Almond Classifieds component for Joomla!. 
  
To install Almond Classifieds Component for Joomla! 1.0
you need to delet file aclassf.xml form this package then rename the file aclassf.xml_1.0 to aclassf.xml.
Then install the component in the standard way.


Quick Start:

 Almond Classifieds can be installed  as   standard Joomla! (version 1.5) component.
In the admin area click on the "installers" link, choose components area, 
 then in the  form  choose .zip file with Almond Classifieds component and 
click on "upload & install" button. In the components area of admin interface  
a new component Almond Classifieds (with 2 submenus - Configuration and Admin Panel) 
will appear.  In Configuration menu you can set up main classifieds options. 
 

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MORE DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS.


Layout for Top page with categories list can be edited in the template t_top.html;
Layout for Index page with ads list can be edited in the template t_index2.html;
Layout for ads details page can be edited in the template t_details.html;
CSS classes can be edited in the file style.css. 
 

How to edit the ad by admin:
In the admin section input ad id# in the edit area,
then make editing of the ad.

How to edit the ad by admin:
Go to admin.php URL in your browser, then input ad id# in the edit area,
then make editing of the ad.

How to delete ads by admin:
Go to delete area in the web admin interface, input
ads id# you need to delete, separated by commas, e.g. if you input
5,16,23-27,35,45-48
then  ads with the following id#  will be deleted:
5,16,23,24,25,26,27,35,45,46,47,48


How to get e-mails of ad owners:
To get e-mails of ad owners, you can click on the link with category
name in the web admin interface. You will get e-mails of ad owners
of this category in the alphabetical order. You can copy this list 
for using in  mail list programs. If you click on the e-mail link, you will see
the ad details page with this contact e-mail.

You can easily customize the layout of classifieds pages.
You can edit html templates t_...html in the classifieds directory.
To customize ads index layout you need to customize html tags 
in the function browse_ads() (file adshtm.php )
Ads on the index page are generated by the loop, ads layout you can change 
in the function print_ad ($row) (file adshtm.php ).
Caption for ads table are generated by function get_ads_captions() (file adshtm.php ).
Search form on the index page is generated by function get_search_form() (file search.php ).
To customize second ads page with details you need to customize html tags 
in the function ad_details() (details.php )
To customize top page with categories list  you need to customize html tags 
in the function print_categories() (file top.php ).
To customize add/edit form for ads you need to customize html tags 
in the function  ad_form($ed_add) (file forms.php ).
To customize privacy mail form page  you need to customize html tags 
in the  function privacy_form($idnum) (file forms.php ).
To customize layout of messages you need to customize html tags
in the  function output_message($message) (file funcs2.php )


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