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Changelog

The changelog contains a complete list of all updates, improvements, and bug fixes introduced in Osclass from the first version to the latest release. Osclass changelog Visit official Osclass changelog page. 31 words

Themes

Osclass allows administrators to customize the appearance of their classifieds website using themes and templates. Themes control the overall design, layout, and functionality of the site, while templates define the structure of specific pages. Osclass supports multiple themes, but only one theme ca... 350 words

Optimization

This section helps you minimize the number of individual CSS and JavaScript files loaded, which can improve site performance and reduce page load times. You can merge and minify internal stylesheets and scripts, configure words or pages to exclude, and periodically clean up old optimized files. Opti... 387 words

hPage.php

The hPage.php helper is designed to manage static pages within Osclass. It provides functions to retrieve the current static page object, access its fields such as title, text, and metadata, and perform operations such as counting and iterating through the available static pages. Additionally, it in... 269 words

Backoffice Login Troubleshooting

Osclass oc-admin login issues can occur due to incorrect credentials, security restrictions, email server problems, or session-related issues. This guide covers the most common problems and their solutions to help you regain access to your Osclass admin panel. Incorrect Password Issues If you enter ... 650 words

Widgets

Widgets in Osclass provide a way to add dynamic content, localized text, or custom HTML to specific sections of a theme without modifying the core template files. Administrators can use widgets to insert additional content into predefined locations on their website. Managing Widgets Widgets are mana... 310 words

Customization

Osclass provides a robust customization system that allows administrators to modify the design and behavior of their website without altering core theme files. This ensures that custom changes are preserved even after theme updates - that's critical information for most users trying to customize the... 424 words

Subdomains and Advanced

Subdomains may be quite hard to setup, besides that themes usually do not apply subdomain filters in their queries.Means, if you setup country-based subdomains, the theme will show all the cities in its queries on every country-based subdomain.So let's say you have a US subdomain, you will see there... 1683 words

hPagination.php

The hPagination.php helper provides a set of functions to generate dynamic pagination links for various parts of your Osclass site, including search results, comments, and generic listings. It offers flexible configuration via an associative array of parameters, which lets you customize CSS classes,... 771 words

Child Themes

Creating a Child Theme in Osclass A child theme in Osclass allows customization of a theme without modifying the original (parent) theme. This approach ensures that updates to the parent theme do not overwrite custom modifications. Child themes contain only the files that need modification, reducing... 660 words

Plugins

Plugins Plugins in Osclass extend the functionality of your classifieds website by adding new features, integrating third-party services, and improving user experience. Administrators can install, activate, deactivate, and delete plugins directly from the Osclass backoffice. Key information about pl... 598 words

hPlugins.php

The hPlugins.php helper in Osclass offers a comprehensive set of functions that manage the plugin system. These functions allow you to run hooks and filters, add or remove custom functions, and handle plugin registration and configuration. They are essential for extending Osclass functionality witho... 290 words

Market

The Osclass Market section provides a centralized place for administrators to browse, download, and manage extensions for their classifieds website. The market offers themes, plugins, languages, and location packs, making it easy to customize and expand Osclass functionality. OsclassPoint API key ca... 411 words

hPreference.php

The hPreference.php helper in Osclass offers an extensive set of functions to retrieve and manage system preferences. These functions cover configuration settings such as comment behavior, user registration, image upload options, and more. They also include helpers for subdomain settings and generic... 952 words

Translations

Osclass allows administrators to manage translations for the core system, themes, and plugins. Proper translation management ensures a localized experience for users in different languages. This guide explains how to create, update, copy, and share translations within the Osclass backoffice. We reco... 628 words

hPremium.php

The hPremium.php helper provides functions that return objects from the static view class in Osclass related to premium listings. It allows you to retrieve new premium ads, obtain the current premium data, and access specific fields for single premium items. Additional helper functions facilitate it... 728 words

Languages

Osclass allows administrators to manage multiple languages for both the front-office (public site) and back-office (admin panel). This ensures that users and administrators can interact with the platform in their preferred language. This guide covers how to add, manage, and configure languages in Os... 395 words

hSanitize.php

The hSanitize.php helper in Osclass offers a collection of functions to ensure that user input is clean and that output is safely escaped, preventing security issues such as XSS. These functions help normalize URLs, names, usernames, integers, and phone numbers, and also provide mechanisms to escape... 721 words

