...for Joomla Powered Websites Only

Before we get down to the business how to part, let us first get you familiar with the live chat component that will accomplish the above task.

Chat Factory is a powerful Ajax based live chat extension for Joomla (1.5 and 1.6) that will integrate Facebook & Gmail like chat into Joomla Websites. Think of it like having an instant messenger only for your website.

Partial features list:
  • Online and Offline messages
  • Message History
  • Avatar management
  • Community Builder integration
  • Chat application is available on every page of your website without having to enable a special module
  • Changeable User status
  • Possibility of staying invisible
  • allowing users to chat REGARDLESS of the page they are on.
  • Friends list and Blocked users list
  • Guests can Chat with registered users (option to set it off)
  • Community Builder Integration
  • Possibility of running advertisements in the Chat window and through advertisement messages
  • users can enable/disable the chat system
  • and many more ...
 

Here Is How Chat Factory Will Help You:

After you install Chat Factory on your website, here are the ways you can put it to use:

  1. Increase Your Sales using it As a Live Help Support Tool. A website without live support is like an empty brick and motor store (with no one to guide you. With Chat Factory, you can interact with your website visitors through a real time chat communication providing a higher level customer and sales support. Doing this not only improves upfront sales and customer satisfaction but also increases referral rate and improves brand image (thus affecting the overall bottom line of your business).
  2. With the above said, think about this “How much is such a software worth to my business?” I’m sure you will discover that overtime, it’s worth 50 to 100 times more than what you are invest to grab the software.

    Ready to Implement?

    Like most other Joomla extensions, installing and configuring Chat Factory is very simple and in most cases the whole process takes less than 10mins to setup.

The latest Social Community Joomla Extension - Love Factory 1.4.4 allows users to interact in the same way they are used on larger dating or social networking sites, allowing also to use the full power of Joomla features. This Native Joomla 1.5.x MVC code does not require legacy plugin, and through 100% open source allows you to perform special tweaks for a better integration according to your needs.

Using a templating system (in this case we have a simple and an advanced system) your web site will keep a coherent look and a nice web 2.0 feeling. Read more..

Love Factory 1.4.4 released on July 16, 2010.  

  • New feature: "In a relationship with" linking the partner (enable/disable from backend).
  • New admin setting for starting point and zoom for radius search (if a user is logged in then the starting point will be his home location and the zoom the one set by admin).
  • New search filter on gender for radius search.
  • HTML support on emails (enable/disable from backend).

 

The latest Social Community Joomla Extension - Love Factory 1.4.3 allows users to interact in the same way they are used on larger dating or social networking sites, allowing also to use the full power of Joomla features. This Native Joomla 1.5.x MVC code does not require legacy plugin, and through 100% open source allows you to perform special tweaks for a better integration according to your needs.

Using a templating system (in this case we have a simple and an advanced system) your web site will keep a coherent look and a nice web 2.0 feeling. Read more..

Love Factory 1.4.3 released on June 28, 2010. 

  • New feature: Google Maps location is automatically updated using the location fields.

Love Factory 1.4.2 released on June 4, 2010.

  • New feature: Trial Memberships.
  • New interaction: Hugs.
  • Added "Radius Search" and "Members map" pages to "Restrict default membership access to" list.
  • Fixed issues regarding photo upload (absolute upload path), added icon on upload picture button in My Gallery, My Gallery display issue under IE.
To create a new auction click on "New Auction" in the Reverse Auction Menu or go to your user profile under the Auction Taskpad tab.
The process of creating a new auction is divided in different sections, first you must add the required project details.

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In order for an auction to be shown on the website it must be published, if you are not yet ready to start it you can leave it unpublished, save, and return later with more details or just to publish it.
There are two types of auction, private or public. The bids on Private auctions are hidden.
 
Select the category, start date, end date and hour and you are ready to move on to the Project Description.

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Here you write a description and the tags for your auction, tags allow people to find your auction when using the search option, write appropriate tags for your auctions and separate them with a comma.

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In the Additional Settings section you have the maximum accepted bid, currency, deadline set in days and 2 display options: number of bidders and best bid.

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Reverse Auction Factory also allows you to add pictures and files to your auction. You can upload a Non Disclosure Agreement and another file you find necessary.
Some pictures can also be uploaded, the main picture will show on the main display of the auction and the additional pictures will be found in the picture gallery of the auction.

Pressing save will show your newly created auction and its information.

After you save your auction the option to upgrade it to a Featured Auction is presented, this will make your auction stand out from the others.

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Click on "Upgrade to: Featured Auction" and follow the steps until you are redirected to the payment gateway website. 

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After selecting a Gateway click choose and you will be redirected.

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All auctions on the website can be seen in the Auctions section of the Reverse Auction Menu.
Notice the Featured auction in the pink highlight.
 
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The auctions are displayed in a list with various information. The title is shown first with the category underneath it, if you click on the small square icon next to the category a small description will pop up. The yellow lock appears when the specific auction is set to private
The next column has the user name and maximum bid price. After that we find the date, watchlist shortcut and if the auction has extra pictures or attachments, the little thumbnail that informs us of that. Next we have the end date and number of bids places with the value of the lowest one, private auctions have that space blank.

In the upper right of the list we find the button to switch to the archived auctions along with the same information as with the active ones.

Reverse Auction Factory has a detailed search function allowing users to find desired auctions without having to browse trough all of them wasting precious time.
To access the search menu go to "Search" on the Reverse Auction Menu.

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You can browse by title,username, category, city and start/end date. What you write in the title space can also be checked for in the description of an auction or in the archive of the website. All search criteria are optional, you can use either one of them alone or all at once.

Reverse Auction Factory also gives you the option to search for bidders, this search is done via keywords, city, country and area of expertise. They are also non mandatory, either one is enough for a search.

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When viewing auctions you will see the information about them, pictures if available and you have some functions you can use.

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If the auction is public you can see all the bids made to it, in the same section you have the message tab. 
In the information section along with the information you also find the rating, watchlist and report buttons. Clicking on the report button will take you to a message box where you can write the reason for the report so that a moderator can verify your complaint.

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If you haven't bid on a respective auction the bidding screen will appears next to the description. You write your price and check the terms and condition for your bid to show. A message can also be added to your bid, this message will appear in the "List of Bids" tab, not in the messages tab.

To view auctions by category you can go to the "Categories" section using the Reverse Auction menu or the Auction Taskpad on your profile.

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Here you find the major categories and their subcategories underneath them, if you click on a specific category or subcategory all auction under that specific category will show.

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Reverse Auction also has a category module that shows categories along with the subcategories, same as with the category section clicking will direct you to all the auctions from that category.

When you want to see all the auction created on your account go to "My Auctions" in the Reverse Auction Menu. Here you will see your Published, Unpublished and your archived auctions, there is also the New Auction button.

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The "My Auctions" section displays the information in a different way than the "Auctions" section. The title, category and some bid information is still here along with tags, the auction number and a new message notification bubble. If the bubble is blue you have new messages on the respective auction.

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In "My Bids" a list with the bids you have made is displayed, the auctions are displayed the same way as in the "Auctions" section.

If you are interested in an auction but you are undecided whether to bid on it, you can add the auction to your watchlist by clicking the blue eye icon in the auctions list, all auction on your watchlist are shown here. To remove an auction from the watchlist click on the eye again, it's located under the Start Date column.

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