Ads
In order to manage the ads for your classifieds system, you will need to login to your System Administrator account. You may login by clicking "Login" on the top menu of your classifieds. After you are logged in, you will be presented with the user account screen. On the left hand menu, you should see a link labeled "System Admin". Clicking this link will take you to the admin control panel.
When you enter the admin control panel, you will see a list of links in the left hand column. This section of the manual deals with the "Manage Ads" section of your control panel. After clicking the "Manage Ads" link, you will be presented with the ads for your classifieds.
Only System Admininistrators or Ad Administrators are able to view this section of the admin panel.
The Manage ads section will allow you to edit, delete, ad, search and approve ads which have been posted to your classifieds section. We will break this section of the manual down into the available options.
Pending ads
The pending ads section will allow you to approve, edit or delete a pending ad. An ad may be pending for one of two reasons. Either it was a free ad and you've required approval through the Manage System section, or the ad is pending because it requires payment and the payment has not been made. Along with each pending ad, you will find links so you may edit the ad, approve the ad, or delete the ad. Editing the ad does NOT automatically approve the ad.
Place a new ad
To place a new ad, select which category you wish to display the ad in, and what ad type you wish to place. When posting as an administrator, you may place "Wanted" ads in a category which normal users cannot place "Wanted" ads.
After choosing which category and which ad type, you will be presented with a screen where you can enter the information for that ad. You will be able to place the ad without collecting a fee, and set any options for the ad that you wish.
The last section of the add screen, will allow you to place the listing as another user. If the other user already has an account created, simply enter their existing username into the provided box. If you wish to create a new user for this ad, enter a username, email address and password and a new user will be created. If the system determines that there is already a user by that name, or a user already using that email address, it will assign the ad to them. If no user is assigned, or the assignment fails for any reason, the ad will default to being created by you.
Search
The search section will allow you to find all of the ads with your search criteria in the ad title, or ads placed by a certain user either by username or email address. After you enter your search criteria and select what to search for, click process. Any search results will be displayed on the following screen.
Current ads
The current ads section will allow you to look through your categories for ads which have been placed within that category. Simply choose which category to review, and whether you wish to see current, expired or closed ads. You may sort the ads by name, date posted, end date or ad type. You will be presented with a list of 25 ads, with page controls at the bottom of the list to change pages within the current category/ad types.
To edit an ad in the list, simply click the edit link for that ad. You will then be presented with a screeen which will allow you to change details of the ad. You will also be able to move the ad to a different category if you so desire. During the edit, you may optionally reset the expiration date for the ad. If you are editing an active ad, and set the expiration date to a date in the past, the ad will expire and go offline. Likewise, if you are editing an expired ad and set the expiration date to a date in the future, the ad will come back online for viewing.
To delete an ad in the list, click the delete link for that ad. After confirming your intentions, the ad will go offline and be deleted from the system.