Overview

...the easiest way to publish web ads.

• Automatic install! All plugins and modules are installed with the component itself.
• HTML description, List and Grid view mode, expiry countdown.
• Template engine.
• User extended profile, email Notifications. 
• SEF, dynamic page titles, metadescription, keywords, tags
• Categories, Watchlist.
• Featured ads: gold, silver or bronze with customizable CSS.
• pay per Listing (publishing)
• pay per Featured (gold, silver, bronze)
• pay per Contact (publisher details)
• Multiple payment Gateway system for payments towards the site including PayPal and Moneybookers.
• date triggered publishing, republishing, archive, report/block ads.
• User messaging system.
• Image Gallery, File Attachements.
• Community Builder integration, Google Maps.
• various administration features, multiple currencies, bulk import, export.

Description

Ads Factory - Classified Web Ads System for Joomla. 

Native Joomla 1.5.x MVC code; no legacy plugin needed.

Ads Factory is fully SEF including dynamic page titles! Automatic metadescription and keywords are integrated in the component to comply with the actual standards. Tags on ads and a tag cloud module is also present to provide a huge SEF improvement.

The component offers Categories support including a category module, which can be also used as a filter option. The present Watchlist can be set on existing categories or ads based and includes also email notification. Aside this advanced search and filter options are avaialble for the extension.

For each ad a separate location can be entered using the GoogleMaps system. Also the user has the possiblity to upgrade his ad to a featured ad: gold, silver or bronze. The ads can be also saved for later publishing (publish/unpublish; save ads now publish later) or can be date triggered published. A republishing option is avaialble for expired ads; also on expiry a email notification is sent. If not replublished the ads will go to the existing archive system. Ads can de reported to the admin in case of fraudulent behavior. In case that a user wants to ask an ad publisher a certain question, he can use the integrated user messaging system.

A main image and secondary images can be attached to each ad. This will be automatically included in a small image gallery present for each ad. The image gallery is slider based and has also a detailed view option. File attachements can be used also, in order to provide detailed informations. This attachements togheter with the gallery and GoogleMaps are displayed on the detailed view of each ad. GoogleMaps is part of the Community Builder integration and contains the CB "My Ads" and "GoogleMap" tab.

The administrator has extensive control over all ads. He can easily block certain ads with a single click, set up the picture resize values, etc. If desired he can enter multiple currencies and configure all email notifications. Bulk import with images and file attachemnts is possible and also a very easy export to the excel file format.

The webmaster can require (if desired) user payments for:

• pay per Listing (publishing)
• pay per Featured (gold, silver, bronze)
• pay per Contact (publisher details)

Paypal is implemented as payment method along to the multiple payment gateway system.

What do I get buying this product?

• The fully functional open source (no encrypting) component, meaning that you are able to perform modifications if needed for your site.
• Modules: Menu Module, Categories Module (including number of ads and filter funtion), Featured Ads, Random Ads, Popular Ads, Most Valuable Ads, Latest Ads and Tag Clouds Module.
• Community Builder Plugins: My Ads, GoogleMap Tab.
• Full SEF integration, easy configurable language file, Categories Support and Template Engine!

Requirements:

• Joomla 1.5.x
• CRON (a general CRON Tutorial is available in our documentation section).

Demo: The demo-server for Ads Factory is available under http://adsfactory.thefactory.ro - to login for the frontend or backend, just click the login buttons available on the left side. Feel free to test as you please; the server resets itself each hour.

Version Info

Ads Factory 1.8.8 released on November 7, 2011.     

• Updated Paypal's IPN validation process.
• Fixed issue regarding automatically listed the ad without asking for payment.

Ads Factory 1.8.7 released on September 1, 2011.    

• New feature: New Icon is displayed next to the category name if new ads inside (latest 30 days).
• Fixed issues regarding template grizzle theme new/edit ad (myValidate function), save new ad error when custom field is compulsory and field not assigned to the selected category for the ad.

Ads Factory 1.8.6 released on June 28, 2011.   

