) for numbers that are contained in data of mixed alphabetical and numerical values
• Keyword searches remove stopwords ("a", "the", "this", and other very commonly used words) to improve accuracy and performance (this does not apply to phrases, which can be entered by enclosing them in double quotation marks)

Database Support

• Supports multiple database formats (MySQL, Oracle, HSX, etc.)
• Admin can move and/or convert data from one database to another or convert data between different database formats through a point-and-click online wizard
• Sophisticated online database field configurator can adjust both the database definition files and the actual data (no matter what database type you are using) on the fly when database fields are added, modified, or deleted
• Admin can display the current database field structure for any section
• The system uses database caching for increased performance, faster page loading times, and decreased CPU and memory load

User Registration and Management

• Simple user name and password registration.
• Can optionally send an automatic e-mail reply to users who register for an account. The message welcomes them and gives them their username and password. This might also encourage users who register but don't immediately post an ad to come back later and post their ad.
• Logs all user actions, including posting, modifying, or deleting ads.
• Ability to keep track of the number of ads posted by each registered user and to limit the total number of ads posted by an individual user.
• Includes dates in registration information and an update routine to the main program that updates the registration date when the person posts, modifies, or deletes an ad. That way, the administrator can purge old registration entries of people who haven't been back in a long time if necessary.
• Ability to purge old user registrations.
• "Forgot Your Username" routine e-mails usernames for a particular e-mail address to that address.
• "Forgot Your Password" routine e-mails the password for a particular username to the e-mail address that is listed on that user's account
• IP address and hostname are included in the Forgot Your Password e-mails for security purposes
• Users who have forgotten their user name can search for it using their e-mail address.
• JavaScript popup alerts users who have not filled in all required fields on the registration form by listing the remaining fields that need to be filled in.
• Users can optionally have the system remember their logon username and password during future sessions through the usage of cookies.
• Users can update their registration information at any time.
• Admin can modify or delete user registrations.
• Admin can optionally allow only registered users to access any portion of the classifieds program.
• Improved registration system that also automatically inserts the user's contact information into the appropriate fields on the Post Ad form.
• Includes option to generate passwords for new users
• Admin can specify whether certain contact fields (city, state, etc.) should be required when users register
• Admin can specify additional custom user registration fields and whether they are required for registering
• Includes multiple verification options for new user registrations (immediate registration, verification e-mail to user, e-mail sent to admin, or approval via the administrative control panel)
• System stores "member since" information for each user
• System stores last login time for each user
• Members can view their payment history online, including pending payments
• Members can view their inbox messages online
• "My Account" page includes username, account type, "member since" data, last login date, links to view and/or edit the user's seller store, number of ads posted (and a link to view ads), number of Auto-Notify agents (and a popup window that displays some info for each agent and includes a link for editing that agent), number of inbox messages (and a link to view inbox messages), credits available (and a link to purchase more credits), a link to view the current rates and fees for different actions on the system based upon the user's current pricing plan or the default pricing plan, link to update account information, link to view all of user's ads, link to view user's checklisted ads, link to view saved searches, Auto-Notify signup link, information on how to create signs and flyers, link to view payment history, link to view inbox, link to manage or upgrade pricing plan, link to purchase credits, and a logoff link
• User registration form will automatically suggest relevant and available alternate usernames if the username that the user entered on the new user registration form has already been taken
• Admin can optionally set the program to automatically log a new user in after registering
• Visual Password Strength Indicator on the user registration form helps users to select more secure passwords when registering by showing specific tests and whether each one has passed
• Multiple user groups support allows you to set up different pricing plans for individuals, businesses, dealers, etc.
• Search For User option allows admin to search for users based on name, location, e-mail address, and more
• Switch User (logon as another user) allows admin to log on as another user
• Automatically unsets the password cookie when an invalid password is entered on the logon form
• SEO friendly short URLs for directly logging onto the program allow users to more easily remember, bookmark, and access their My Account pages using a special URL that takes the form of http://www.yourdomain.com/my_account/username/password.
• Admin can resend the registration verification email from the admin registration approval tool
• Registrant's IP address is displayed within the admin registration approval tool
• Domain Blocking
• Domain Allowing
• Admin can optionally block new user registrations from users who are using free e-mail addresses
• Enforces password security by requiring username and password to be different
• Seller Stores
• Option to enable or disable the requirement that users must enter their password again in order to update their account profile information
• Option to determine the order in which the account info and contact info sections of the user registration form are displayed
• "Contact the Admin" option on the My Account page
• Users can have the contact info in all of their ads updated automatically when they update their account profile contact info.
• The program validates URLs entered by users during registration.

