Comments on: Marketing for Local Projects – Advice Needed http://ericasays.com/1706/marketing-for-local-projects-advice-needed/ A Woman's thoughts on... connecting in the modern world via technology, gadgets, blogging and networking. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:17:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: EricaMueller http://ericasays.com/1706/marketing-for-local-projects-advice-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-2174 EricaMueller Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:28:29 +0000 http://www.ericasays.com/?p=1706#comment-2174 Gordie,<br><br>The link/theme you sent looks nice, but it's not as highly evolved at classi-press which is designed for classified sites; allows for setting of prices by category, allows uploading of photos, provides contact between buyer/seller, collects payments, etc. <br><br>As I mentioned to Antti, there's no option (yat) for changing to two-column, but there are categories which will narrow down the results for people who're shopping. Thanks to Wordpress, the categories without listings don't show up, so you guys probably couldn't see that option. :-) Gordie,

The link/theme you sent looks nice, but it's not as highly evolved at classi-press which is designed for classified sites; allows for setting of prices by category, allows uploading of photos, provides contact between buyer/seller, collects payments, etc.

As I mentioned to Antti, there's no option (yat) for changing to two-column, but there are categories which will narrow down the results for people who're shopping. Thanks to WordPress, the categories without listings don't show up, so you guys probably couldn't see that option. :-)

]]> By: EricaMueller http://ericasays.com/1706/marketing-for-local-projects-advice-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-2173 EricaMueller Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:24:08 +0000 http://www.ericasays.com/?p=1706#comment-2173 Thanks for the feedback, Antti! The settup is actually classi-press, a Wordpress theme/tool built specifically for classified sites. There aren't currently any options for changing the columns.<br><br>However, once there is an ad in a category, the category will show across the top of the forum so people can find what they are looking for in much smaller groupings.<br><br>Good thinking on asking locals for feedback as well! Thanks for the feedback, Antti! The settup is actually classi-press, a WordPress theme/tool built specifically for classified sites. There aren't currently any options for changing the columns.

However, once there is an ad in a category, the category will show across the top of the forum so people can find what they are looking for in much smaller groupings.

Good thinking on asking locals for feedback as well!

]]> By: EricaMueller http://ericasays.com/1706/marketing-for-local-projects-advice-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-2172 EricaMueller Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:20:42 +0000 http://www.ericasays.com/?p=1706#comment-2172 Thank you, Patty!<br><br>Our town is not very active on Craigslist as there's no official page/listing for our town and the closest cities in the directory are 2 hours away. <br><br>You're right, Craigslist isn't the most user-friendly site. Hubs and I have long wanted to create an alternative. :-) This is our trial/first one. If it goes over well, we'll branch out to other towns and cities! Thank you, Patty!

Our town is not very active on Craigslist as there's no official page/listing for our town and the closest cities in the directory are 2 hours away.

You're right, Craigslist isn't the most user-friendly site. Hubs and I have long wanted to create an alternative. :-) This is our trial/first one. If it goes over well, we'll branch out to other towns and cities!

]]> By: EricaMueller http://ericasays.com/1706/marketing-for-local-projects-advice-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 EricaMueller Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:28:29 +0000 http://www.ericasays.com/?p=1706#comment-1508 Gordie,<br><br>The link/theme you sent looks nice, but it's not as highly evolved at classi-press which is designed for classified sites; allows for setting of prices by category, allows uploading of photos, provides contact between buyer/seller, collects payments, etc. <br><br>As I mentioned to Antti, there's no option (yat) for changing to two-column, but there are categories which will narrow down the results for people who're shopping. Thanks to Wordpress, the categories without listings don't show up, so you guys probably couldn't see that option. :-) Gordie,

The link/theme you sent looks nice, but it's not as highly evolved at classi-press which is designed for classified sites; allows for setting of prices by category, allows uploading of photos, provides contact between buyer/seller, collects payments, etc.

