email contact for anonymous users

Hey

I have just tested the classifieds system and it looks very good, I am impressed!

I do agree that visitors should be able to create ads without registering and also to be contacted anonymously. Something like this:

1. An ad is submitted, including the visitors email address. A unique password string is created automatically at this point for the ad and inserted into the record of the ad, for example "E4r3dwe9dd" -- the ad is not online yet!

2. An email is sent to the user, containing a link to access the ad, for publishing it. Something like this: http://website.com/ed-classified/tid/5/E4r3dwe9dd.

3. This link leads to an expanded ad form, from where the ad can be further edited, an image can be uploaded, the ad can be deleted or published.

After publishing the ad, it is shown with text and image(s). A form is available below where interested buyers can enter their email and message to the advertiser, which is then sent through the system, thereby not showing the advertiser's email address on the web site.

I hope this is possible, I would really appreciate it 8o)

Thank you

I like the concept, there are really two things here:

1. Be able to make an advertisement anonymous (whether you're a site user or not), and
2. Be able to make an advertisement as an anonymous user (ie no account) but then choose whether you leave publicly visible contact details or not.

I'll leave this one live on the feature list and revisit it once the alpha release of bug fixes is out.

Cheers,

Miles

How does one make the current contact form work? I check the allow users to contact poster of classified ad, but there seems to be no way to do so directly, only via the user's profile page which is linked at the bottom of the ad. Is there another way or is it coming? Exceptional module otherwise.

I check the allow users to contact poster of classified ad

Hmmm, where are you doing that? What menu or path?

At present I believe the only way to contact the user who posted the ad is to click on their name and use their personal contact form on their profile page as you say.

This request is on my priority list for resolving in next couple of weeks, just working out the best approach. The requirement itself is clear enough.

Regards,

Miles

Have you ever used Craigslist? They have a really nice system. For people without accounts, it's all based off the email. You post your ad and give your email. Then you can choose to either show your email or have it anonymized. Other people, whether they are logged in or not, just click a link on your ad and then can send an email to that anonymous email which forwards it. It's really quite slick how easy it is to post an ad on there or to respond to one.

Michelle