Additional User Posting and Searching Options

• An exclusive new Auto-Notify feature that lets users set up their own personal search agent that will automatically e-mail them periodically with the new ads that match the database search criteria that they specified when they set up their agent. Their search criteria can include not only keywords, but also specific categories, features, or geographical locations, date ranges, price ranges, model year ranges, square footage ranges, or any other database criteria.
• A Personal Inbox feature that allows users to post personal ads without having to reveal their e-mail addresses. Users respond to these ads through a form.
• Users can send an ad to a friend.
• Users who have forgotten their user name can search for it using their e-mail address.
• Users can search for ads by many different fields and even by discrete ranges within fields, such as price ranges or date ranges.
• Users can modify or delete their own ads at any time. When modifying an ad, the current ad's information is automatically inserted in the modification form.
• Users have the option of whether to display their street address and telephone number in their ads.
• Users have the option of searching only for ads with photos, sound clips, or video clips.
• Users who forget their passwords can search for them based on their username and have the password e-mailed to them.
• Users can renew their ads based on pre-defined options.
• Users can choose from varying lengths of time that their ads remain posted on the system.
• E-mail sent to the admin after a new ad has been posted includes all ad fields
• Post Ad form prompts for the ad information before the contact information and hides the contact information by default for a more compact page layout
• Copy ad feature
• Ability to mark ads as sold
• In page Javascript validation on the post/modify ad page that requires all required fields to be completed or form submission is blocked and the user alerted (incomplete fields are highlighted)
• Admin can be billed as a regular user while posting, which is useful when the admin is posting ads for other users.
• Detailed error messages when posting ads.
• Compact post ad form is inviting and makes it easy for users to post ads.
• Edit ads page uses tabs to maintain a compact, easy to use form.
• Textareas in the ad posting form print and update word counts, character counts, and the number of free words available (if the admin is offering a certain number of free words per ad) in real-time as the user is typing.
• Optional WYSIWYG HTML editor for textareas when posting/editing ads.
• Dropdown date picker calendar for date fields when posting ads.

E-mail

• Includes full, automatically configured e-mail services.
• Ability to harvest names and e-mail addresses so that they can be used for a mailing list.
• Ability to view harvested names and e-mail addresses.
• Ability to clear list of harvested names and e-mail addresses.
• Ability to send mass e-mails to harvested users who have signed up for the mailing list.
• Allows users to e-mail an ad to a friend.
• Admin can turn off all e-mailing by the program if necessary.
• E-mail templates allow the admin to edit the text, format, and language of all e-mails sent by the system through an easy-to-use online editor
• The system automatically checks any e-mail addresses that are entered by users when they are posting or replying to ads to ensure that they are valid e-mail addresses that are currently accepting mail. This prevents users from entering bogus or non-existent e-mail addresses.
• Admin can have the system send out HTML e-mails
• Admin can have the system include images (such as logos) in the e-mails sent out by the system
• Optional BCC to admin on all e-mails (settable for each type of e-mail)
• Validation on all e-mail forms (reply to ad, alert admin, send to friend).
• Option to use a null-envelope return path for e-mails sent out by the program so that bounces from invalid user e-mails aren't sent to the admin.
• Option to keep local copies of sent e-mails.

