Classified Ads
We have a community in which members are often looking to find, borrow, buy or rent something (a cabin, boat, bike) or they have a similar item to give way, rent or sell. We would like a classifieds page or gadget that lets users self-post the item they have or want. Ideally it would allow them to add a picture and contact info, and would have an expiration date, so that the post disappears (or is archived after a certain period of time. Using a forum for this is a poor solution. I tried your to make the Personify "jobs board" work, but it does not allow enough customization of field names to be useful, and would only confuse users.
Tom Darbyshire
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Mark Melcher
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In addition to the basic function described, you need:
- a price field instead of burying the price in the ad narrative
- management tools that let you choose to approve ads before posting, or not.
- auto deletion of the ad and its attachments after x days
- email warning to the poster that the add will expire soon and giving the option to renew
