Comment to 'Question about the ADS app'
  • Hi @LeonidS

    For now I'm only trying "Jobs" with its 4 subcategories. I disabled the other categories.

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    Maybe I'm not understanding your answer. It is not clear to me whether or not it can be configured so that the user can modify the selection in the Category field.

    In "Forms" > "Ads" > "With Price: Edit" I did not find anything to configure, since the only "Category" field that is activated is only the one that shows the result of the category choice made in the first step.

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    In "Developer" > "Forms" > "Ads" > "With Price: Edit" I activated the Category field indicated in the following screenshot, which allowed me to select a category in the edit form. However, when clicking "Submit" an error appears in the database:

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    You say that the categories are connected to different types of forms, however I want to use only 1 type of form, the one corresponding to Jobs and its subcategories. It seems reasonable to me that if a user makes the wrong subcategory when publishing an ad, they can then change it in the edit form. Otherwise the user would have to delete the ad and republish it, which is not practical.

    Regards.

    • Hi @LeonidS

      I really do not understand. 

      Anyone can make a mistake when publishing an ad when selecting the category and they should be able to modify it, because otherwise the person is obliged to delete the ad and republish it, which I think is nonsense.

      That said, at the risk of being wrong because I am no expert, I believe that the module does not work correctly.

      Is there an approximate date for the launch of the "Jobs" module?

      When you say "you may add the separate field for the subcategories and enable it in the Edit form too." I understand that you mean not using the categories used by the "Ads" module and adding my own category field. However, in that case I think I would lose the classification of the ads by categories/subcategories that the module offers.

      I appreciate your usual kindness in responding.

      Regards.

      • Anyone can make a mistake when publishing an ad when selecting the category and they should be able to modify it, because otherwise the person is obliged to delete the ad and republish it, which I think is nonsense.

        Yes, I mentioned reasons about, but in your case with 1 big category this issue looks more uncomfortable than usual situations.

        Is there an approximate date for the launch of the "Jobs" module?

        I guess it will be released with UNA 14 stable.

        I understand that you mean not using the categories used by the "Ads" module and adding my own category field.

        Yes, in your case with 1 main category (Jobs) it's better to have own subcategories.

        I think I would lose the classification of the ads by categories/subcategories that the module offers.

        You may try to use this variant for subcategories to keep main features:

        https://unacms.com/wiki/Browseable-categories

        • Hi @LeonidS

          Thank you again for the response and patience.

          "Yes, I mentioned reasons about, but in your case with 1 big category this issue looks more uncomfortable than usual situations."

          I want to clarify that the same problem (the category cannot be modified) occurs when using the Ads module for any type of ad. That's why I think it's a module problem.

          "I guess it will be released with UNA 14 stable."

          Any approximate release date for UNA 14?

          "You may try to use this variant for subcategories to keep main features: https://unacms.com/wiki/Browseable-categories"

          Great! thank you so much.

          Regards.