Random Featured Listing Custom Job

[alanpbrigden]

Hi there,
I would like to shuffle the featured listings in the category.
So if the browser is refreshed the listing rotates, so that featured clients all have the opportunity to be at the top of their category. Ideally i would also like to be able to shuffle the secondary listings as well (separately), but not as importent. Anyone out there interested in creating a custom job, I'll be willing to pay to get this done.
Thanks in advance
Alan

[karenbanting]

Hi Allan,
I can't help with your request but I thought you might like to check out a newly released module for MT called "Top Random Listings Plus For Mosets Tree (BTW it's free) that might do some of what you want, plus there's also another one for "Top Listings" made by the same developer, so I thought you might like to give it/them a try whilst you wait for replies to your post....!!! (perhaps the random module could be configured to only display your Featured listings....????). Good luck, KB

See here: http://extensions.joomla.org/extensi...n-sorted/11090

Here's some of the specs:

Random Top Listing displays random top listings with condition:
New, Recently Updated, Popular, Most Rated, Top Rated.

Addition features:
+) Display listing by Columns, Rows.
+) Show similar listings with current viewing listing.
+) Show owner's listings.
+) Set default image for listing without image, set image width, height.
+) Show/hide field caption.

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NOTE: This module works with Moset Tree 2.1.x

[alanpbrigden]

Thanks Karen,
I will definitely use this, its a shame there's not featured listing within the list, I would be half way there at least Again thanks for your help.

[tradewise]

Hi Karen & Allan,

I just had a quick look at the module that Karen posted details of, if you just wanted it to filter Featured Listings that could easily be achieved by editing one line.

In helper.php under # Get link_name

find:
$db->setQuery( 'SELECT link_name FROM #__mt_links WHERE link_id = ' . $link_id . ' LIMIT 1' );

Change to:
$db->setQuery( 'SELECT link_name FROM #__mt_links WHERE link_id = ' . $link_id . 'AND link_featured = 1 LIMIT 1' );

This change will then only show featured listings. Note I haven't tried this but it should work.

Regards Steve
Developer of PaymentsPlus

[alanpbrigden]

Fantastic! Thanks Steve