Sneek Peek at ClassiPress 3.0
Yes, the rumors are true. ClassiPress version 3.0 is late, behind, belated, blown, delayed, held up, hung up, in a bind, in the lurch, jammed, lagging, missed the boat, overdue, postponed, put off, slow, tardy, and any other synonym I failed to list. Why do you ask?
Well, as you can read from my forum response, there are several reasons but that won’t stop us from working hard on getting it completed and released as soon as we possibly can.
If you haven’t already purchased ClassiPress and are holding out until 3.0, I recommend you get in now while the prices are still low. They will increase once 3.0 comes out so even if you don’t want to install 2.9.3, you can lock in your price and just wait for the free 3.0 update. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. 
In the meantime, I wanted to treat you to a sneek peek at what the new ClassiPress will look like. This is a first hand look of never before seen screen shots. There will be 5 different color variations so don’t be upset if you don’t like this shade of blue.
The inner pages are still being finalized but i will post them as soon as they are finished and approved. When will ClassiPress 3.0 be available? Read the forum post link included above to find out the details. 
Any feedback of this design is of course welcome but it’s already pretty much locked and loaded at this point.
Jan 07, 2010
It would be fabulous to have some built-in support for IAB ad sizes.
Jan 07, 2010
I also want to see ad widget as I suggested on emails few months back.
Jan 07, 2010
I like the new design David. Well done. I await patiently for version 3.0
Jan 07, 2010
Nice job David…
I have to admit Just to update your costumer’s with little bit of info make’s huge positive impact.
I am definitely glad to see the screen shot but i will love to see the screen shot with + zoom cuz the pics is to small.
P.s
Did i say ( Happy new year ;-? )
Jan 10, 2010
You can view larger images here:
http://wpclassipress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cp-30-homepage.jpg
http://wpclassipress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cp-30-homepage-w-menu.jpg
Jan 07, 2010
hello good job for the 3.0 classipress version.
when the version is ok ?
Jan 07, 2010
Looks awesome David, thanks for the update!
Jan 07, 2010
Coming along nicely! Wanted to ask, any social integration (twitter, fb), also it seems very product oriented, do you have a look in mind for a service – that is a whole category of potential listings. Finally, is there the ability to manage geographical locations – e.g. NYC is parent of Brooklyn is parent of Williamsburg (suppose this could also be done with zip code fields) thx for all of your hard work.
Jan 07, 2010
David,
is it possible to have Grid Layout for ads on homepage for 3.0?
Jan 08, 2010
Absolutely lovely.
The designer hit it right on the nail with this new design.
Great find and looks like a fantastic upgrade!
Jan 08, 2010
Initial impression is positive – like the sidebar, footer, drop down menu, listings and featured, Negatives are as follows: All the Categories are hidden under one small menu heading. although i presume you could place them in the side bar using a widget. I think the Categories heading should definitely be separate from the [home- about – blog} menu and much more promient. I think the (post an ad) should be a little bit more prominent also. I hope it would be possible to change the dark grey background. the over look is a little bit word press bloggish! i think the menu needs more consideration.
Jan 08, 2010
I want to purchase it now but I don’t know what features it has. Can you post a feature list of version 3?
Jan 09, 2010
looks very profissional i hope arabic language and RTL will be supported
Feb 07, 2010
Dalia, all languages are supported since ClassiPress uses the GNU gettext localization framework which is the WordPress de facto standard for localization.
The community usually provides the different .po localization files for free and if your language isn’t available, it’s pretty straight forward to localize it yourself.
Jan 09, 2010
i want to ask if i purchased the current version 2.9.3 now when 3.0 comes will i pay more or i will have free upgrade
Feb 07, 2010
Upgrades are free which is why I recommend buying CP now (if you haven’t already) because prices will go up soon.
Jan 10, 2010
Can you make it so the featured ads area is can be a categories list(like the dropdown). Please, please, please make it so existing classipress ads (posts) on 2.9.3 can keep working. I want to change over and would love it to be really easy and hassle free.
Jan 10, 2010
David,
You should learn from Carlos (GorillaThemes): look at his framework
http://gorillathemes.com/news/real-estate-theme-and-framework-preview/
What about much-needed multiple-category search?
Jan 11, 2010
Love this news. Based upon this and your forum post – I subscribed today to help support your new business. My approach is looking at this as a directory platform for services & businesses, not a for sale product classified site. I will let you know how this evolves over time. Good luck this year!!
Jan 11, 2010
Excellent addition with the Categories drop-down menu. However, it begs the following question.
Where is the States drop-down menu so a site user could mouse over a parent category like California and see a drop-down sub-menu of Cities from which they could select their desired city such as Pasadena.
I believe that having the ability to refine the search locally is much more user friendly and effective.
For example: Site user mouses over Categories and then mouses over a parent category such as Appliances and clicks on sub-category named Dishes. He / She then mouses over States and then mouses over a parent category such as California and clicks on sub-category names Pasadena.
This would enable the site user to see all Classified Ads posted in the city of Pasadena in the Dishes category specifically.
Just a thought.
