Main features for Directory Listing Portal/Classified Ads Website.
· Defining categories and subcategories in unlimited depth
· Image upload for the categories and the advertisements
· Defining variable fields for the advertisements per categories
· Customizable email notifications
Detailed features
Administration:
· Defining categories and subcategories in unlimited depth,
· 'Locking' a category from submitting any more ads,
· Defining variable fields for the advertisements per categories:
· Support of field types such as text, text area, Boolean, checkbox and selection list
· Specifying the default values of the fields
· Possibility to activate, or deactivate a field
· Deciding whether a field is mandatory, searchable, object of bad word replacement, can be kept private by the owner, and controlling its appearance in the ad lists
· Creating sections of the variable fields by specifying custom separator lines
· Accept and reject ads, or let them appear immediately - handling the list of accepted and pending ads.
· The admin gets email notifications about the new ads, the user get emails about the acceptance or rejection of their ads
· Notification management: all the emails sent by the system are customizable - the admin can change their text, or disable them completely
· Bad or abusive word replacement
· The admin has full control over a lot of system property such as the ad expiration time, size and dimension limit on the uploaded images, thumbnail dimensions, and many more.
· Viewing and handling the list of users
User functions:
· Submit, modify and delete ads,
· Upload images - thumbnails will be generated automatically,
· Browsing the list of recent, or most popular ads
· Browsing 'my ads'
· Modifying the user profile
· Extend expiration date
· Search in the classifieds database: simple search and category specific advanced search
· Reply to an ad, or sending it to a friend