Locations

Osclass allows administrators to manage location data, including countries, regions, and cities. These locations are used to categorize listings and improve search functionality. This guide covers how to add, edit, delete, and import locations. Managing Locations Locations in Osclass are divided int... 350 words

hSearch.php

The hSearch.php helper in Osclass is designed to facilitate all aspects of search functionality on your classifieds website. It provides functions to retrieve the search object, obtain search criteria (such as selected region, city, price range, and category), generate dynamic search URLs with updat... 1734 words

Currencies

Osclass allows administrators to manage the currencies used for listings on their platform. This includes adding new currencies, editing existing ones, and deleting currencies that are no longer needed. Proper currency management ensures that listings are accurately priced and displayed in the appro... 327 words

hSecurity.php

The hSecurity.php helper in Osclass provides a set of functions designed to enhance the security of your application. It includes utilities for generating random passwords, creating and validating CSRF tokens, checking for banned IPs or emails, encrypting and decrypting alert messages, and more. Fun... 267 words

Static Pages

Static pages in Osclass allow administrators to create and manage additional content pages that do not change frequently. These pages can be used for terms of service, privacy policies, about pages, or any other informational content needed for the website. Managing Static Pages To manage static pag... 359 words

hTheme.php

The hTheme helper provides a collection of functions that facilitate theme management in Osclass. These functions allow you to generate URLs for theme administration, render theme or plugin files on the front-end, and handle the enqueuing and removal of scripts and styles. Additionally, the helper i... 414 words

Configure Mail Server

Setting Up a Mail Server Osclass allows you to configure a mail server for sending emails. Some shared hosting providers have limited mail server capabilities, so it's recommended to check with your hosting provider for compatibility. If you have a dedicated server, you may need to install and confi... 448 words

Administrators

Osclass provides an administrator management system that allows you to create and manage admin users with different levels of access. Admins can oversee various aspects of the platform, while moderators have restricted access for managing listings and content moderation. Managing Administrators Admi... 389 words

hTranslations.php

The hTranslations.php helper provides functions for translating strings and managing localization in Osclass. These functions allow you to retrieve and echo translated strings based on language files, handle plural translations depending on a numeric count, and support flash message translations. Fu... 150 words

hUsers.php

The hUsers.php helper provides a collection of functions for managing and retrieving user information in Osclass. These functions allow you to access specific user fields, determine login status (both for web and admin users), generate profile URLs, and work with user alerts and other utility operat... 644 words

Change Backoffice Directory Name

Changing the Backoffice (oc-admin) Directory Name Osclass allows administrators to change the name of the oc-admin directory to enhance security and obscure the CMS being used. This feature has been available since Osclass version 8.0. Changing the backoffice folder name can help in the following sc... 415 words

Comment Ratings

The comment ratings feature in Osclass allows users to leave ratings along with their comments on listings. This feature enhances user engagement by enabling buyers to share their feedback while helping other users make informed decisions. Administrators can enable validation on comments to maintain... 307 words

Cron Setup

CRON is a time-based job scheduler in Unix-like operating systems. It enables users to schedule jobs (commands or scripts) to run periodically at certain times or dates. In Osclass, CRON automates tasks such as sending email alerts, counting items per category, and running plugin actions. While Oscl... 601 words

hUtils.php

The hUtils.php helper contains various utility functions for Osclass, including methods for retrieving request parameters, formatting data, handling subdomains, managing widgets, and interacting with the view layer. These functions assist in streamlining development and improving site functionality.... 289 words

Profile Picture (Avatar)

For years, Osclass lacked a native profile picture (avatar) feature. While various plugins attempted to fill this gap, they often lacked image optimization, full integration, or customization options. A modern classifieds website requires a robust avatar system to enhance user experience and engagem... 360 words

hValidate.php

The hValidate.php helper provides a collection of functions to validate various types of user input in Osclass. These functions ensure that text, numbers, URLs, emails, phone numbers, and other data meet required formats and constraints before further processing. Functions Description osc_validate_t... 340 words

