Creating a Classified Ad
It’s generally recommended that you post ads from the ClassiPress homepage, however if you need to, you can also create them via the WordPress admin dashboard.
Create an Ad from the ClassiPress Homepage
- On your ClassiPress homepage, click on the “Post an Ad” button to the right of the main navigation menu. This will take you to Step 1, where you select the relevant category to which your ad belongs to. Click “Go” to proceed.
- Continuing on Step 1, complete the relevant fields on the ad form. If the “Featured Listing” check box is available, you can select this to have your ad appear in the featured ads slider. Depending on the price structure set for the site, you may see a dropdown box containing Ad Package options, and a “Coupon Code” field which will allow you to use a discount coupon offered by the site. Click “Continue” to proceed.
- Step 2 allows you to review your listing, and the summary of how much the ad will cost. If it is a paid ad, then you will see a dropdown menu with the payment gateway options available.
- Step 3 depends on the pricing structure set up for the site. You will see one of the following options:
- If the ad is free, you will receive a success message and an indication of whether or not the ad is live or pending review (depending on what has been set in the ClassiPress admin)
- If it is a paid ad using the PayPal payment gateway you will be redirected to PayPal to complete your transaction. At the end of that process you will see a link back to the classifieds site to review your ad which is published immediately after payment has been made.
- If it is a paid ad using the bank transfer option, you will see a screen containing your unique ad details and bank transfer instructions. In the case of these ads, the ad remains pending until the site admin manually approves the ad after also manually confirming the payment has been received.
Create an Ad from the WordPress admin dashboard
- To create a new Ad, go to your WordPress admin sidebar, click on the following menus: “Ads” => “Add New”.
- Give the ad a title, and insert the description for the ad in the main text box. The custom fields which you would usually see if you posted an ad from the front end, will need to be added manually, and you can find these under the “custom fields” header (select from the existing custom fields in the dropdown). Be sure to select the relevant “Ad category” and add any “Ad tags” using the corresponding options from the right-hand sidebar.
- To add images to the ad, you will use the standard WordPress media upload function. You’ll find the “Insert Image” icon directly above the main description box. Click the icon, upload the relevant image, but DO NOT click the “Insert into Post” button (as this will literally put the image into the description area, which is the wrong location). Instead, just click the “Save all changes” button and close the media window once you have have finished up loading the images.
- Publish your post and the ad will be live.
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