Grid Mod for Classipress Theme

Posted on February 29, 2012 by admin

The default Classipress theme displays ads in list mode of which is good but how about giving your users an option to view the ads in grid mode. Listing of ads in grid is easy on the eyes and it won’t clutter your site. This is because your visitors can have a quick glance of the items listed on your classifieds site without further scrolling thus providing better user experience.

Wait no further, here’s a mod that can do just that. Presenting the Grid Mod for Classipress offered at the http://store.places-finder.com.

Grid Mod for Classipress

Grid Mod for Classipress

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An introduction to Classipress Theme and how to use it to make a great Classifieds site

Posted on May 25, 2009 by admin

Let’s start with the basics. This post is just going to explain what ClassiPress theme is and what you need to do to set it up in order to start your Classifieds ad site. Specific strategies to optimize or modify will come in later posts.

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Clipper Coupon Theme Version 1.2.4 has been released

Posted on March 3, 2012 by admin

The Clipper Coupon Theme Version 1.2.4 has been released with the following fixes and changes;

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Re-order Jobroller jobs categories easily in simple drag and drop

Posted on March 3, 2012 by admin

Re-order Jobroller jobs categories easily in simple drag and drop.

With this tutorial, ordering of the jobs categories, job types and salaries can easily be done in simple drag and drop.

Tested with Jobroller 1.5.4

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How to modify Classipress to have a fixed theme width

Posted on March 2, 2012 by admin

How to modify Classipress to have a fixed theme width

Classipress styling is good but if you have noticed some of its elements are extended. For example, the horizontal menu bars in the header and footer, they extend beyond the default theme width. You can’t mind these if you are using the standard computer screen but on a wide screen monitor, they will look awkward and that something is amiss as in the picture below.

Unwrapped Classipress with extended horizontal bars

Unwrapped Classipress with extended horizontal bars

Unwrapped Classipress with extended horizontal bars

Unwrapped Classipress with extended horizontal bars

Here’s a tutorial to wrap the Classipress theme so that these horizontal bars will have a fixed width (see images below);
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How to make the description field in the ads submit form not required or mandatory in Classipress 3.1.5

Posted on October 22, 2011 by admin

Make the description field in the ads submit form not required or mandatory in Classipress 3.1.5.

There are types of Classifieds site that of which the description field is not mandatory or required. However, by default Classipress requires it to be filled with entries. The description field entry validation is hard coded and no option to un-check it yet in the admin settings.

Now you can make the description field in the ads submit form not required or mandatory with just few lines of code modification.

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Price number format with comma in Classipress 3.1.4 and 3.1.5

Posted on October 22, 2011 by admin

Price number format with comma in Classipress 3.1.4 and 3.1.5

The current price display format in Classipress is like this 120000 of which is sometimes confusing to the viewers specially with high value items as shown below;

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