• Fixed issues regarding search page (custom fields display for root category and multiple select), custom field calendar type on new ad, private message save option, template display guest messages, comment editor for tinymce (settings save in IE9), custom fields values on CSV import.

Ads Factory 1.8.5 released on May 25, 2011.  

• Fixed issues regarding multiple filters on search, searchBookmarks method, check $nr_files, function getImages() for edit ad, improved conditions for uploaded images and attached files, save custom fields ordering, search page select categories dropdown list, import CSV with tab separator instead of comma separator, etc.
  

Ads Factory 1.8.4 released on April 18, 2011. 

• Improved Quick Add on categories.
  

Ads Factory 1.8.3 released on March 17, 2011.

• New feature: added message body (tables/adsman.php, application.ini).
• New feature: added a category filter to display only search-able custom fields in search page.
• Fixed issues regarding exists conditions (table addsman load id for delete), changed the description of the max availability in admin settings and CRON query, changed jQuery var into jQueryFactory (in module adsfulltree), upload function.

Ads Factory 1.8.2 released on March 3, 2011.

• New feature: added two filters on backend for Open/Closed and Public/Private Ads.
• Fixed several issues including SEF URL for categories, CB integration (selected fields from com_profiler and not from #__user, query for com_profiler LEFT JOIN to display ads list, insert plugin id in comprofiler_tabs for user profile My Ads, Google tab), count categories and subcategories in mod_adscattree (only active ads), removed several notices.
  

Ads Factory 1.8.1 released on February 10, 2011.    

• Fixed several issues including filter tags warning, category SEF table php 4.4.9, SEF on category, package purchase page have no image, tooltip with thumbnails in admin and thumbnail location, category tree modules (display closed or banned auctions number), etc.

Ads Factory 1.8.0 released on January 24, 2011.   

• New feature: new category module with unlimited levels.
• Several code improvements and optimizations like: List Ads pagination, AJAX category selectbox with setting AJAX category load (usual category load), automatic positions filters fields assignment on item category, upgrade to featured Ad Bar (when counting featured items), enable root category posting, editor buttons setting (On/Off), etc.
• Custom Fields optimizations: AJAX render and display toggled fields, new parameter "Select lists" to have "Select field" empty option, search AJAX instead of plain JavaScript for custom fields toggle.
• Fixed several issues including CB Integration (core fields not to populate available select box fields), ACL missing task (unregistered posting enabled, issue on toggling custom fields on category change at posting), Save Mail (redirect before saving mail), Language loaded after some authorize warnings, Template (demo theme category page breaks when 3 categories), missing language (definitions for Search, Fill your user details first!), component TIME Offseting, etc.

Ads Factory 1.7.5 released on January 11, 2011.  

• Optimization on search page; if more then 1000 users the select box is replaced with a input box to prevent loading and displaying a lot of users.
• Fixed several issues including JS fields not compulsory but js toggleFields constructs class as class="required", numeric JS validation, new supposed to be exist already index on ads users userid column, mail on mess sending when guest posting enabled, custom fields filtering, CB or Love Factory selected profile compulsory and required no matter what, etc.

Ads Factory 1.7.4 released on December 21, 2010. 

• Optimizations for MySQL on custom fields limit of joins.
• Fixed issues regarding Itemids, JS in Grizzle template (custom fields), loading custom fields on details page (not loading details page without SEF), short description counter id "left" replaced with "descr_counter" to avoid id conflict, mail settings Save form mail now saves enable flags on all listed emails, verify paypal email case insensitive, etc.

Ads Factory 1.7.3 released on December 17, 2010.

• New feature: Search keyword in category name.
• Optimization: mail sent to first superadmin if "Mail From" not defined or not found on site configuration.
• Fixed issues regarding controller layout, Price Listing redirection (double ads, validation), Pricing Templates Itemid's adjustments, no custom fields on export XLS.
  

Ads Factory 1.7.2 released on November 30, 2010.

