classifieds - a few suggestions

OK, since using the classifieds I have noticed a couple of things

1. when you view your own ad it is counted as a view, yeah logical but doesn't give a true account of how many potential buyers have looked.

2. when someone replies you get an email but no PM tis weird.

Liam

would also be nice if u clicked on someones name in classifieds and it took u too their user profile.

Arc, doesn't it do that already i think it would be good if when you clicked on the sellers name, you got a drop down like when in discussion areas.
so it could have: link to members map, other items for sale (if any), etc

and when you go contact seller it goes to email, its annoying, i never check emails, and when i did once i had loads of emails from buyers from months back for other things

can't blame FF for you not checking your own emails Beau, come on lad, get it together

yes but it goes into junk...

just think it would be better to have a button to send a pm message, cos only way of doing it is getting there user name, then going to messages and doing it manually, no quickly click a link, like email.

I do agree Beau, but i could resist the opportunity to take the piss, i'm from yorkshire you know!! it is a good suggestion

1. Shouldn't be too hard, though you can just look from the "category list" and it gives you the count...

2. Yeah, the classifieds isn't actually a part of the forum software at all, it's a completely different package. Though I can probably code it in...

This gets a bit tricky as basically the user has two profiles, one from within PPC itself, which lists all their items and such, then their default vB one.... could look at putting a link on the PPC profile page which linked to the vB one?

Check your emails then. Duh. Other thing is, the person contacting you might not be a user hence a PM would be no good.

Hmm... i guess i have some new food for thought

On the topic of classifieds....

For the wanted section to make it easier for ppl with stuff to sell to spot someone in need, could there be a categorisation of different part types. I say this as i have a few punto parts that i will be putting up for sale soon and i found it a little annoying searching through the pages of adverts.
There could be something like this:

engine
brakes
body
suspension
wheels
interior
miscelanous etc

Cheers
Si

Wanted now split by model, with miscellaenous stuff @ the bottom

It's nice that it's actually busy enough now to warrent doing this

Awesome!

Indeed.. Can point people there to ask for bits now!

Yup agreed a good idea.