Admin control panel

Admin login

Site Setup Menu

The site setup menu allows you to change the sites basic settings, including:-

• Site name
• Site URL
• Mail type
• Admin E-Mail address
• Site skin
• Site logo
• Default language
• Enable/disable maintenance mode

General Settings

• Home Page/Secondary Pages Setup - Customise the appearance of your home page and at types subpages
• Define how many days after an item closes it is removed from the database
• Set your home page featured item preferences
• Set your category featured item preferences
• Set how many recently listed items are displayed
• Set how many popular ads are displayed
• Control your image settings, including how many images can be uploaded per listing and the maximum file size per image
• Set your currency settings, including the sites default currency, display format and decimal digits
• Set your time settings, from here you can offset your sites time against the server time
• Enable SSL support on the user end
• Enter your general meta tags
• Select how to run your cron jobs. The cron jobs are used to keep the site updated and close items on time etc. There are two ways in which to run the cron jobs, 1) from your server 2) from the software. This section allows you to set which method you wish to use
• Invoice settings, add a header/footer notice to your fee invoices
• Enable/disable the reputation feature
• Set diferent standard ad specific settings
• Display/hide winners on the ad details page

Enable/Disable Menu

• Enable/Disable shipping costs
• Enable/Disable the user end login box
• Enable/Disable the user end news box
• Enable/Disable the registration and listing terms and conditions fields
• Enable/Disable the "item swap" feature
• Enable/Disable user end stat counter
• Enable/Disable second category listing
• Enable/Disable the user end language engine
• Enable/Disable private site. Private site enables you to run the site as select seller venue only. If enabled you can select which registered users are able to list items for sale on your site. This setting is also ideal if you are planning on creating an online store with PHP Pro Ads
• Enable/Disable preferred accounts. This feature allows you to offer a percentage reduction to selected users on all site fees.
• Enable/Disable BCC E-Mail to admin
• Enable/Disable "Ask the seller a question" feature
• Enable/Disable others items from same user (displayed on item details page)
• Enable/Disable Bulk Lister
• Enable/Disable category counters
• Enable/Disable the mod_rewrite engine
• Enable/Disable ads approval. This feature enables you to verify all ads that are listed before they go live on your site.
• Enable/Disable profile page.
• Enable/Disable store only mode. If this feature is enabled, only users who have a store enabled will be able to list ads.
• Enable/Disable skin change on user end. Your users will be able to change the site skin to their preferred one directly through the front end.
• Marked deleted ads removal. Enable this feature if you wish for the marked deleted ads to be removed through the cron job, this way avoiding server load.
• Enable/Disable user verification

Edit Tables Menu:-

• Add/Edit/Delete countries
• Add/Edit/Delete ad durations
• Add/Edit/Delete off-line payment options
• Add/Edit/Delete shipping options

Site Content Menu

• Setup and control vouchers
• Add/Edit/Delete help topics
• Add/Edit/Delete news items
• Add/Edit/Delete F-A-Q topics
• Edit the about us page
• Edit the contact us page
• Edit the general terms and conditions page
• Edit the privacy policy page
• Add/Edit/Delete custom pages
• Edit system emails
• Edit user end language file
• Add/Edit/Delete members announcements
• Manage onsite Advertising

User Management Menu

• Add/Edit/Delete new admin users
• View full details of all registered users, including:-
  • Active/Suspend users
  • Verify users as sellers
  • Delete users
  • Enable/Disable ad approval
  • Enable/Disable listing privileges
  • Change accounting mode
  • View items listed by user
  • E-Mail user
  • View/edit user details
  • Alter users balance (add credits/debits)

• Setup registration custom fields
• Login as a site user
• Manage user reputation comments
• Add custom reputation fields (for sales and purchases)
• Re-send activation E-Mail
• Send newsletter to registered users
• Ban/block users
• View abuse reports

Ads Management

• Divided in 3 sections for each ad type, profile ads can be managed from the users management section
• View and manage open ads
• View all closed ads
• View suspended ads
• View ads pending admin approval
• Select purchasing methods allowed (Standard Ads only)
• View sold items (Standard Ads only)
• Setup custom listing fields
• Manage user-user messages

Stores Management

• Enable/Disable user stores
• Create and manage store subscription packages
• Manage live stores
• Setup postage/weight tiers for shopping carts

Categories

• Add/Edit/Delete site categories

Fees

• Set main settings, including account type:-

ACCOUNT MODE FEATURES:-

• Users can build up a account which is paid off once a month.  The admin user can set the credit limit any user can go to.  Once the credit limit is reached the users account is blocked until they make payment.  The admin user can also send any invoice requesting payment.  You can also give any user free credit or debit their account.   This allows sellers to lists items without having to pay each time.

PAY AS YOU GO FEATURES:-

• Users pay fees on demand.  For example when listing an ad the seller must pay their fees before the item is listed.  If you enable Pay As You Go the system will forward the seller to the relevant payment page and prompt them to pay the listing fees.  If the seller fails to pay the listing fee the ad isn't listed.  The sale fee works slightly differently.  When a sellers successfully sells an item the buyers contact details are withheld until they login into the members area and pay the sale fee.  Once it's paid the buyers details are forwarded to the seller.
  

• Set signup credit incentive
• Set the maximum credit level
• Set your suspension preferences
• Setup your payment settings, within PHP Pro Ads you can choose to accept payments through any of the below merchants:-

1. PayPal
2. Nochex
3. WorldPay
4. Ikobo
5. Protx
6. 2Checkout
7. Authorize.net
8. MoneyBookers
9. Google Checkout
10. PayMate

• Setup and edit your site fees, including-
  • User signup fee
  • Ad setup fee (set or percentage based - standard ads only)
  • Sale fee (set or percentage based - standard ads only)
  • Home page featured item fee
  • Category featured fee
  • Highlighted ad fee
  • Bold text fee
  • Item Swap fee
  • Custom listing time fee
  • Instant Purchase fee
  • "Make an offer" fee
  • Re-listing fee reduction
  • Second category fee
  • Image/media upload fee

Accounting & Taxation Menu

• Review your sites accountancy, by month/week/day or all
• Create your taxation codes and rules
• Set your exemption rules

Tools Menu

• Word filter
• Block free E-Mail addresses
• Currency converter