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  If you are running a classified website using OSCLASS CMS with some of the default themes available, you might have noticed that there is not NEXT and PREVIOUS links when an item is viewed. So, the visitor will have to either go back to home or click on related listings, tags etc. if available to view other listings. The NEXT and PREVIOUS links are desired on the item page.  If you are running an OSCLASS website, and would like to add NEXT and PREVIOUS item links, we shall see how to add in this post. Read more »

Image Courtesy: Osclass Point If you manage Osclass website and are looking for free and useful plugins, then check out "Success Publish Box Free Plugin" by Osclass Point . By default, Osclass displays a simple flash message notifying that listing has been published successfully. If you want to spice up a bit, then "Success Publish Box Free Plugin" is a great plugin for that purpose. It not only displayed a nice looking popup but it also includes social media share buttons, so ad publisher can share or promote the listing right after posting the ad. Read more »

Nowadays, many people are using Social Media, be it Facebook, Google+, Twitter etc. Therefore, using Social Login simplifies the registration process in just a few clicks instead of letting user's type in to a user registration form with their details. Among the many social networks out there, Facebook is one of the most popular one. In this post, we shall see how to login users to Osclass websites using Facebook. Read more »

I f you are using OSCLASS CMS to run a classified ad website and you want to modify the published date of an ad listing, there is no option in OSCLASS admin dashboard to do so. In this post, we shall discuss an alternate way how to modify or change the change the published date of ad listing on OSCLASS website. Read more »

S liders or Slideshows are dynamic elements usually displayed in home page of websites. Usually with a catchy background image and phrases, they grab attention. They are great additions to any websites to add more aesthetics to websites. Since they are dynamic, websites look more grand and alive. They can also be used to display important content and graphics to engage with visitors. And though sliders are not so good in terms of making websites easily accessible on mobiles over data network due to higher load times, it has still become a standard web design layout.  Read more »

Email services are required by almost every website that need to communicate with users over email even for basic things like emails to users after account creation for activation link, forgot password and contact forms etc. OSCLASS also need email for the above purposes. Configuring Osclass to use  mail server is quite easy as OSCLASS includes a pretty simple to understand form for configuring email. In this post, we shall see how to configure OSCLASS mail server for sending emails from the OSCLASS website. Email Settings On OSCLASS Website - OSCLASS Mail Server Setup and Configuration Read more »

This post is about how to move OSCLASS website from live server to local development server. The process in a nutshell is pretty forward that is, to download the website files and put them in the local website directory, export database from the live server to the local server and update configuration files on development server. But there are some minute updates or changes required to let OSCLASS work on localhost development server, which we will see in brief in this post. Read more »