fyi- Classified Ads migration in progress

[David A. Goldfarb]

If you post a reply, it bumps the ad to the top of the list as with any other post, but in the Classifieds forum, you should now have the option of locking your ad, either because the item has sold or if you don't want comments on your ad. After 30 days, it moves automatically to the Classifieds Archive forum, but maybe Sean can set it up so that you can archive the ad manually when the item sells.

[bdial]

So, maybe for old ads it's best to just lock them? Once the transition is settled, it probably isn't an issue. I just didn't want to bump my old ads that got (apparently) un-hidden back to current readability.
Though maybe I worry too much.

[David A. Goldfarb]

You could lock them, if you like, or just wait and they'll go away on their own.

[fotch]

I can ad a link for listing 'my ads'. I can make it so attached images are automatically embedded in the page rather than clicking required.. Thanks for the feedback :)

Yes, that sounds like a good modification. I found that if I put a picture of the item at my web site, then using the "Insert Link" that the pictures load instantly, however, if I remove those photos at some point (after the item sells) this would mean the archiving of the ad will be without photo, right?

Thanks for all your efforts.

[David A. Goldfarb]

I found that if I put a picture of the item at my web site, then using the "Insert Link" that the pictures load instantly, however, if I remove those photos at some point (after the item sells) this would mean the archiving of the ad will be without photo, right?

Yes.

[Mike1234]

For dispute resolution and comparison purposes archiving the images with the ads is important.

[David A. Goldfarb]

That is true, but to do that, we'd need to require that images be uploaded to the site. It is possible to disallow embedded images and require users to upload images as attachments, but would likely involve restricting the number of images per ad to avoid bandwidth problems, and that could cause problems with ads that include a lot of items, or the kinds of things where you want to be able to show all sides. I suppose that people could still link to images on external websites for additional views or multiple items as they do currently, but then APUG can't archive that.

[eddie gunks]

thanks guys. i like the newest version the best. i think having it in a forum style makes it work much better than the last system.

i had not been listing stuff FS here due to the last system being not so user friendly. this should help.

thanks

eddie

[Mike1234]

Hi Eddie. Are you eddie on LFP.I?

[fotch]

The photos, if large, load slow, and will take up more and more server space as you archive them. If you could restrict them to maybe 50k, maybe that would help.

For my ads, I will do both, load a small picture and link to a larger one. However, I don't know how you could require that.

I like the idea of archive of the ads.

[jmcd]

I just sold an item, and I think the new system is working much better.

I like to leave the ad up until the buyer receives the item. In this case, as a seller I would like to be able to edit the title bar to reflect SOLD, or STILL FOR SALE. This I think would help shoppers and window shoppers—who could tell at the glance of the bumped title bar the status of the item.

How do I lock the ad?

[Sean]

The "Thread Tools" menu item (near top right of the thread) should give you options to edit the thread (to edit the title) and lock the thread. If not let me know. More work needs do be done on the new classifieds but my coder is delayed till next week.

Thanks,
Sean

[jmcd]

Under "Thread Tools," the command "Close Thread" will lock it. I thought "close it" and "lock it" might differ.

I didn't yet figure out how to edit the title.

[Sean]

click "edit" then click "go advanced", that should do it. I'll get some instructions up for that..

[jmcd]

On one thread, Voigtlander, I have about three posts, but at this time I am only able to edit the last one posted. Editing seems to be limited to a time frame.

[Sean]

ok, it looks like the full edit rights I gave get negated by the overall system settings to have a time frame. Will see if I can find a work around. Thanks for the info :)

[fotch]

I set the ad to be closed because I thought it would be better to communicate one on one, one at a time. However, now that the item is sold, I cannot mark it as such. I guess it doesn't matter but it means answering each PM if anyone else is interested and wants to buy.

Any way for me to make it sold?

Thanks

[jacksond]

It would be handy if one could search the buy/sell ads by location as well as time posted.
Cheers

[David A. Goldfarb]

Thread fixed, Wayne. A couple of the moderators are on the road at the moment, so it may take a little longer to get to all the post reports and requests for a few days.

[Wayne]

Thank you for attending to that little nightmare.