Ads Pro - Classified Ads Management Business

Ads Pro is a modern, full-featured classified advertisements platform where users can buy and sell items locally. It supports user registration, ad creation with image uploads, category management, in‑app messaging, favorites, reviews, and paid promotions via Paystack or Stripe. All ads undergo admin moderation before going live. Get secrete keys from Paystack and Stripe to receive live payments.

Features

1. User System: Register, login, profile management, role-based access (user/admin).
2. Ads & Listings: Create/edit/delete ads with multiple images, amenities, condition, location, and price. Ads can be marked as Featured or Urgent for extra visibility.
3. Categories: Unlimited nested categories with emoji icons set by admin.
4. Messaging: Real‑time conversation between buyers and sellers with unread badges.
5. Favorites & Reviews: Save favorite ads; leave star ratings and reviews for sellers.
6. Payment Integration: Paystack (Africa) and Stripe (international) for promoted ads. Test/live mode, multiple currencies.
7. Admin Panel: Dashboard with stats, manage users/ads/categories/reports, approve/reject pending ads, edit site content (contact, FAQ, privacy, terms), comprehensive settings (general, ads, payment, social, email, SEO, maintenance), logo upload, currency selector with auto-symbol.
8. Frontend: Responsive gradient UI, hero search bar, popular categories, featured & latest listings, ad detail with image gallery, amenities, seller info, reviews, safety tips, share buttons.
9. Framework: PHP PDO with prepared statements, clean URLs via .htaccess, settings cached in database, Bootstrap 5, Font Awesome 6, Inter font.
10. Maintenance: Equipped with maintenance mode to avoid bad user experience while maintenance in progress.
11. Seamless messaging and notification system

Requirements

PHP 7.4+ (PDO enabled)

MYSQL 5

Instructions

1. Installation: Import the provided database.sql, update config/config.php with your DB credentials and site URL. Ensure uploads/ directory is writable. 2. Admin Setup: Run the included reset-admin.php script to create an admin account (delete after use). 3. Configure: Log into the admin panel (/admin) and set up site name, logo, payment keys, categories, etc. 4. Post Ads: Registered users can create listings from the frontend. Ads are submitted as pending. 5. Approve Ads: Admin reviews and approves/rejects pending ads from the admin panel. Sellers receive email notification. 6. Promotions: Users can pay to feature/urgent their ads via Paystack/Stripe (after admin configures payment gateways). 7. Manage: Use the admin panel to handle users, reports, content pages, and site settings.