** a subcategory Yachting under the category vertical markets would be great Joomla Yachting Classifieds Ads Portal is a customized solution to create a boating & classified ads portal. This application allows the following: * individual and Boat Dealers & Brokers can place their ads on line. * A shopping cart allows to charge for classified ads. (paypal, authorizenet, 2checkout...) * The portal owner can manage his marketing efforts through the administration interface: Featured Boats, New listings ... * Through the powerful newsletter module, the portal owner can send new listed inventory to the site subscribers. I. Yachting Classifieds Ads Portal application presentation * Shopping cart with payment gateways (paypal,authorizenet,2checkout...) * Boat & equipment ads management * Special Offers, Featured Ads * Flexible Image gallery (allows you to resize, crop images. Windows XP image upload applet to speed up and automate the upload process) * Video Gallery * Powerful multi criteria search * News module to allow a quick and easy update of your company news * Automatic boat inventory generation in PDF format II. Customized Modules Our Yachting Classifieds Ads Portal application was developed with individuals as well as boat dealers and brokers in mind. Our application allows them to manage their boat and equipment for sale ads: The portal site manager has a set of features available to promote further his portal * A calendar module to announce boat shows and events * A newsletter to send at regular interval news to their subscribers base * A content management system to add news and information relevant to their industry * A customized boat inventory module to manage their boats * Directory tree to list services and other suppliers The boat inventory module is using custom templates specific to motor or sail boats. It gives the opportunity to the boat dealers and brokers to enter detailed information about a specific boat in organized fields. Templates and information presented have been carefully analyzed to allows the maintenance of both new and used boats inventory. Fields as detailed as engine overhaul date and hours allows you to give a very detailed presentation of the boat. Surveyors information can be entered. State-of-the-art interface: The information presented is organized in tabs to facilate the navigation (no more scrolling up and down: the information clearly flows from tab to tab: general presentation, engine, electronics, galley equipment, interior, cabins...) A powerful search function gives a web visitor to view quickly boats answering his criterias. III. Advantages of our Yachting Classifieds Ads Portal application Our Yachting Classifieds Ads Portal application provides a professional interface with custom modules adapted to the boating industry. he application is managed under your own domain name (no more frames and other gimmicks to get information from other sites.) You have access to a complete administration interface in order to add news , new images, manage ads inventory... You can manage a powerful newsletter module to keep your clients and subscribers informaed about your special offers and other Sales. Automatic boat alert emails to users asking to receive a notification everytime a boat in your portal matches their criterias. Flexible interface to configure your website and the information presented. You have total control and access on what appears on your web site. The powerful content management system interface gives you the possibility to edit through a Wysiwyg editor the information presented to your readers. IV. Customized modules Special Offers: A module allows you to select boats you want to place on Sale. The modules allows you to define a start and end date for the sale. Special offers custom newsletter : Once your special offer selection is done, you can send an HTML formatted newsletter with boat image thumbnails and summary description to all subscribers.