• New feature: Edit Ad on backend (upload/remove images, attachment).
• New feature: Edit Ad Type on backend (public/private).
• Fixed several issues including Price Listing valabilities, CRON not closing ads when compulsory fields created, current user not loaded on new ad page, send watchlist mail from admin publishing, category name in sendMails, etc.
  

Ads Factory 1.7.1 released on November 10, 2010. 

• New feature: "Messages List Private" (admin option; set on No will display to all users, set to Yes will display only to regsitered users and only there messages).
• Fixed several issues including Cron, JS error on new ad, Category module counting archived items, etc.

Ads Factory 1.7.0 released on October 27, 2010.

• New feature: new field types (calendar, date time).
• New feature: Payment Gateway Plugins Backend Interface.
• New feature: Packages (membership packages allowing certain promotions).
• New feature: separate prices for pre-configured periods.
• New feature: Payment bulk pricing buying task.
• New feature: Themes Backend Interface.
• New feature: Gallery Plugins Backend Interface.
• New feature: New Gallery Plugins (MooTabs, Simple Gallery, Simple Carousel).
• Optimization: Categories List is_new flag for categories if ads published in latest 30 days.
• Optimization: Pricing Listing Backend Interface.
• Optimization: Custom Fields Validation and Positions.
• Optimization: Custom Fields assigned on category (AJAX compulsory state toggler).
• Optimization: YUI Gallery 2.8.1 Update.
• Optimization: Menu architecture, User Area Improvements, etc.
• Fixed several issues including Custom Fields assigned on category (compulsory server side validation), Statistcs Page Pagination Issue), Country filtering issues when CB installed and not chosen as profiler, router (when two subcategories are having the same name), requiered profile disabled listing issue, install XMAP plugins, positions display, backend fields integration, etc.
  

Ads Factory 1.6.1 released on September 28, 2010.

• New feature: added new theme Demo.
• Fixed issues regarding router (category view with &), custom field categories with no field assigned, CB Plugins warning on install, search on custom fields, missing {set_css} for templates, uneditable category (if select category page was disabled).
  

Ads Factory 1.6.0 released on August 24, 2010.

• New feature: Custom Fields for Category (other then title and description), toggle Category Fields on Search Page.
• New feature: Custom Fields integration for Category Item, default position in t_catlist.tpl for configurable fields display.
• New feature: configurable profile requirement (component, CB or Love Factory).
• New feature: on new add - Category assigned Custom Fields toggle when category selected (Select Category Page Disabled).
• New feature: Export Categories XLS.
  
• Positioning for templates favorites, my ads.
• New module: Search keyword filtering.
• Optimization: reported and Terms & Conditions forced application exit for modal.
• Optimization: removing filters one by one (not all filters selected at once).
  
• Fixed several issues including lost user session, profile integration Country, City, select boxes on search page empty, CB integration: saving fields, custom fields value on listing page when other then Ads Component set as profiler, custom fields issue on Edit Page (ancLoad method created), router.php filtering.

Ads Factory 1.5.9 released on July 21, 2010.

• New feature: New Mail types - New Ad Posted To Site Admin (unpublished) and New Ad Published To Site Admin.
• Optimization: Attachment validation issues (hard-coded error messages, must display compulsory attach after extension validation). 
• Optimization: Custom Fields Values "remembered" after error in validating saving ad.
• Optimization: Listing Positions Verified Query removed (deprecated).
• Fixed several issues including: Joomfish XML Option Fields not installing, Backend Positions Save Template Issue on file location, Payment Gateway Toggle State Error, Purging the Category SEF in backend, Backend Integration when in saving field associations, Site Integration not redirected to selected user profile, Hard-coded Text Replaced with constant in price_listing.
  

Ads Factory 1.5.8 released on June 18, 2010.

