1 GEOCLASSIFIEDS ENTERPRISE / USER MANUAL
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1. A template is the vehicle that the software uses to display the information to visitors of your site In certain cases some pages may actually require the assignment of two templates in order to display the appropriate information For instance the Ad Display Page has a primary template assigned to it through PAGES gt BROWSING CLASSIFIEDS gt AD DISPLAY PAGE which displays the overall html of the page However a second template must be assigned that will display the details of the ad This secondary template is designated through AD CONFIGURATION gt AD TEMPLATES The two templates work together to display the appropriate information to the user The secondary template gets displayed wherever the MAINBODY tag is located within the primary template Below are the two Special Pages currently in the program AD DISPLAY PAGE PRIMARY PAGES gt BROWSING CLASSIFIEDS gt AD DISPLAY PAGE SECONDARY AD CONFIGURATION gt AD TEMPLATES USER MANAGEMENT PAGE PRIMARY PAGES gt USER MANAGEMENT gt USER MANAGEMENT HOME SECONDARY SITE CONFIGURATION gt USER MANAGEMENT TEMPLATE GEOCLASSIFIEDS ENTERPRISE SETUP GUIDE 8 Copyright 2004 Geodesic Solutions LLC All Rights Reserved Thank you again for choosing Geodesic Solutions products for your software needs If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this Setup Guide please feel free contact us through our online Support Center via our website at www geodesicsolut2. fonts and colors associated with the software s Pages Text can be changed by accessing the desired page in the PAGES MENU of the Administration NOTE The various modules within the program have their own properties including CSS So if there is dynamic text or colors you want to change you need to first determine if it is associated with the Page or a Page Module Edit the lt TITLE_MODULE s to display the desired page title text on those pages that are not dynamically populated with the page title NOTE The top of each User Management My Account Page and Place An Ad Page contains dynamic pieces of text named Section Title and Page Title By default each has been assigned a background image through the Pages section of the admin Save yourself time by substituting the images out through the images folder rather than having to call up every page and changing it individually STEP 2 Logo Image Replacement Site Logo The Front and Subpage templates each have a default logo assigned to them through each template s html There is a logo in the header and footer smaller that needs to be replaced You can do this by simply overwriting each logo in the images folder with your own logo Signs amp Flyers Logo The Signs and Flyers Templates each have a logo assigned to them Replace the default logo with your own by either image substitution or by calling ou
3. account with that GEOCLASSIFIEDS ENTERPRISE SETUP GUIDE 5 Copyright 2004 Geodesic Solutions LLC All Rights Reserved Setup Guide merchant and enter the appropriate account details in this section of the admin NOTE You will only need an SSL certificate if you are using Authorize net s AIM method as your credit card merchant service Otherwise all credit card collection takes place on your merchant s own secure socket layer pages If an SSL certificate is necessary we do NOT recommend using a server wide license which many hosting companies offer IMPORTANT PLEASE TEST YOUR PAYMENTS AND MERCHANT SETUP WITH REAL TRANSACTIONS BEFORE GOING LIVE WITH YOUR SITE SPECIFICALLY CHECK TO ENSURE WHEN USING OFFSITE MERCHANTS PAYPAL ETC THAT YOUR CUSTOMER IS HANDED BACK TO YOUR SITE PROPERLY WITH THE AD TURNED ON INOTHER WORDS VERIFY THAT THE RETURN ADDRESS IS CONFIRMED PROPERLY Price Plans Setup Setup desired Price Plans PRICE PLANS MENU You will always have at least one Price Plan in the system By default we have entered a Price Plan called general price plan You can implement as many other Price Plans as you wish but you cannot delete the general price plan Price Plans are assigned to specific User Groups That is to say that every User Group will have a Price Plan assigned to it There are two types of Price Plans Fee Based The seller will pay you each time they place an ad
4. on every Registration Details Page regardless of User Group User Group Specific Fields optional These are fields you can set up that will only be used during the Place an Ad Process of a user within that User Group Optional Fields to use in Registration optional These are additional site wide fields you can set up that will be used on every Registration Details Page regardless of User Group Unlike User Group Specific Fields each Registration Optional Field has a specific piece of text tied to it by system default Therefore every page that references a used Registration Optional Field must be accessed and that piece of text edited in order for GEOCLASSIFIEDS ENTERPRISE SETUP GUIDE 7 Copyright 2004 Geodesic Solutions LLC All Rights Reserved Setup Guide those fields to display appropriately Please refer to the Optional Fields to use in Registration section of your User Manual for a list of pages that need to be edited NOTE IF YOU ARE USING REGISTRATION CODES CHECK THAT EACH CODE IS WORKING AS EXPECTED AND ASSIGNING REGISTRANTS TO THE APPROPRIATE USER GROUPS Splash Page Will be displayed to the registrant for that User Group only if you enter html into the Splash Page text area in the User Group Management area User will then be directed to the Registration Details Page STEP 8 Special Pages You will notice that there is a template assigned to every page of the site
