DJ-Classifieds 3.5 - Where are we at?

You might be wondering what's happening with DJ-Classifieds version 3.5. It has been quite a while since I updated you about the latest progress and what you can expect in the upcoming version.

I will quickly summarize the recent status and work on it.

Where are we at with DJ-Classifieds 3.5?

• Currently, DJ-Classifieds 3.5 is in the RC version (we have received suggestions as well as fixed bugs that were found by beta testers)

What can you expect in a stable version?

There are about 80 changes, including fixes and new features. Once we release the stable version, we will provide the complete change log.

Most important new features:

• Coupons app

• Remembering members' details when they post another advert (autofill). There's now an intuitive way to add default values for categories and contact fields based on fields from the profile.

• Recaptcha 2.0 support

• Watermarks generation can be excluded from profile images (if you do not want to brand them)

• Google Maps module will allow to set the categories it'll display the adverts from

• Menu/Categories module will now have the option to select the category (in case you need to display subcategories of a particular category site-wide)

• Improved search with the option to search by

  • Advert ID

  • Username/name

  • Filter by adverts with the "Buy Now" option only

• Autocomplete now works fine with regions and lets you click on the result in the suggestion box to be automatically moved to the results page.

• Many details improved, for example:

  • Arrows in ordering showing the ordering direction

  • New module positions inside the component views (for example, the ones that display only when the advert was published for free - in this case, the administrator will have the option to put the Adsense or other ads in those)

  • Better "show on click" behavior.

  • Improved "Items" module for better responsive (RDW) behavior - the amount of columns adapts to the screen size

  • Better information about unfilled fields when submitting ads

  • New tag for email templates for UDDEIM integration [[message_inputbox]]

Bad news

We're profoundly sorry, but unfortunately, we could not fit one of the expected features in this update. I mean the advanced Location module (the solution to "remember" the user's location and then browse through the classifieds section with that location in mind). We'll release this feature soon after releasing the stable 3.5 version. We want to take as much care when releasing this feature as possible, though we could not add this to this release.

What's next?

Once we do more internal tests and the Joomla-Monster team verifies their templates to see what changes need to be made to handle all new features, we'll release the stable version.