XZero Community Classifieds version 5.0 released

[Davis.John]

XZero Community Classifieds version 5.0 has been released! Verified Customers may download the package from the Downloads forum. This is a major upgrade with quite a few new features and improvements.

The paid categories mod has also been updated with files from the latest version. If you have purchased the mod, you can download the latest version from the Paid Categories Mod section of the Downloads forum.

Changes in v5.0:[*] Now supports formatting in ads.

• Added basic spam filter.
• Added mass IP block.
• Introducing "postable" categories and regions.
• Ability to shows posts from all regions. This is now the default.
• Added option in admin to copy custom fields from another subcategory.
• Added button to easily block IPs from the Manage Ads/Events page.
• Added Quick Views - shortcuts for commonly used searches - to ads, events, images and payments admin.
• Revamped the admin overview page. Also added two new stats: earnings over the week and the month.
• Added total amount over the selected duration to the Payment History page.
• Added a search all categories option.
• Improved the search feature with exact word matches.
• Added option to have moderation for ads/images.
• Made the posting flow more streamlined: when user is redirected to select a city for posting (1) if a region is already selected, only the cities under that region are displayed, (2) if a category is already selected, selecting a city takes the user directly to the post page without having to select the category again.
• Added the AddThis button to post pages.
• Bad ad links now show a "Not found" page rather than redirecting to homepage.
• Each RSS feed now has a unique SEF URL and title.
• Browser integration of RSS feeds; supported browsers now display
  the feed icon in address bar.
• Changed behavior of $max_abuse_reports: posts exceeding this limit are now automatically suspended instead of being deleted.
• Added Javascript confirmation for required fields in forms.
• "Required" custom fields.
• Option to change the word separator in search engine friendly URLs to "-".
• Integrated badword filter into image comments.
• Added a link back to the ad from the email ad page.
• Expiry date and featured till fields in admin edit page now use drop-downs.
• Added 'Cancel' buttons in admin.
• Fix: Issues with the AdBlock Plus Firefox plugin.
• Fix: Javascript error in the post page while posting events.
• Fix: Ad duration displayed incorrectly with the Italian language file.
• Fix: Corrected sorting of categories and locations while posting ads.
• Fix: Entering quotes in Language Editor (Easy Mode) causes site to stop working.
• Fix: Pagination for search results not working properly when custom fields are present.
• A few more small fixes and enhancements.

The paid categories mod has also been updated with files from the latest version. If you have purchased the mod, you can download the latest version from the Paid Categories Mod section of the Downloads forum.