5. Setup Guide Site Launch Checklist Setup Guide Site Launch Checklist Introduction Thank you for purchasing GeoClassifieds Enterprise version Now that you have completed the installation process and input the initial configuration settings you are ready to set up your site and prepare it for your launch date This guide is intended to help you in addressing at least the minimum settings necessary to set up your site and feel confident in releasing your site to the public It is intended only as an abbreviated checklist and should be used in conjunction with your product s User Manual which can be downloaded from the Support Center on the Geodesic Solutions website Some steps are written with the assumption that you are planning to use the default html templates that we provide to you during setup Although all steps below should be reviewed prior to launch many of them may be entirely optional depending upon your business model We have specifically marked some of these steps as optional STEP 1 Site Genre Text Changes Template Colors Fonts Text Changes TEMPLATES MENU Open each template and replace the logo image with your own Open each of the Signs and Flyers templates and edit the text as necessary specifically input your site s domain name in place of the default domain name optional There is a css document at the root directory of your software s distribution files on your server This
6. document controls a variety of background colors and text fonts associated with the templates Open the css file and make changes to these settings as desired and then ftp that file back into the root directory NOTE We have set up several css documents that you can use if you would like These css files are located in the css folder within the root directory of your software s files Do not change the name of these css files Simply overwrite the file at your site root to view your changes Dynamic Colors Fonts Text Changes PAGES MENU PAGE MODULES MENU There is dynamic site text associated with every page of the site This site text is stored within the database and is therefore editable within your admin pages through the PAGES MENU or through text associated with each of the PAGE MODULES For the default templates that came with your installation we used various html modules PAGE MODULES gt HTML MODULES to display certain areas of your site For instance the footer is controlled by LOGGED_IN_OUT_HTML_4 module Because of this you can simply access this module change the text as you wish click save display changes and every html template that uses that module which should reflect on every page will instantly be updated This same principle applies for the other html modules GEOCLASSIFIEDS ENTERPRISE SETUP GUIDE 2 Copyright 2004 Geodesic Solutions LLC All Rights Reserved Setup Guide Text
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8. odules Set up desired Page Modules PAGE MODULES MENU optional Remove edit Page Modules that we preset to display by default with your initial installation optional Enter additional Page Modules that you wish to display NOTE Implementation of Page Modules is always a two step process 1 INSERT MODULE Insert the desired module s tag into the html template that is assigned to the PAGE you want the feature to show up on 2 ATTACH MODULE Navigate to that PAGE in the PAGES administration and attach the tag to that page NOTE The removal of modules requires that you simply remove the tag from the template s html Don t forget to also remove the tag s attached status within the actual PAGE administration as well Tags that are attached to a page but aren t being called to display within the html templates cause unnecessary calls to the database which will slow down your site unnecessarily STEP 6 Payments amp Price Plans Payment Setup If you are going to charge for ad placement check yes on the PAYMENTS gt CHARGE SUBMENU page If not skip to the Registration amp User Groups section below since will not have to set up any Price Plans Choose the types of payments you are willing to accept If allowing PayPal or one of the credit card merchants that the software is preconfigured to communicate with you will need to create an