• New feature: Google Map Integration available in list ads view (show amount of ads, filter by category).
• New feature: Search by Radius (using Google map, with input address, select radius).
• New feature: Move categories to other parent category (available in backend).
• New feature: Export to EXCEL now supports also custom fields.
• New feature: Custom field options are now editable.
• New feature: Apply button on the Custom field new/edit page.
• New feature: Country Manage Area (publish/unpublish).
• New feature: New theme - Summers.
• New feature: XMAP Plugin for SEO friendly.
• New feature: List Menu Item parameters: Filter category - default all, Filter user - default all, Sort by - default Date.
• New feature: Love Factory Integration.
• Several optimizations including GUI, frontend JS validation on short description character limit, Factory Custom Fields 1.3 (new method in fieldType getFilter), Joomfish translations XML fields and fields_options, CB integration (assign fields).
• Fixed several issues regarding Price Listing preferential categories (default price), Validations: end date validation, guest posting enabled (include joomla.javascript.js), template Category page (parent categories links under IE for <label> tags inside <a>, SEF (category.core.php getSEFCat), Joomfish (translate fields with options - getCustomFieldsJoin), Forum Twitter URL encoded links ($add->links.tweeter in makeLinks in helper), Forum edit backend ad (display category on ad page), Category SEF table empty, PHP4 incompatibilities, Saving attachments for republished ads, Republishing price listing, Search Select Boxes generation, Back-end Multi Approve payments, Ask Price validation, Notify user when Backend Manual New Payment, Statistics area (total ads number), etc.
  

Ads Factory 1.5.5 released on May 3, 2010. 

• New feature: compulsory attachment setting.
• New feature: Custom Fields upgrade to theFactory 2.0 (field Info type; some info to appear next to the field; flag for multiple valued options, checkbox type, multi selectbox type, color picker type, custom field image fields.
• New feature: added visual Themes (default theme, pink, grizzle, green).
• New feature: Positions upgrade to theFactory 2.0 (new template available: userdetails, update to ads theming).
• New feature: Guest Ad Posting.
• New feature: enable/disable captcha for guest posting.
• New feature: Tell a friend - modal with message box to a friend's email (captcha verified if not logged).
• Module adsman details layout (short description and tooltip; parameter view type : default/details).
• Module adsman new parameter: featured type allowed: 'gold', 'bronze'; can create module instance with only gold items.
• Backend code optimizations: settings flags for show: 'price' yes - no , 'ad type' yes - no - ineligible value, 'published' yes - no - ineligible value (forum concluded), status published is now editable in edit offer page, user custom fields must appear in edit offer, user custom fields must appear in edit user.
• Code optimization on image uploading upgrade class to new version (1.0.3).
  
• IE code optimizations: Tabs WebFX replaced with JTabs, JavaScript, CSS sources moved in head tag of dom, YUI dom validated, pagination object separation - smarty $pagination is now a Joomla pagination object (now can be outputted {$pagination->getListFooter()} by other pagination parts independently on the template).
• Fixed several issues regarding backend description appear with html tags (<p>bla bla</p>), frontend grid sorting, validation of end date, start date compare (one to start tomorrow shall not show!), display of ads in other listings then my ads, show search page all categories, delete ads from admin doesn't delete attached files, require image, category task itemid, tag JFilter, price listing verify on free categories.

Ads Factory 1.5.4 released on February 26, 2010.

• Optimization: added Ad title with reference to the transaction under Admin/Classifieds/Manage payments/View Payments Page.
• Optimization: default order by date, id and title desc.
• Optimization: for multiple record listings.
• Optimization: "General Settings / Display subcat. listings in parent" to count all subcategories; if disabled, the same workflow like till current version.
• Optimization: new validation for ad submit date and start date.
  
• Fixed several issues including display currency in column listing, saving end date on submission, canceled filter, search ads after start and end date, extending ads date, custom filed text area display, repeating tags, not displaying ads of deleted users, charset, categories status in backend, Joomfish Category SEF URLs (was translating the url's as Joomfish does automatically to queries; applied fix: url's stay untranslated), template (message list display \r\n instead of <br />), message date time format not as configured, watchlist button in grid view, thefactory/category without status, thefactory/category has_children with new parameter: show_active_only default false, category core, custom fields with compulsory fields store, grid template list sort, time in view ad after saving, display categories on user search page, etc.
  

Ads Factory 1.5.3 released on February 17, 2010. 