Anti-Spamming

• Includes Spam Guard, which allows the administrator to block specific users from posting ads based on their usernames or to block access based on partial or full IP addresses.
• Ability to block spammers by blocking specific company names, telephone numbers, or e-mail addresses.
• Optional duplicate checking. This causes the program to check for duplicate ads when someone is posting a new ad and give them an error message if it finds a duplicate ad. This is useful for blocking spammers and those users who seem to like hitting the Submit button multiple times.
• Includes IP address logging in log files and in e-mail notices sent to the administrator.
• Administrator has the option of turning on or off the logging of all user posts, modifications, and deletions of ads, including IP address logging.
• Administrator can view log files online.
• Log files keep track of users whose ads were blocked for some reason, so that the administrator will know who is actually being blocked and can adjust these settings if necessary.
• Optional image verification system (CAPTCHA) for the user registration, user logon, post ad, modify ad, contact admin, reply to ad, and tell a friend forms that helps to block automated spambots
• Option to enable anti-spam harvesting for the admin e-mail address using options such as using a web based contact form, or obscuring the admin e-mail address using Javascript, CSS, XHTML entities, or an image of the e-mail address
• Optional mail IP header feature includes originating IP address in header of all e-mails sent by the program, which helps in tracking down the source of any spammers, scammers, etc.
• Connection Properties Inspection tool recognizes the signatures of "spam ad" bots and kills them before they can pollute your site with useless and irrelevant spam ads

Additional Administrative Controls

• Administrative Control Panel allows administrator to manage virtually all aspects of the program through the web interface.
• Configuration utilities allow administrator to set all global system variables from the web interface. Popup help windows with additional information and recommended settings are available for every variable.
• Ability to define the administrator's title and the name of this classifieds site.
• Administrator can specify the fields in each category that users must fill out when posting ads.
• Ability to optionally screen new ads by not making them immediately viewable until the administrator has approved them from a special form. They can also be deleted from that form.
• Includes global variables for listings of cities and states.
• Ability to strip out Server Side Includes (SSI) in user inputs.
• Ability for administrator to turn on or off the "personal inbox" feature throughout the classifieds. The Personal Inbox feature functions as a full-strength, private, and secure messaging center. When someone replies to an ad, the poster is notified that they have a reply and is given a URL where they can retrieve it. The e-mail address of the person who replied is not revealed. When the original poster retrieves the reply, he or she has the option of sending a reply back, again without revealing his or her e-mail address. That way, the parties can send messages back and forth through this system without revealing their e-mail addresses or other personal information until they feel comfortable in doing so.
• Administrative Control Panel contains ability to check the version being used against the current version at the e-Classifieds web site.
• Master On/Off switch allows the admin to temporarily turn the classifieds "off" during upgrades or maintenance.
• Contains ability to create HTML pages for each ad, as well as a summary page for each section. This can help search engines find your classified ads, since they can't normally find the material inside a database.
• Logoff option provides added security when you are administering the system from a remote computer, such as at an airport, because it prevents others from using your administrative login session to gain control of the system.
• Ability to easily turn on various automated maintenance routines for tasks such as purging expired ads, running Auto-Notify, etc.
• Ability to set the maximum number of characters that will be displayed for each field in the headlines format.
• Ability to set maximum number of characters that users can enter in each field when posting ads.
• Section Manager that includes an online wizard that makes it easy to create new top-level classifieds sections or databases (such as Automobiles, Employment, etc.), as well as the ability to modify or delete existing sections through an online interface. You will also be able to activate or deactivate sections with the click of a mouse, which can be useful if you want to temporarily deactivate a section while making changes to it or if you want to deactivate a section without necessarily deleting all of your old data.
• Administrative approval option for uploaded multimedia files. If this option is turned on, uploaded photos and other multimedia files will not be visible or included in users' ads until they have been approved by the admin. The system also provides an online interface where the admin can approve, delete, or defer action on uploaded multimedia files awaiting administrative approval. The admin can also view the associated ad for each multimedia file.
• Online wizards for setting the Visibility options and the Priority Ranking options.
• Variable that allows the admin to specify the name of the records ("ad", "movie review", etc.).
• Optional benchmarking displays the processing time in seconds and the amount of CPU resources used. The optional high resolution benchmarking display provides even more details, including the processing time down to fractions of a second.
• Admin event log shows all actions taken by administrators, which can be useful for tracking down the source of any configuration changes or other activities that led to undesirable results.
• Admin area displays information about the version being used, such as the version number and build date.
• Changelog in admin area shows all new features, improvements, and bug fixes that were added in the current version.
• Various admin area pages include links back to the main admin area for convenient, quick access to most administrative functions
• Import/Export Utility (also known as bulk uploader and downloader) allows the admin to import ads and/or users into the program via bulk uploads and using various common data formats such as CSV (comma separated values) and others. The admin can also export ads and/or users from the program into various common data formats for downloading.
• Sub admins (also known as junior admins, editors, or multi-admin) can be set up to perform various administrative tasks (such as approving new ads, approving multimedia uploads, approving new users, managing promo codes, payments, banner ad management, stats, ad purging, counter updates, expiration notices, etc.), without giving them full access to the administrative area or all regular admin functions. The administrator can set up various sub-admin groups and assign various users to each group, as well as define the specific permissions for each such group.
• Option to age restrict certain sections
• Template caching speeds up page loading and automatically recompiles the template if its timestamp has been updated
• Extensive "Return to Admin Area" links throughout the program when logged in as the admin
• Express Administrative Login feature allows the admin to check a box on the logon form and be taken directly to the admin area after logging in
• Administrative statistics for the number of ads pending approval, the number of uploaded multimedia files awaiting administrative approval, and more
• Category copy
• Suspend ads feature
• Dynamic sample output display is automatically updated when the admin is modifying section sectings
• View Recently Used box in the admin area shows recently used admin functions
• Recently Used Tools in the admin area of the My Account page shows recently used admin functions
• Stats for pending approvals
• Statistics and pie charts for ads posted and images uploaded by section
• Options for how or whether to require a user to agree with the site's ad posting guidelines before posting a new ad
• Powerful new regular expressions engine for ad filtering that includes the ability to allow or block specific HTML tags
• Admin forms automatically show or hide various settings that are dependent upon how other settings are configured
• WYSIWYG (drag and drop) template editor
• Classic code based template editor.
• Admin can change the program name.
• The program includes a permanent administrative session key that is defined in the control panel and included in the URLs of administrative links that are e-mailed to the admin so that the admin doesn't have to authenticate first.
• Admin can specify fields that users are allowed to hide in the display of their ads.
• Admin can suspend ads.
• The program automatically checks for newer versions and will alert the admin when new versions are available.
• The "badwords" checking of the program can optionally highlight the bad words using CSS as specified by the admin.
• Color picker in various administrative control panel pages.
• Changelog can display all changes or just updates, fixes, or new features.
• Admin can specify a maximum ad number for the imported data.
• Admin can define the generic name that is used by the program when referencing the records (ads, listings, jobs, etc.) on a per section basis.
• Support for several map providers (Mapquest, Google, or Bing).
• Admin can allow or disallow HTML tags in ads on a tag-by-tag basis.

