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DJ-Classifieds 3.8.3 update comes with a set of important new features and improvements
The Joomla classified ads extension 3.8.3 update is another major step in the Joomla 4 support direction. It brings, as always, a collection of new features/improvements suggested by our users.
Redesigned back-end
Most of the back-end views have been refreshed in the previous version. This update focuses on the last two, major views - “Item” and “Profile" Edit pages.
Since the Item page is probably the view that is used the most, we've put additional effort to make it as user-friendly as possible - apart from its layout improvements and added field descriptions, the major changes are:
- Info about the pending payment for the item (with an option to manually "Complete" it, without going to the Payments page)
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- Category select with search option
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The Profile page has also been redesigned, and the following new features are now present on the Profiles list view:
- Region filter
- Option to mark users as "Verified" directly from the list view
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Additionally, both Items and Profiles views have gained the option of opening the front-end page of the item (the "Show front-end page" link appears on hovering the title):
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Improved advert posting and payment flow
The Post Advert form and payments processing might be one of the most important parts of the DJ-Classifieds component - this update heavily focuses on this part, adding the following changes:
- adding only promotions to the ad does not unpublish the advert anymore - users can edit their ads to assign promotions to them, and they will remain active - the promotions will be applied to them once the payment for them is completed
- chosen, but not yet applied, promotions (due to the payment for it not being completed yet) are now visible on the advert Edit page
- advert's duration can now be changed, if a user chooses to return to the edit page after the initial payment page redirect (using the "Back to edit" button)
- the expiration time of the ad is now calculated from the time of the successful payment for it (as opposed to the time of advert posting/renewal). This is useful in scenarios where users are making payments not immediately after advert's posting/renew
- when a new payment for the ad is made, the previous one, that has been only started, is now automatically deleted - to make the payments back-end management easier
- the duration field has now an empty "- Select duration -" option (You can choose a default Duration by providing its "days" value in the "Ad expire in (days)" global parameter)
Registration improvements
The registration's form (in case the DJ-Classifieds registration plugin is enabled) received the following improvements:
- password's strength rules (set in Joomla! Users Options) are checked dynamically (by Ajax call) after the password's input
- in case the form fails to validate (due to e.g. captcha test not passed), the base filled out data is now remembered, so the users would not need to re-enter it again
Component's own captcha solution removed
Until now, the captcha keys for the Google Captcha needed to be provided in the DJ-Classified Options -> Security and were handled by the component. These parameters are now gone - the captcha keys are loaded from the corresponding Joomla! captcha plugin (by which the captcha verification is now handled).
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New parameters
'Only ID in profile url' (SEO)
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'Don't index empty categories' (SEO)
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'Canonical tags' (SEO)
![](/templates/yootheme/cache/53/canonical-tags-djcf383-53e85d9c.png)
'Point price separator' (Global -> Prices)
![](/templates/yootheme/cache/77/point-price-separator-djcf383-77b4b28e.png)
'Pre-fill location data' (Global -> Map & Locations)
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Along with the DJ-Classifieds AIO package, the following DJ-Classifieds extensions have been updated to the 3.8.3 version:
- Admin statistics module
- Statistics module
- Bad words plugin
- Conditional fields plugin
- Coupons plugin
- Files attachments plugin
- Invoice manager plugin
- Multicategories plugin
- Offers plugin
- Plans plugin
- User plans plugin
- Search alerts plugin
- Ghost ads plugin
- J!MailAlerts Latest Ads plugin
- PayU payment plugin
- Dotpay payment plugin
More information
- Visit the DJ-Classifieds product page
- DJ-Classifieds can be purchased starting from €78 and is also available in the All Extensions Bundle
- Explore DJ-Classifieds documentation
- If you're a current user you can download the latest package or update it to the latest version with the updater
- Check how you can update DJ-Classifieds
- Browse available Joomla templates with DJ-Classifieds
- If you renew your subscription early, you'll get an extra 40% OFF.
- If you upgrade to a Regular plan from a Mini plan before time, you also get 40% OFF.
- You can also save 25% in case of upgrading from Mini or Regular to Unlimited plan before the expiry date.
- Your subscription has already expired? We'll still give you a 25% discount if you renew your DJ-extensions plan within 60 days of its expiration date.