Admin Quick Action Toolbar in Front-Office

Administrators who frequently browse their Osclass site to validate content know that managing listings and user activity can be time-consuming. The new admin toolbar streamlines these tasks, providing quick access to essential functions directly from the front-office. Enabling the Admin Toolbar By ... 273 words

Locations Translations (native location name)

Translating Osclass Locations Osclass introduced a new feature starting from version 4.1, allowing the setup of native names for countries, regions, and cities. This is a major improvement for multilingual websites. Objective of Location Translations The primary goal of location translations is not ... 611 words

Item Filter in User Items and Public Profile Page

Osclass 8.3 comes with many awesome features. One really great for user experience and enterprise users is possiblitity to filter items in user items page and public profile page. Essential integration comes with Sigma theme. Filter User Items We've prepared set of predefined filter options. User it... 369 words

Enable Cache to Speed-up Osclass

Osclass provides multiple caching mechanisms to improve performance and reduce database load. Before enabling any cache method, ensure that the corresponding cache extension is installed and enabled on your server. Supported Cache Methods File (default) APC / APCu Memcache Memcached Redis Enabling C... 479 words

Configuring Image Sizes and Formats

Osclass allows administrators to define image sizes, formats, and processing methods to optimize the visual presentation of listings while ensuring efficient resource usage. Image Sizes When a user uploads an image to a listing, Osclass generates multiple versions of the image: Thumbnail: Typically ... 513 words

Custom Search Rules

Osclass 8.3 has introduced a major feature called "Custom Search Rules" in the Settings > Permalinks section. This feature enables you to create up to 26 custom search rules based on active search parameters. These rules allow you to create flexible and optimized URLs for your search pages, impro... 586 words

Alerts Frequency and Other Features

Alerts are one of core Osclass features, but also one of most complex. For years there were no news on alerts but it's changing with Osclass 8.3 Alerts Frequency New extremely important enhancement is that users can now select frequency of alerts. Up to today, all alerts were delivered daily. It is ... 291 words

Advanced Osclass Installation - Cloud, AWS, Ubuntu

Introduction In this guide, we focus on advanced scenarios for installing Osclass. While a standard installation on shared hosting (or simple VPS) typically involves uploading files, creating a database, and running the web-based installer, large-scale or specialized environments (like cloud platfor... 1002 words

Debug Mode (PHP, Errors, and Database Logs)

Debug Mode (PHP, Errors, and Database Logs) Enabling debug mode in Osclass helps administrators and developers diagnose issues related to PHP errors, database queries, and cache performance. Debug logs provide valuable insights that can assist in troubleshooting and optimizing performance. However, ... 543 words

Fine-Tuning MySQL Full-Text Search – Improving Search

MySQL's full-text search is a powerful indexing feature that allows efficient searching within large text-based data. Osclass utilizes full-text indexing for item titles and descriptions to enhance search accuracy and performance. While MySQL provides some tunable parameters for full-text search, mo... 388 words

Optimize and Improve Osclass Load Speed

Improve Osclass Load Speed Introduction Site speed is a crucial factor that determines the success of a classifieds website. By default, Osclass is not well optimized, and themes and plugins can make it even harder. However, improving Osclass load speed is worth the effort, as search engines like Go... 489 words

Increasing Memory Allocated to PHP

Osclass provides an option to increase the PHP memory limit to prevent errors such as "Allowed memory size of X bytes exhausted". The OSC_MEMORY_LIMIT constant, allows administrators to allocate more memory to Osclass-specific operations. Understanding PHP Memory Allocation By default, PHP may have ... 351 words

Connect Backoffice to OsclassPoint (API Key)

Osclass provides seamless integration with OsclassPoint, allowing administrators to download, install, and update themes, plugins, languages, and locations directly from the backoffice. This is achieved by setting up an API key, which authenticates your connection and provides access to purchased pr... 469 words

User Image Uploader (avatar)

Integrating the User Image Uploader (Avatar) into the User Profile Osclass now includes a built-in profile (avatar) image uploader, removing the need for third-party plugins. However, many themes do not utilize this feature because they were developed before it was available. This guide will show yo... 811 words

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