Security

• Encryption based authentication for the administrator.
• Option to hide the "Administrator" link in the toolbar until a registered administrator has logged in.
• Option to automatically send e-mail replies to users who post ads in order to validate ads.
• Optional notification by e-mail to the administrator when users post, modify, or delete ads, when they register, and when old ads are purged.
• Allows the administrator to easily modify or delete any ad at any time from the web interface (you can also delete multiple ads at a time).
• Ability to strip out "bad words" as defined by the administrator.
• Verifies e-mail addresses and URLs entered by users.
• Checks to make sure that users entered contact information.
• Backup routine that can be run either manually from the Control Panel or automatically using the built-in maintenance routines. This routine backs up the important data files, including the ads databases, the Auto-Notify profiles, and the user registration database. The admin can restore complete backup sets or individual files at any time. Old backups can be deleted manually or the system can be set to purge them automatically.
• DataGuard system that checks the important data files periodically and notifies the admin if there appears to be a problem with any of them.
• Systemwide file-locking ensures data integrity.
• Ability to remove the "smart quotes" added by Microsoft Office (these usually show up as broken characters in most browsers).
• The program blocks overly large search strings and badwords from the popular searches database.
• Timestamp for the terms of service.
• Sessions can be stored using either cookies or by session keys passed through URLs.

