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Marketplace is a Classifieds Extension for the popular Content Management System(CMS) Joomla!  Version 1.4.5 is now available in the Sponsor Downloads Area. To become a sponsor, use the registration form and choose one of the payment plans. Sponsors have access to the Forum and the Sponsor Downloads Area. Get Marketplace 1.4.5 now

As you can see on the screenshots Marketplace 1.4.5 runs on Joomla 1.0.x and Joomla 1.5.x (legacy mode). The screenshots where taken on a Joomla 1.5.1 system. For the display of the ad images you can now choose between javascript popup or Slimbox. It's configurable in the backend. See screenshot to the right.

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Marketplace Administrators and Moderators (set in the user manager) are now able to publish/unpublish ads from the frontend. Same for top, featured and commercial flags. This reduces the need for backend logins. In the 'My Ads' view, users can now see if their ads are published or not published.

In Marketplace 1.4.5 paid ads are introduced. In this first implementation 'Offline Payment' (Bank Transfer) and 'PayPal Payment' are supported. Set 'Publish ad by default' to 'No' and 'Enable Paid Ads' to 'Yes' and choose between 'Offline Payment' and 'PayPal Payment' or offer both. See screenshots below for the frontend view during payment process. This 'Paid Ads' feature will be extended in the future.

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Feature-List:

• Runs on Joomla 1.0.x and Joomla 1.5.x (legacy mode) ( new in 1.4.5)
• Paid Ads. Marketplace can work either in free or in paid mode. Supports 'Offline Payment' and 'PayPal Payment'. See screenshots. ( new in 1.4.5)
• Slimbox Integration. Show ad images in a much nicer way now ( new in 1.4.5)
• Improved RSS Feeds. Addidional Feed symbols and possibility to subscribe to 'All Ads' or single categories ( new in 1.4.5)
• Frontend publishing. Marketplace Admins/Moderators are now able to publish/unpublish ads in the frontend. Same for flags 'top', 'featured' and 'commercial' ( new in 1.4.5)
• Email cloaking. Email addresses are now cloaked ( new in 1.4.5)
• Runs with Register Globals Off and RG_EMULATION Off ( since 1.3)
• Email Notification for Admins/Moderators when a new ad has been placed ( since 1.4.2)
• Email Notification for user when his/her ad has expired ( since 1.4.2)
• Keywords. Define keywords and an action that has to be taken when it is detected ( since 1.4.2)
• Advanced Search ( since 1.4.1)
• User Managerfor some user specific settings (create admins and moderators, block users, set ads of a user commercial, top, featured,...) ( since 1.4.0)
• RSS 2.0 Feed. Syndicate your Markeplace Ads as RSS 2.0 Feed ( since 1.4.0)
• Improved Joomfish Support. With Marketplace 1.4.0 you can also translate Types, Categories and even the Ads. The needed XML-Files for Joomfish are included in the Marketplace zipfile. ( since 1.4.0)
• Support for Primezilla Private Messaging ( since 1.3.1)
• New icon set ( since 1.3)
• Dynamic page titles ( since 1.3)
• Create as many Ad-Types as you want ( since 1.3)
• Joomfish support ( since 1.3)
• Multiple languages. English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Romanian, Spanish and Turkish in core distribution!
• Create as many categories as you want
• Assign category-icons for every category
• Mark Ads "featured", "top" and "commercial" - each with different look in the listing
• Configure duration of ads
• Assign up to 3 images for ads - requires gdlib
• Users can edit/delete their own ads
• Configure if ads are published by default or need admin confirmation
• Cool Modules for your frontpage - latest 5 ads, table of content
• and more... check it out!