Nismo
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Web Gurus,
Ive taken on a job to build a classifieds site for an antique dealer local to me.
They want a CMS based site with a stock section, I have done a cms site before with a classifieds section but i coded it myself and tbh it was a tad messy and awkward to use for the end user.
Is there any scripts out there that people recommend? had a quick search and there seems to be alot of php sripts out there, Im ok with the building of one but want a pretty good image uploaded to go with it.
Theres also the option of learning wordpress and doing something in that but im not going to make much from this project so i dont want to over complicate my work.
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ed
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Set them something up using Wordpress 
http://c20xe.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=608185
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Dom
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Wordpress + AWCP (www.awpcp.com) would do the trick, although a lot of the optional modules for AWCP aren't cheap.
I don't know of a PHP classified system off hand, but regarding the image uploading you could make something pretty decent with combo of Uploadify (JQuery + Flash file uploader with PHP backend), JCrop (Jquery Image cropper) and then AJax that to a PHP Imagick script for the actual resizing. And if you're stuck with UI then there are plenty of JQuery/Mootools frameworks about like Vaadin, Mocha, Echo etc.
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Sam
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You could also consider an ecommerce system, my recommendations are:
- http://www.opencart.com
- http://www.magentocommerce.com
- http://www.oscommerce.com
I don't tend to use osC much these days as I got fed up of having to code loads of things from scratch that are already standard in other systems like the other two I listed above.
Currently working with OpenCart which is, in my opinion, nicer and quicker to work with than Magento.
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ed
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For image re-sizing, use Timthumb, it will let you resize on the fly and caches the output. You can use mod_rewrite to make it fancy and hide what you're doing.
Uploadify was annoying me with large files, I've been using this now as it breaks the files into chunks when uploading: http://www.plupload.com/ Useful if you're uploading videos e.t.c.
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Reedy
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I usually use this for the uploader:
http://aquantum-demo.appspot.com/file-upload
Then handle the picture resizing in php using the image functions.
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Ian
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Having seen Wordpress and AWPCP in action, I wouldn't even consider doing any programming myself.
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Reedy
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that plupload looks pretty decent. i might have a mess around with it.
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Dan
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Magento all the way for a sales site.
Simple for the end user to use, and easy to build.
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Nismo
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Cheers for the input guys, I supose its not really a classifieds site im doing, more of a sales site for the customer, they just want to advertise the items through it, Ill have a look through all the options posted here and see what i like the best, i really should get my head into wordpress if its as easy as people say 
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Reedy
that plupload looks pretty decent. i might have a mess around with it.
It's very good! Will do client side image re-sizing too which can save you some messing if you need/want to resize stuff.
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Reedy
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
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Originally posted by Reedy
that plupload looks pretty decent. i might have a mess around with it.
It's very good! Will do client side image re-sizing too which can save you some messing if you need/want to resize stuff.
Only issue with that is that I dont want people messing around with the sizes (you could edit the js in page and set it to a different res). I would still prefer to force the image sizing via php on the server side to ensure that I scale correctly ( usually i scale it for zoom, large, medium, thumb ).
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
Uploadify was annoying me with large files, I've been using this now as it breaks the files into chunks when uploading: http://www.plupload.com/ Useful if you're uploading videos e.t.c.
Can't say i've ever had issues with Uploadify using 300-400mb files (apart from PHP timeouts etc), but plupload looks pretty decent especially with the 'chunking'.
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Steve
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Joomla
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Gary
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Zencart all the way. Far better than OSC.
Not tried the others that sam mentioned.
It will do what you want, and there are hundreds of add-on's that are very easy to install.
I did this in Zen http://www.gasworksair.co.uk
With no previous PHP, CSS experience
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
I did this in Zen http://www.gasworksair.co.uk
Doesn't seem to look right in IE 
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Zencart all the way. Far better than OSC.
Not tried the others that sam mentioned.
It will do what you want, and there are hundreds of add-on's that are very easy to install.
I did this in Zen http://www.gasworksair.co.uk
With no previous PHP, CSS experience
Spelling mistake on frontpage - 'A quick Overveiv of products....'
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Steve
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Managment also
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Zencart all the way. Far better than OSC.
Not tried the others that sam mentioned.
It will do what you want, and there are hundreds of add-on's that are very easy to install.
I did this in Zen http://www.gasworksair.co.uk
With no previous PHP, CSS experience
ZenCart is just a "fork" of osC so in essence it's the same platform. It's better than osC in that Zen has a lot of features as standard which you have to manually bolt on/code for the vanilla osC installation.
I definately like OpenCart though (the one from the .com website not .org) it's kinda got the look and feel of Magento but without all the overheads.
Actually using OpenCart at the moment on my new online shop for computer systems/parts - when I get round to finishing populating the store with products that is
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Gary
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Yeah i know the crfack with OSC and Zen, but Zen has just left OSC behind!
Might have to take a look at this OpenCart though.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
I did this in Zen http://www.gasworksair.co.uk
Off topic again, i'd also use a htaccess redirect rather than meta redirects as meta redirects are common with spam sites and can cause SEO issues.
Back on topic though, agree with Sam in that Opencart is pretty decent and fairly straight forward to use.
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Gary
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
quote:
Originally posted by Gary
I did this in Zen http://www.gasworksair.co.uk
Off topic again, i'd also use a htaccess redirect rather than meta redirects as meta redirects are common with spam sites and can cause SEO issues.
Back on topic though, agree with Sam in that Opencart is pretty decent and fairly straight forward to use.
Cheers
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Reedy
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
quote:
Originally posted by Gary
I did this in Zen http://www.gasworksair.co.uk
Off topic again, i'd also use a htaccess redirect rather than meta redirects as meta redirects are common with spam sites and can cause SEO issues.
Back on topic though, agree with Sam in that Opencart is pretty decent and fairly straight forward to use.
That confused me at first, I thought I was going to be relocated to a porn site
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Gary
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It's only on because I used to have a home page then a link to the shop. Couldn't be arsed messing about with directories as zen had a spaz last time so just stuck a quick redirect on there.
Didn't notice the typo's either best get those changed.
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