Banner Ad Module

• Ability to display advertising banners within the program. These can be configured through an extensive point-and-click interface.
• Support for targeting (displaying ads only in specific sections)
• Support for weighting (some banners can be set to display more often than others)
• Support for zoning (support for placing a banner in a group so that in the template you can use certain groups in certain locations only)
• Support for pay per view pricing
• Banner ad system automatically flips the protocol from http:// to https:// if page is requested via HTTPS so as to avoid "Some items on the page are not secure" type errors that cause the bluebar/padlock to show errors on the page.

Affiliate Web Sites

• Ability to set up "affiliate" web sites that tie into your classified ads database, yet maintain the "look and feel" of their own web sites.
• Online Affiliates Manager allows the administrator to easily add, modify, or delete affiliate web sites online.
• Administrator has the option of allowing other web sites to sign up as affiliates online through a "Join Our Affiliate Program" link.
• Affiliates can earn commissions on revenues that they generate for your site through ad postings, etc.
• Admin can pay affiliates, manage affiliate commissions, and set payout ratios and conditions through the control panel.
• Option to disable new affiliate signups while still allowing existing affiliates to operate
• Pay Affiliates Form includes unpaid transactions
• Admin can view revenue statistics by affiliate

"Short URLs" (Permalink) Feature

• Admin can specify length of database descriptor in short URLs
• Admin can specify length of ad descriptor in short URLs
• Admin can specify character to start short URLs with (good for systems with few ads)
• Admin can specify whether to use the website/language descriptors in short URLs
• Admin can specify whether short URLs are clickable or not
• Option to use search engine friendly short URLs for ads that do not include any question marks or dynamically passed variables (e.g., www.yourdomain.com/AE1234)

RSS Feeds

• Admin can specify whether to use central RSS feeds for all sections
• Admin can specify whether to use per section RSS feeds
• Admin can specify the maximum number of items in the RSS feeds
• Admin can specify the RSS feed version (0.9, 0.9.1, 1.0, or 2.0)

CAPTCHA (password verification image)

• Admin can specify whether to use CAPTCHA on post ad, modify ad, user registration, user logon, contact admin, reply to ad, and/or tell a friend pages
• CAPTCHA images are displayed with a "reload" option so that the user can reload the image with a different background effect if it is too difficult to read for some reason
• Admin can exclude users (such as the administrator) from having to enter the CAPTCHA images
• Admin can exclude groups (such as the administrator group) from having to enter the CAPTCHA images
• Admin can exclude specific IP addresses from having to enter the CAPTCHA images
• Admin can specify whether to use dictionary words or random characters for the CAPTCHA images
• Admin can specify the number of characters to use in the CAPTCHA images
• Admin can define the specific characters to be used in CAPTCHA images, such as specific letters and/or numbers (this helps to eliminate confusing characters such as the letter O versus the number 0)
• Admin can specify the font for the CAPTCHA images
• Admin can specify the font size for the CAPTCHA images
• Admin can specify the font color for the CAPTCHA images
• Admin can specify the percentage chance of a randomly rotating CAPTCHA character
• Admin can specify the percentage chance of using a random vertical off-set on a CAPTCHA character
• Admin can specify the number of background effects (complexity) in the CAPTCHA images
• Admin can specify the percentage chance of using background effects (complexity) in the CAPTCHA images
• Admin can specify the color for the background effects in the CAPTCHA images
• Admin can choose from any combination of 17 different background effects for CAPTCHA images, including various noise, sitename, lines, gradient, and blur options

Zip Code Radius Searching

• Admin can specify whether the zip code radius search uses a text input field or a dropdown menu with predefined choices for the distance field
• Admin can specify the predefined zip code distances if using a dropdown menu with predefined choices for the distance field
• Admin can specify whether zip code distances are calculated using miles or kilometers
• Admin can specify whether the zip code radius search uses a text input field or a dropdown menu with predefined choices for the zip code field
• Admin can specify the predefined zip codes if using a dropdown menu with predefined choices for the zip code field