Nice job and thank you.
Lu
Jan 12, 2010
Exciting! From what I can see of the front end it looks great to me! As long as all the parts are in place for the user to have an intuitive, easy to understand way to place and edit their own ads I will be a very, very happy camper.
Thanks!
Jan 14, 2010
Hi I want to buy this however i haven’t tested on my site yet, if I buy the single license version now will the upgrade to developer be the same cost when 3 comes out? or will it be more?
Jan 14, 2010
oh well to late i just went and bought the single user no link
will add it and test it out, but this looks sooooo coool!!
Jan 17, 2010
i buy the last version of classipress and i wait for the 3.0 to work in them.
good job classipress the new version is beautiful!!!!
Jan 18, 2010
@Lu, 3.0 will include a filter for country and states. It’s a little more tricky for cities because there are just so darn many of them. I’m working on a solution though.
@Nirok, welcome to ClassiPress! The upgrade price will increase as well once 3.0 comes out so you might want to upgrade prior to 3.0 otherwise you’ll just have to pay the difference.
@da fonseca, Thanks!
Jan 18, 2010
@michael, thanks for sharing that site. Theme frameworks is a pretty loosely used term right now. You will be able to build child themes off ClassiPress 3.0 and style the site as you like via a custom css file.
Jan 18, 2010
Is Turkish language will be in the next update.
Jan 19, 2010
@Nimet, ClassiPress comes translation-ready so you or somebody else could easily translate the .po file and then plug it right into ClassiPress.
Jan 18, 2010
Great job David! looks really awesome
Will it be easy to translate via .po file and modified direction:RTL like older versions?
Jan 18, 2010
Those screenshots are awesome. Can’t wait for this…even though my project is waiting for it
Jan 18, 2010
Very great work !
I hope this is simple to update and not a big price in difference.
Very cool for the customisation and cities.
Jan 18, 2010
Awesome David!
It is looking beautiful!!
I’ve been waiting fot so long for 3.0, and i’m very very happy to know the day is close…
Best Regards.
Jan 18, 2010
It looks Fantastic… can’t wait for the new version to come out!!!
Here is one pointer – its a need I have (other’s may like it as well):
A Portal look and Feel (expansive view of all Categories on the front page)- not exactly like Craigslist or OLX or AllTop, but something similar… that makes it feel Larger and All Encompassing.
Currently everything is hidden… other than whats visible in current listings (just added).
I do understand that the original goal for Classipress is to be a niche site (hence the small window view). But there are some of us that would like to do bigger things with it.
A theme for Portal experience would make it easy to deploy for people who need this feature. Others can use the niche look and feel.
I am really looking forward to the new release.
Thanks.
Amir
Jan 19, 2010
@Amir, yes that’s something I plan on adding in version 3.x. Ideally there will be a home page option to select a directory-style layout.
Jan 18, 2010
Thank you for the update David, I appreciate it. I am also very happy to learn that you will be working on a solution for enabling the admin to add cities as desired.
Jan 18, 2010
Love the new look and thanks for the update! But one thing is going to have to be modified for the new look to work for me and that is the categories. they all need to be listed on the opening page I have 9 categories with 110 subcategories and I do not believe that will work very well on a drop down… just too much to display.
Jan 19, 2010
Adding a third column to the far left and putting a category list on it would probably work perfect. Having the option to choose if you would like the 3rd category column to display or not would be awesome.
Jan 19, 2010
@kiltin, there won’t be an option to add a third column but a developer could easily do it for you.
Jan 19, 2010
David, regarding Countries / States / Cities.
After a site user selects desired category, you could have just 2 fields that would need to be filled out.
Example:
WITHIN (10) miles of ZIPCODE (91344) to see all classified ads that are located within 10 miles of their specific zipcode and in the desired category that they have selected.
So if they selected category Antiques & Collectibles and specified WITHIN 10 miles of ZIPCODE 91344 they would see all classifieds posted for Antiques & Collectibles within a 10 mile radius of zipcode 91344.
What do you think?
Jan 19, 2010
@Louis, that would be a nice feature but it’s pretty difficult to build. If you’ve got any suggestions, I’m open to them.
Jan 20, 2010
Hello again David, here is another suggestion you may want to consider that would not be as difficult to implement as my prior suggestion above.
Some of us will be using Clasipress for State / Cities purposes and others will use it for a more broader purpose that will need Countries, etc.
From what I see you have provided a Categories drop-down menu that allows for the creation of Parent categories and Child categories.
I would suggest another drop-down menu (exactly like Categories) that can be renamed by the site admin to be either Country / State / or City.
Rather than you having to populate all countries and states and cities, is there a way that you can provide the framework and allow the site admin the ability to populate what fields they desire?
For Example:
If I had a domain named Wisconsinclassifieds, I would need to be able to rename the 2nd drop-down menu to Cities and have the ability from the admin panel to populate my drop-down menu with Wisconsin cities of my choice.
Ideally, there would be 3 search options available.
1. A site user would be able to select a category such as
Animals & Pets / Dogs and do a search which would display all classified ads for Dogs.
