ClassiPress Custom Header (tougher then you may think)
So we started YACP (Yet Another ClassiPress Theme) tonight and we are making a modification that unfortunately requires us to overwrite the entire header area. We want to be smart about this so I searched around for a good hook or filter to handle the customization. Thankfully I found one called called “cp_header” which is added to “appthemes_header”. I thought…
read more- by Seth Carstens
- posted at 9:17 pm
- September 18, 2012
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ClassiPress Hidden Map Tab and Redraw Google Map Canvas
We have been running into this issue for a bunch of website that have no desire to show the Google map first in the sidebar. In fact, a better portion of the community wants the ad details in the sidebar! Sometimes developing websites is funny. You can spend hours of time in research and testing to come up with only…
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- posted at 12:32 pm
- May 7, 2012
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ClassiPress or any CCT’s with Sticky on Top
We made an attempt to build a new function for ClassiPress over the last couple of weeks. This is the first time we have had to stop and say “its impossible to do this way”. Disappointing I know, but the real issue is simply they way WordPress stores the “sticky posts” into an array in the wp_options table. Instead of…
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- posted at 8:49 pm
- April 15, 2012
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Adding Category Icons to your ClassiPress Homepage
Did you ClassiPress category icons disappear after your recent upgrade? Not a problem. We will walk you though a new tutorial on how to add icons to you site without modifying any core code at all. Whats core code? Well, the code inside the /classipress/ directory you uploaded. You never want to modify that code because upgrading becomes rather difficult when you…
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- posted at 1:23 pm
- October 26, 2011
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ClassiPress Custom Home Page Template Tutorial
Before You get started: You will need some basic knowledge of how to use programs like FileZilla (FTP Client) and Notepad (Text Editor). You will also need to know how to access your ClassiPress installation using the FTP client, and how to save, rename, and locate files on your computer. Step 1 – Duplicate the homepage Login to your server…
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- posted at 12:15 pm
- September 26, 2011
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Paid Memberships – Unlimited Posting and Featured Ads Upgrade
A popular business model since ClassiPress 3.1 has been out is charging customers a monthly fee to post, and then up-selling members who want featured ad space to increase visibility of there ads. This is not only possible, but ClassiPress has option built very intentionally for this exact model. Step 1: Setting Up Membserhip with “Required to Post”. You can…
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- posted at 9:20 am
- August 23, 2011
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