• New feature: Language transliteration for Cyrillic chars and others (using iconv php extension) of URLs.
• Modified Ads links and category links.
  

Ads Factory 1.5.2 released on January 30, 2010.

• New feature: Custom fields attributes (html meaning) and parameter new properties.
• New feature: Custom fields are read from ini file.
• Fixed issues regarding Custom Fields Charset, Custom Fields Radio Box Type saving value, Date using Joomla in other language files, ItemId got lost After save when Installation List Ads menu Item not published (now ItemId is kept the "New Ad" menu Item id instead of List), Category not displayed Ordering in backend, Ads CB tabs issue (upgrade manually the CB plugins), image uploading missing message, price contact, deprecated method replaced (processTemplate instead of processDisplay), price when more payments gateways enabled, etc.
  

Ads Factory 1.5.1 released on December 30, 2009.

• New feature: search by only Categories with ads method.
• Fixed issue regarding listing price (category not saved when category page option enabled), SEF Category, custom Fields Search, custom Fields Edit (add empty options), custom Fields Ads, User via Page Positions, Listing disabled feature, method to display only ad containing categories, messages tab reply, scroll on reply, Price Listing Edit Fee and optimization: user friendly message when payment is in progress for the unpublished ad to edit (so users will know not to buy again listing for the same ad!), Smarty Helper Tab, Template charset, etc.
  

Ads Factory 1.5.0 released on December 8, 2009.

• New feature: RSS listings.
• New feature: Social Taggings; Tweet and Delicious links.
• Joomfish Integration: translatable static content and dynamic content from ads and categories table (only core fields by default).
• Custom Positions (designated area of template rendered with custom fields); Management of positions for List and Details page template; editing in templates for Positions; assigning custom fields to positions; positions dynamically load the custom fields assigned in templates in the designated area.
• New Payments features: Listing Pricing per Category, New Payment Gateway Plugin: 2CheckOut.
• Improved Spam Protection: ReCaptcha (replacing old Captcha system), spoofing checking & tokenized forms, cloaking email joomla, smarty, recaptcha.
• New Custom Fields Management features: delete custom fields, validation for custom fields on front (number, email and URL).
• New Administration Settings: Googlemap configuration, System information, Smarty Cache management.
• Routing optimizations: faster (first time routing optimizations/route table for categories).
• Component structure optimization: details layout stays in the component now; details page ad title appears in breadcrumb; Model methods for loading ad, user; Improved logics in details Template: separate templates for user, gallery sections in elements/details/..
• User Interface optimizations: proper validations for Custom Field Adding; override 'Enable Category Page' if there are no categories; Overlib replace with mootools Tooltip.
• Coding optimisations: new Custom Field validate format (mysql,uniqueness), replace inefective JFactory:: calls with &JFactory::; remove JURI:root() in helper makeLinks; Query optimizations, etc.
• Fixed several issues including: model listing (Order by all types of listing featuring not just gold), YUI upgrade to 2.8.0RC4, transliterate some url parameters for SEF (regional chars); HTML issues in templates; HTMLSafeOutput for Ad content in editing page, Cancel add message fixed, CRON, TAGS cloud module, tooltip, CB, CRON, helper/route.php, JAdsPayment replaced with JTheFactoryPaymentController, Payment IPN, CB integration, etc.
  

Ads Factory 1.4.1 released on November 6, 2009. 

• Improved Payment.
• Fixed issues regarding SEF on categories, delete fields option, payment contact, end time, loose date on saving with other date format then default, clear editing session when new hit (after error edit ad is kept in session and deleted only when successfully), delete files, models/adsman.php, pricing listing on tax and edit, etc.

Ads Factory 1.4.0 released on August 17, 2009. 

• New feature: Custom Fields for Ads and Users (if no CB usuage).
  
• New feature: Endless Subcategories Levels including module integration.
• New Category toolbar.
• New Gallery Plugin: YUI, Lyte.
• New Joomla Search Bot.
• Improved Commissions Plugin.
  