As I mentioned to Antti, there's no option (yat) for changing to two-column, but there are categories which will narrow down the results for people who're shopping. Thanks to WordPress, the categories without listings don't show up, so you guys probably couldn't see that option. :-)

]]> By: EricaMueller http://ericasays.com/1706/marketing-for-local-projects-advice-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-1504 EricaMueller Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:24:08 +0000 http://www.ericasays.com/?p=1706#comment-1504 Thanks for the feedback, Antti! The settup is actually classi-press, a Wordpress theme/tool built specifically for classified sites. There aren't currently any options for changing the columns.<br><br>However, once there is an ad in a category, the category will show across the top of the forum so people can find what they are looking for in much smaller groupings.<br><br>Good thinking on asking locals for feedback as well! Thanks for the feedback, Antti! The settup is actually classi-press, a WordPress theme/tool built specifically for classified sites. There aren't currently any options for changing the columns.

However, once there is an ad in a category, the category will show across the top of the forum so people can find what they are looking for in much smaller groupings.

Good thinking on asking locals for feedback as well!

]]> By: EricaMueller http://ericasays.com/1706/marketing-for-local-projects-advice-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-1503 EricaMueller Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:20:42 +0000 http://www.ericasays.com/?p=1706#comment-1503 Thank you, Patty!<br><br>Our town is not very active on Craigslist as there's no official page/listing for our town and the closest cities in the directory are 2 hours away. <br><br>You're right, Craigslist isn't the most user-friendly site. Hubs and I have long wanted to create an alternative. :-) This is our trial/first one. If it goes over well, we'll branch out to other towns and cities! Thank you, Patty!

Our town is not very active on Craigslist as there's no official page/listing for our town and the closest cities in the directory are 2 hours away.

You're right, Craigslist isn't the most user-friendly site. Hubs and I have long wanted to create an alternative. :-) This is our trial/first one. If it goes over well, we'll branch out to other towns and cities!

]]> By: Gordie Rogers http://ericasays.com/1706/marketing-for-local-projects-advice-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-1505 Gordie Rogers Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:21:14 +0000 http://www.ericasays.com/?p=1706#comment-1505 Hey Erica,<br><br>I love the colour scheme, but it will end up looking too much like a forum when you have more clasifieds. I agree with Annti. It will probably need three-four columns. Actually I really like this theme. You could try this structure. <a href="http://demo.directorypress.net/" rel="nofollow">http://demo.directorypress.net/</a> Hey Erica,

I love the colour scheme, but it will end up looking too much like a forum when you have more clasifieds. I agree with Annti. It will probably need three-four columns. Actually I really like this theme. You could try this structure. http://demo.directorypress.net/

]]> By: Antti Kokkonen http://ericasays.com/1706/marketing-for-local-projects-advice-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-1502 Antti Kokkonen Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:04:47 +0000 http://www.ericasays.com/?p=1706#comment-1502 Hi Erica! Way to go helping the local community and the name/domain is great! The classified site looks nice, but I'm not sure how it'll work when you get hundreds of classified in there (which I hope you do). Perhaps the classifieds could be in 2-4 columns instead of 1 column list? And when you do tell the locals and start getting users, I'd go and ask them for feedback too. Hi Erica! Way to go helping the local community and the name/domain is great! The classified site looks nice, but I'm not sure how it'll work when you get hundreds of classified in there (which I hope you do). Perhaps the classifieds could be in 2-4 columns instead of 1 column list? And when you do tell the locals and start getting users, I'd go and ask them for feedback too.

]]> By: Patty Reiser http://ericasays.com/1706/marketing-for-local-projects-advice-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-1501 Patty Reiser Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:17:10 +0000 http://www.ericasays.com/?p=1706#comment-1501 Desert Greetings Erica,<br>Kudos to you for taking the initiative on this project. I just submitted two different ads and I can say that the process was quick and very easy to understand. I have posted to Craigslist and eBay in the past and this was much simplier.<br>I wish you much success with this project. Desert Greetings Erica,
Kudos to you for taking the initiative on this project. I just submitted two different ads and I can say that the process was quick and very easy to understand. I have posted to Craigslist and eBay in the past and this was much simplier.
I wish you much success with this project.

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