2. A site user could do a search by City and see all classified ads by city.
3. PREFERABLY >> A site user could select (for example) the sub-category named Dogs and select the City of Pasadena and they would see all classified ads for Dogs that are located in the city of pasadena.
Just a thought.
Thanks again for your hard work, have a nice day.
Lu
Jan 19, 2010
Hi
I have succesfully installed the theme. Is it possible to remove price column from the theme. I will use it as career website
Jan 19, 2010
@Nimet, yes you can remove the price column but you’ll have to edit the template code to do so.
Jan 19, 2010
really nice, is that possible to arrange directory listing system inside it?
Jan 19, 2010
David, can you make it possible to have a feature where the number of ads is displayed beside each category and subcategory e.g. For Sale(500) Apartment(250) Rooms(360).
Jan 20, 2010
Thank you for the update.
Nice job
Jan 20, 2010
Hello David,
Great job… I have upgraded my cp to dev . I just want to know what about .pot file cause i have translated to other language on my present theme, Will i be able to use the same .pot file or do i have to work from the scratch?
Will it be compatible with all the browsers? Cause i had a client saying they got an error on win 2000 running on IE8
At last i am happy to see the light at the end of the tunnel…
Best of luck….
Jan 20, 2010
for our purposes, country>state>city is not as nearly useful as city>region>neighborhood
trying to do country > state etc is trying to dominate the world, not realistic. Even craigslist and backpage use subdomains for each city so that it can further target by region and neighborhood.
Jan 20, 2010
David. I’m very interested in CP.
I would like the ability to add/create fields, in order to create a search form capable of filtering by categories, subcategories, etc, that is, by almost all types of fields included per record.
For example, these four fields (in pull down menus) for motor vehicle records (ads):
Vehicle Type, Brand, State, City
that is, CARS>LEXUS>FL>MIAMI
Or
For example, these four fields (in pull down menus) for real estate records (ads):
Property Type, Property Status, CITY, Price
that is, COMMERCIAL, FOR SALE, MIAMI, $950,000
One of the top three KEY features in any classifieds ads site is the power it has to perform complicated queries (searches).
These features will increment site’s organization and will make it easier for users to find what they are looking for, increasing exposure, traffic, loyalty and sales.
POWER/ADVANCE SEARCH CAPABILITIES is one of the KEY tools any successful classified ads system should have.
Do these feature will be available in CP 3.0?
If yes, please comment to proceed with purchase.
Thanks.
Jan 21, 2010
soon the 3.0 classipress is ok.I am very impatient to have this new version.
i am sorry for my english is awful.
i am french and i love us scripts, for me are the best in world!!!!
Jan 21, 2010
If I purchase 2.9 now, your site says I will get 50% off if I sign up with one of your partner hosting companies. I will not use the script. Instead, I will wait for version 3.0.
If I make the purchase now, will I get 3.0 without paying any extra charges?
Will the hosting company install version 3.0 at no charge?
Jan 21, 2010
@Mike, Yes there is no extra charge to upgrade to 3.0. No, the hosting company won’t install it for you. The instructions provided once you purchase CP are pretty straight forward though.
Jan 21, 2010
I would like to expand on New York Herald’s question:
Will there be any Twitter, Facebook, RSS or Newsletter integration?
I just purchased the script in anticipation of the 3.0 release, and would love to see these included. On the newsletter side, it would be great if you could create some integration with Constant Contact, iContact or Mail Chimp.
Looking forward to the release!
Jan 21, 2010
Will this support PayPal Pro integration?
Jan 22, 2010
I’m liking the look of the new design but the larger screen shots are big enough – they are barely bigger than the thumbs
Would it be possible to show larger versions so we can see more detail?
Jan 22, 2010
@Mike, You may know this already but the web host WILL install Wordpress for you automatically. But the classipress theme like David said should be easy to install on your own.
Jan 22, 2010
I have heavily added to form, but have tried best to stay away from other code (apart from adding a little more, rather than taking any away). Will the transition be reasonably easy? The new look is very nice!
Jan 25, 2010
looks amazing David! Looking forward to 3.0!
Jan 26, 2010
Hello All,
David, I would like to know how many Categories and sub-categories will your template support. I was building a Real Estate site http://www.atgib.com but I scrap it and now I am waiting for you to launch 3.0.
btw. please tell me more about the (no extra charge to upgrade to 3.0.)
Jan 27, 2010
@atgib
Not bad, really.
Jan 26, 2010
Hey Guys
I cant wait for Ver 3 to be released as I have a classifieds ad site ready to go and definately want to use wordpress for it.
Any chance of having some sort of Mobile Payments option, so that customers could pay with their mobile.
This seems to be a growing trend with these sort of sites (well in EU it seems that way
)
Cheers
Jan 27, 2010
I’m not sure what to think. The design reminds me of a theme I saw the other day (meant for blogs) but with advanced categories. I understand the use of WordPress perfectly. What I don’t understand is forcing a classified system into a typical blog type design.
I hope this next release goes above and beyond! I will be sure to check back in the future and see how everything is going in the support forum.
Cheers