Classified Ads
{Classified Ads Documentation}
Overview
Authors: Deds Castillo and Paul Doerwalds. Roberto Mello made some modifications
and improvements and is now (July 2003) maintaining this package under OpenACS.
The Classified Ads system can be used for all manner of ads, from buy/sell to wanted to job listings.
If one party has something another party wants or vice versa, the Classified Ads system can be used as the basis.
Ads can be categorized and grouped into containers according to the following breakdown:
Classified Ads Instance -> Category -> Container -> Advertisement
Examples:
For Rent -> Apartment Buildings -> 319 Hazel St. -> Unit 205
Job Listings ->
More coming here later.
Features
- Uses the content repository.
- Categorization.
- Uses the templating system to build forms.
- Allows for custom fields per category.
- Others that I'm probably forgetting.
What needs to be improved
- Make it possible to place an ad under a category, instead of placing
under no category then assigning it to one. (DONE - Roberto)
- Fix all the FIXME's in the code.
- Give users a better UI for placing and viewing ads (will be done soon - Roberto)
- Add searching functionality.
- Integrate with notifications so users can be notified of new ads.
- Integrate with RSS so news aggregators can pick up new items (crazy idea? -Roberto)
- Give users a confirmation screen when placing new ads.
- Better admin user interface, especially for managing categories (DONE - Roberto)