• Fixed issues regarding ItemID's, Install Kit, installing search plugin and plugins, ads post limit, pagination number; filter, navigation, ordering, metatags on categories; admin message on user profile, mails on report, show no map on ad when missing coordinates, help bullets, edit ad on admin if title with ", allowing non-logged users buying contact information, displaying blocked ads on search plugin, category selection issue, Joomfish language on front, ROOT constant, router, controller, helper, DB quote, etc. 
  

Ads Factory 1.3.5 released on May 21, 2009. 

• New feature: add new payment facility and credits.
• New feature: delete message.
• New feature: category description for SEF.
• New feature: Captcha for messaging (enable/disable).
• New feature: listing in subcategories on filters.
• New feature: option for guest messaging.
• Fixed several issues including sorting js on normal listing and latest ads module listing, search after country and city with CB, reply function, price validation (ask price), some missing language constants, default task ACL, category names for listing (not just simply SEF generated), constant for ADS_ERR_USER_PROFILE_NOT_FILLED, public task missing:default report not public, User Detail POST vs. REQUEST, ACL under J!1.5.11, etc.
  

Ads Factory 1.3.0 released on April 16, 2009. 

• New feature: Multiple Payment Gateways. (Choose payment type if more then one enabled; new payment API can be created copying the files pay_paypal (or moneybookers) and rename it to the new desired one (Ex. Google Checkout); replace the code for IPN, custom names, descriptions of payment name, logo. then proceed with the 2nd step by inserting the new payment in the paysystems table.)
• New feature: Moneybookers Payment Method. (Paypal was already available starting with the first version).
• New feature: Extending classified feature.
• New feature: Limit of Ads (global limit/Low Priority, limit per user groups/Medium Priority, limit per users/High Priority).
• Fixed issues regarding: CB get profile inconsistency, start/end date editing issue, missing text definitions, Google Map issue with Firefox 3, Submission settings in admin issues for Chrome mainly, separated the Terms & Conditions saving from the general settings area (javascript Tiny MCE error in tabs generated in Firefox 3 and Chrome), action form, require image in backend, etc.

Ads Factory 1.1.0 released on March 6, 2009. 

• New feature: enable/disable messaging.
• Fixed issues regarding Missing/assign ItemId in list view links, in listing module, on redirects between tasks, user profile must be filled to add a new ad, hard-coded constants in backend, menu type component not url with default alias.

Ads Factory 1.0.1 released on February 18, 2009.

• New feature: Start/End date editable in admin.
• Improved Private System; for private ads: if the pricing plugin contact is not enabled, user info and link are hidden and notice text is displayed, if the pricing plugin contact is enabled a link to user profile is displayed where the current user (if not the same user as the ads owner) will be noticed that he will be charged with credit if he chooses to continue to view the page or send to buy credit if he has no credit.
• Fixed issues regarding: name for addtype in template (it was add_type and it was not saved), JS Countdown possible issues for some browsers.

Ads Factory 1.0.0 released on January 25, 2009.

Screenshots

To see exatcly how it looks please check our Demo Site - to login for the frontend or backend, just click the login buttons available on the left side.

Screenshots are representing version 1.8.x of Ads Factory.

To see exatcly how it looks please check our Demo Site - to login for the frontend or backend, just click the login buttons available on the left side.

Screenshots are representing version 1.0.0 of Ads Factory.

Reviews

Customer Reviews:

Erik Folberth  (Friday, 23 January 2009)
Rating:
In recent years the term "classified advertising" or "classified ads" has expanded from merely the sense of print advertisements
in periodicals to include similar types of advertising on computer services, radio, and even television, particularly cable television but
occasionally broadcast television as well, with the latter occurring typically very early in the morning hours.

Like most forms of
printed media, the classified ad has found its way to the Internet.

Internet classified ads do not typically use per-line pricing
models, so they tend to be longer. They are also more readily searchable unlike their offline brethren, tend to be local, and may foster a greater
sense of urgency as a result of their daily structure and wider scope for audiences.

ADS Factory is the easiest way to publish
classified web ads.