This component did install gracefully but did NOT detect that my system has changed the default table prefix from "jos_" to something else.

Net result: two manual hacks were required.
1. Change the database table name prefix on four (4) tables from "jos_" to whatever the system expects.
2. Change the embedded calls in two (2) of the components scripts where the database.table names are hard-coded.

It's my understanding that neither hack should be necessary if the component was truly 100% native compliant.

Nice and simple to install and use. My only quibble is that there doesn't seem to be a way of changing the order of the categories so you need to input them in the order you want them displayed. That is find for now but could cause real headaches when I want to put in new ones.

This extension is very good. Is it possible to modify the code so it could also be used to list gagage sales on a web site?

We have a community site and would like for residents to be able to list garage sales for free.

After looking through the available modules for a decent Ads Manager, I thought I would try Aardvertiser. here are a few points:-

Good points:-

1) Installed very easy, no problem
2) Straight forward for basic use

Things that could be improved:-

1) Euro/GBP symbol beside price
2) Sub-catagories (I know this was mentioned)
3) CSS text colour code change?? Can't find it??
4) Post code field required - y/n option
5) Distance field required - y/n option
6) Left justification auto when no image is
being used
7) Payment option i.e. Paypal
8) Auto Ad expiry/renewal notice (time defined by admin)
9) Link to company website with support documentation (It pay's to advertise!)
10) Backend admin option to change the above fields

Otherwise, it does the job from a basic point of view.

I would love to see it developed into a really good Ads manager.

Maybe a pro-version would have more options on top of what I mentioned.

Keep up the good work!

This is a quick and easy fantastic solution to putting classified ads on your site - far easier than anything else I have found and the display format is very easy to navigate and use for end users. Adding an entry is easy too.

Wish list

Distances finder in Miles (this feature only works in the UK and Kilometers are a foreign concept for the UK)

Cloak email address and make it a clickable label "email"

Sub-categories - I said this is a wish list.

Specialised photo directory rather than the general images directory - would be nice if this could tie in to the user name.

A way of charging advertisers for ads would make this a perfect commercial product that I would happily pay for. It would be great to have a free version without being able to charge and a commercial version that does. You would need to be able to charge for renewals as well.

This is a brilliantly simple component to use. Thank you so much for it.