9. on your site based on the cost specifics you enter for that plan Subscription Based The seller will pay you a fee for a period of time to place ads They may still be subject to certain other fees based on the cost specifics you enter for that plan IMPORTANT Subscription Based Price Plans are NOT recurring billing plans In other words users that are in this type of Price Plan will not automatically be billed at the end of their subscription period However they will automatically be sent a renewal email that they can then voluntarily renew a new subscription period optional When setting up Price Plans Fee Based Only you can designate Category Specific Pricing on a Price Plan by Price Plan basis NOTE Check to make sure that these category specific price plans are working properly by placing test ads in the appropriate categories Additional Price Plans Although there is a standard Price Plan that you associate with each User Group you can also give users the ability to select another Price Plan during their Place an Ad process if you desire The GEOCLASSIFIEDS ENTERPRISE SETUP GUIDE 6 Copyright 2004 Geodesic Solutions LLC All Rights Reserved Setup Guide Additional Price Plan function is administered on a User Group by User Group basis within each User Group s administration page USER GROUPS MENU STEP 7 Registration amp User Groups Setup Registra
10. s to display in the following areas Place an Ad process Ad Display Page Advanced Search Page as searchable criteria Browsing Ad Pages as sortable columns within browsing results tables NOTE Unlike category specific questions each Optional Site Wide Field has a specific piece of text tied to it by system default Therefore every page that references a used Optional Site Wide Field must be accessed and edited in order for these fields to display appropriately Please refer to the Fields to Use Submenu section of your User Manual for a list of pages that need to be edited User Group Specific Fields USER GROUPS MENU optional These fields will be displayed during the Place an Ad process only to those users within the specific User Group GEOCLASSIFIEDS ENTERPRISE SETUP GUIDE 4 Copyright 2004 Geodesic Solutions LLC All Rights Reserved Setup Guide IMPORTANT Displaying fields on the Ad Display Page REQUIRES TWO STEPS 1 You must designate the fields you want to display 2 You must make sure each field s tag is placed within the html of the template that is assigned to template designated on the AD CONFIGURATION MENU gt AD TEMPLATES Page in the admin You will see a complete of tags that can be used on that same page Optional Fields do not have individual tags Instead they are grouped together and displayed by a single tag see the User Manual for additional details STEP 5 Page M
11. t your own image within the html templates for each STEP 3 Categories amp Subcategories CATEGORIES MENU Set up each category and subcategory optional Give a description to each if desired optional Assign an image to display in front of each category name optional Assign Category Specific Questions to each category as described in the next step GEOCLASSIFIEDS ENTERPRISE SETUP GUIDE 3 Copyright 2004 Geodesic Solutions LLC All Rights Reserved Setup Guide STEP 4 Ad Display Page amp Fields Standard Fields These fields will display during the Place an Ad process and on the Ad Display Page Choose whether or not you want each field displayed and set to required AD CONFIGURATION MENU gt FIELDS TO USE Category Specific Questions If used these questions will automatically show up during the Place an Ad process and will become searchable criteria on the Advanced Search Page on a category by category basis CATEGORIES MENU gt edit category questions Optional Site Wide Fields AD CONFIGURATION MENU gt FIELDS TO USE optional Add Optional Site Wide Fields that will be displayed and required during the Place an Ad process They will automatically be displayed in every category unless you turn off their display on an individual category by category basis within the CATEGORIES MENU NOTE Implementation of Optional Site Wide fields will cause these field
12. tion REGISTRATION CONFIG MENU gt GENERALS Select if you want to be notified of all new registrations via email Select if you want to approve all new registrations Select if you want to use the email verification process Select any Optional Fields to be used during Registration Process details below Setup User Group s USER GROUPS MENU Every registrant will be assigned to a User Group upon registration Therefore you will always have at least one User Group in the system Furthermore there will always be a default User Group If you only have one User Group in the system all users will automatically be placed into that User Group and be taken directly to the Registration Details page Or if there is more than one User Group in the system the Registration Code page will be displayed to the registrant for them to enter a code see User Manual for details Edit the default User Group or create your own You will assign a different Registration Code for each User Group you enter Each user can be moved to another User Group by the admin at a later time through the Admin Panel After a correct Registration Code has been entered by the registrant he will be presented with one of the following two pages Registration Details Page User will enter in the information you have designated to display Standard Fields These fields are site wide fields that will be used
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