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1. Introduction
While online store is popular today, it doesn’t fit for every situation. Sometimes you may just need a module to display products and gather feedback from visitors. If it is, this module maybe the best solution for you.
The development of Classified Product 5.0 comsumed a few months of us. It contains 6 sub modules and offer many useful features. View live demo at http://www.dnnmodules.cn/tabid/79/Default.aspx . please be patience for the network connection
2. Module Features
There are 6 sub-modules in this package:
1.Classified_Product_Admin
2.Classified_Product_List
3.Classified_Product_Dashboard
4.Classified_Product_Category
5.Classified_Product_Search
6.Classified_Product_Detail.
2.1 Classified_Product_Admin
This module is used to maintain product category/product list/user file /product comment.You only need one instance per portal.
When login as site administrator, it will display all features as following:
2.1.1 Admin_General Settings
“General settings“ is only available for adminitrators. It let you control the basic settings of classified module.
As you can see above. You can control category/product/comment manage roles, you can also select roles can add his own product. Users belong to product edit roles can maintain his folder/files under portal home directory. When add products, he can select image from his own files. You can specify user disk quote at “User disk quote“ text box. Enter 0 will not limit user file disk quote.
Besides that, you can also control the thumbnail generate and comment/rating options.
2.1.2 Admin_Category Manage
“Category Manage“ is available for both adminitrators and category manage roles. It let you maintain product categories for all users.
You can add unlimited level of categoires. A product can belong to multiple categories(limited by “General settings - category selection counts“). For existing category,you can change its parent, view order and other information.
2.1.3 Admin_Product Manage
“Product Manage“ is available for both adminitrators and product manage roles. It let you maintain products created by all users.
You can edit/delete product item, authorized it, change its active status or set product as featured. Unauthorized and unactive product will not display to visitors.
2.1.4 Admin_Comment Manage
“Comment Manage“ is available for both adminitrators and comment manage roles. It let you maintain comments posted to all products.
You can authorize/delete comment , unauthorized comment will not display to visitors.
When a normal user visit Classified_product_Admin module, he can't do anything:
When a user belong to product edit roles, he will see features as following:
2.1.5 Admin_User file manager
Click “My files“ will navigate to “User file manage“ control. It is only available to product edit roles. It let user maintain his folder/file under portal home directory, when add products, he can only choose images of his own.
User can add/delete his own folders.
User can upload files to his own folder, it also support decompress zip files while upload.
For existing files, user can change its name/attribute, or delete it. It also supports copy/move files under his own folders. User can also decompress zip files.
Note, this feature doesn't available for site administrators because he can manage all portal files under dnn standard “Admin - File Manager“ menu.
Administrator can limit user disk quote under “General settings - user disk quote“.If user disk quote is reached, he can't upload any files.
2.1.6 Admin_User product manage
Click “My Products“ will let user maintain his product lists. It is available for both administrator and product edit roles.
User can add/delete product item, change its active status. He can also select a product item, click the right “copy as new” button to add a new product more quickly.
A product can belong to multiple categories.
When administrator add product, he can select product image from all portal files. When other users add product, he can only select product image from his own files.
If user also belongs to product manage roles,he can change product authorized/featured status by his own.
Each product item can has its own rating/comment settings.
Module will aotumatic generate thumbnail for product image.
2.1.7 Admin_User comment manage
Click “My product comments“ will navigate to “User comment manage“ control. It is available for both administrator and product edit roles. It let user maintain comments posted to his product. User can authorize/delete comment it. Unauthorize comment will not display to visitors.
2.2 Classified_Product_List
This module is used to display product list. You can add multiple instance as you want.
Click “prodocut list settings“ to control the layout of product list.
Classified_Product_List module is template based,you can customize your own templates.
Supports two display style: List and grid. List style supports multiple columns per row.
In “Category“ section, you can select display products for all categoires or only for certain categories.
“Image” section let you customize the product image layout, set image width/height. It also supports the “light box “ popup effect.
“Paing“ section controls the paing information.
“Roll“ section provides roll functions
“More products“ provides a “more products“ link.
“Display content“ section let you control which fields are displayed in list.
You can use above options to generate different display style as your wish. Below is some examples.
Example 1 ( List style)
Example 2(grid style)
Example 3(light box popup effect)
Example 4( List with summary)
2.3 Classified_Product_Dashboard
This module is used to display dashboard product list via flash. You can add multiple instance as you want.
Click “dashboard settings“ to open its setttings wizard.
This module is also template based,you can customize your own templates.
Supports three flash display style: Numeric navigate(classical),Numeric navigate(black),Numeric navigate(integrative). Each flash has its own control options.
Numeric navigate(classical) can play up to 9 product items. The other two has no limitation.
Numeric navigate(classical)
Numeric navigate(Integrative)
Numeric navigate(Black)
2.4 Classified_Product_Category
This module is used to display product categories. You can add multiple instance as you want.
Click “Category settings“ to open its setttings control.
Module is also template based,you can customize your own templates.
Supports two display style: List and Tree.
Classified_Product_Category example.
2.5 Classified_Product_Search
This module is used to provide product search. You can add multiple instance as you want.
Click “Search settings“ to open its setttings control.
Module is also template based,you can customize your own templates.
You can change whether to show product categories in search options.
Classified_product_search example
2.6 Classified_Product_Detail
This module is used to display product detail information. Normally you only need 1 instance per portal. In some cases,you can also add multiple instances. For example ,if you need different detail page to display different products. In this case,you need set “product detail page“ option in Classified_Product_List module.
Click “Detail settings“ to open its setttings control.
Module is also template based,you can customize your own templates.
You can control product fields to show.
Module will automatic add product name as page key words to meet search engineers.
Classified_product_detail example
If product allows rating or comments, you can also see the comment information in product detail page.
Classified_product_detail comment
3. Other highlight features
3.1 Multiple user support
Authorized users can maitain their own folder/files and product/comment list.
3.2 Template based
All view interfaces (category list/product list /dashboard / product search /product detail) are template based, You can customize your own display interface.
3.3 Controllable
Each sub-module has its own control settings, Module provides more than 300 control parameters, give you the full control of this module.
3.4 Seach engineer friednly
Module will automatic generate page keywords using product name when view product detail.
3.5 Security assure
Check user input to prevent malice damage(like sql injection, script include,etc). Module also provide security code to prevent comment spam.
3.6 Multi-portal support
3.7 Full localization support with dnn standard online help
All the fields are self explained with dnn standard online help.
4. Compatibility
Dnn 5.1 and above.
Sql server 2005/2008, sql express 2005/2008
Asp.net 2.0 framework and above.