Internationalization

• Ability for administrator to set the time zone that the program will use from a dropdown list of all time zones from around the world. Dates and times displayed in the program are then based upon the selected time zone.
• Ability to set up country fields.
• Support for both the North American date format (MM/DD/YYYY) and the European date format (DD/MM/YYYY).
• Supports multiple currencies.
• Multiple language support allows you to run the same installed version of the program in multiple languages while providing access to the same ads database (requires special arrangements for language translations; separate language modules are not included or available at this time, but the program can run in multiple languages if translated).
• Includes support for international character sets by using UTF-8 as the default character set
• Geography setup includes fields for countries, states and provinces, and cities
• Supports LTR/RTL currency switching (currency pre/post fix)
• Customizable phone number formatting
• International currencies are automatically prefixed/suffixed appropriately based upon the currency setting for the program
• Currency formatting for commas and periods for thousands separators and decimal points is determined automatically based upon the currency setting for the program
• Currency is selected from a dropdown menu that lists hundreds of world currencies
• Admin can define a list of countries to be used throughout the program.

Performance

• Optimized, minified, and compressed HTML, CSS, and Javascript to make the program display pages extremely quickly.
• Optional CDN (content delivery network) support for CSS and Javascript libraries.
• CSS sprites are used for some images to improve load times.
• B+ rating on Yahoo's YSlow (this is a very high grade indicating that the program loads pages extremely fast; the only way to get a higher rating is to use a worldwide content delivery network)

Application Integration and Social Networking

• Support for social bookmarking buttons in templates
• Support for social bookmarks and custom actions on the full sized ad results pages.
• Facebook cross-domain support via xd_receiver.htm.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

• Automatically builds a Google sitemap for your classifieds section
• The system uses mod_rewrite to display the ads as regular HTML pages. This has the advantage of obtaining stronger search engine optimization for the ads, since they are regular HTML pages, while also ensuring that the HTML versions of the ads are always up to date and eliminating the need to manually convert the ads to HTML pages.
• Option to use search engine friendly static HTML page links (.html pages) for the sections and categories pages, as well as the ads, so that search engines can easily find and index all of your categories, subcategories, and ads, since all of them use regular HTML page URLs that end in .html
• Ads can be linked to and displayed as regular .html pages that use the caption as the name of the HTML page so that the full caption becomes part of the file name
• Search engine friendly short URLs for ads that do not include any question marks or dynamically passed variables (e.g., www.yourdomain.com/AE1234)
• Search engine friendly "nofollow" attributes on non-important links that cause search engines to focus on and elevate the ranking for your most important pages
• Accesskeys support
• Option of using static HTML URLs for a number of the other general program pages, including Search Ads, Post Ads, Edit Ads, My Account, My Checklist, My Searches, and Auto-Notify, as well as for other pages such as the new user registration approval page
• Entire program conforms to XHTML 1.0 Strict, which increases ranking in some search engines that give preference to syntactically correct and semantic web pages
• Entire program conforms to CSS 2.1, which increases ranking in some search engines that give preference to syntactically correct and semantic web pages
• Program output now written in valid XML (includes XML prolog), which increases ranking in some search engines that give preference to syntactically correct and semantic web pages
• All query strings use ; instead of & in order to comply with World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specifications, which increases ranking in some search engines that give preference to syntactically correct and semantic web pages
• Gzipped CSS and Javascript files that reduce bandwidth usage and cause pages to load faster
• SEO friendly navigation bar buttons aid search engines in indexing ad results
• My Checklist boxes use images instead of form based checkboxes for faster page loading
• All pages display a title based upon the action being performed (improves SEO as well as visibility in tabs and bookmarks)
• CSS and Javascript calls from templates have been consolidated and made more efficient for faster page loading
• For logging and SEO purposes, keyword searches submit with path info of "kws" to make them easier to identify in web stats.

Standards Compliance

• Entire program conforms to XHTML 1.0 Strict
• Entire program conforms to CSS 2.1
• Program output now written in valid XML (includes XML prolog)
• All query strings use ; instead of & in order to comply with World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specifications
• Support for microformats such as hCard

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