Version 3.1/3.2 cannot directly upgrade any of the previous versions. It utilizes a different internal category structure to overcome 90 categories/99 subcategories limit. Therefore it is incompatible with any of the versions developed earlier. You would need to install it fresh and rebuild data if necessary.

If you're currently running earlier version on your web site and have a substantial amount of data, you can install v3.1/v3.2 in another folder, direct your new clients to this new version. Then send a newsletter to existed clients and advise them to create a new account at new board. Wait until ads at the old board expire and then shut it down.

Note: You can freely upgrade v3.0 to v3.1 or v3.1 to 3.2. To upgrade v3.0 to v3.2 it must be upgraded to v3.1 first.
 

• Windows IIS web server v5.0-6.0 (no clustering or load-balancing)
• VBScript Engine v5.5 or better (no emulators such as Chilisoft ASP)
• Web Server Must provide Sessions support
• "FileSystemObject" (FSO) component support by a web server (support for back-path desirable)
• Ability to set permissions for individual folders (can be done by your host)
• "ActiveX Data Object" (ADO) component support by a web server
• ASPJpeg component support by a web server (optional)
• Support for at least one Email component from the following:
  CDONTS, CDOSYS, JMail, ASPMail, ASPEmail
• MS Access 2000 - 2003 database support or
  Empty MSSQL database or Empty MySQL database

To be brief... no. There is no reliable ASP VBScript emulators for Linux which are 100% compatible with the generic VBScript syntax.
 

Rapid Classified is an ASP application and must operate on Windows Hosting.
An extensive Web Hosting providers list could be found at aspin.com. All of them offer Windows Hosting and most are compatible with Rapid Classified. You may send an inquiry to the hosting company with RC requirements before renting a web space.
The list is located at: http://aspin.com/home/hosting/region
You may also look at the list of Rapid Classified featured developers some of which offer a reliable, fully RC compatible Windows hosting: http://www.4u2ges.com/custom.asp

NOT Recommended: godaddy.com, 1and1.com
 

You have antivirus software installed on your server which has "Enable script blocking" turned on. This feature effectively blocks the File System Object (FSO) on the server, which is necessary for Rapid Classified to run properly.

Solution: Disable "Enable Script Blocking" feature within antivirus software configuration page.

The other cause of the problem might be related to the fact that you're are trying to run Rapid Classified on an International Version of XP (other that English). RC might not run properly on any of the International implementations of VBScript Engine. In such a case you will not be able to test Rapid Classified installation on your home server and should seek a Web Space provider who can host  ASP Applications. The list is HERE.
 

You may also receive "Delete from db/banners/cl_upload Folders" FAILED. Since 2 warnings have the same nature, follow recommendations below for solutions.

Following folders within Rapid Classified installation require special permissions for a proper operation:

• "db" folder - Access database location, banners rotator statistics

• "cl_upload" - Uploaded image attachments location

• "banners" - Banner Images location

• "content" - Dynamic Content pages (v3.2 or v3.1 Premium)

• "ads" - Cached ads location (optional but recommended - used if ads caching enabled later on)

First - Make sure folders are actually exist within your Rapid Classified installation and properly pointed in "config/config.asp" configuration page. If you did not move any folders away from the root of your installation, then you should not worry about setting a proper path in "config/config.asp". The path is already set and properly pointed.

Second - All above folders must have a "Write" and "Delete" security permissions for the successful board operation. By default (with a rear exception) ALL your website folders and files you create, assigned "Read" only permission automatically. Meaning no new files can be created/deleted on your site from within the ASP script code. However in order to upload/delete image attachment to the ad for instance, the above mentioned permissions must be set on the server so that the script routine is able to perform necessary operation (write a new image file when it is attached to the ad or delete image when ad is deleted from database). In a rear case your web space provider sets  necessary permissions (Read/Write/Delete) when created your account (jodohost.com for instance).

The approach to setting permissions is different depending on whether you run Classified setup at your home server or at your provider's public server:

• Home Server (XP, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003)
  
  You have to manually set security (also knows as NTFS - NT File System) permissions.
  Note: Do not  confuse folder security permissions with permissions set from within IIS console for your web site.
  Security permissions are set from the folder properties window. While looking at your classified installation from "Windows Explorer" (Flag+E to start) right mouse click on the selected folder ("db" for instance) and select "Properties" from a context menu. Click on the "security" tab.
  
  Note: If you do not see "Security" tab, you need to disable "Use Simple File Sharing" from: Control Panel > Folder Options > View. Scroll down and remove check box next to "Use Simple File Sharing".
  
  While at the "security" tab select "Everyone" group and check "Allow" next to "Full Control" permission. This action will automatically set "Write/Delete" permissions for the selected folder. Repeat the same for all 5 folders required to have those permissions.
   

• Public Web Server
  
  Some of the hosts may allow you to set necessary permissions via "Control Panel/Web Site Management Page". This page will most certainly vary from host to host. Therefore you should consult your host or look for the documentation provided by your host for this matter. The goal is to find 5 folders ("db", "cl_upload", "banners", "content", ads") within folders/files list and perform necessary steps to set "Write" and "Delete" permissions for folders (on some hostings you may need to set "Modify" permission).
  
  If your host do not allow you to set security permissions, send a request so that the server administrator sets permissions for your.
  
  Note: The routine which evaluates permissions during setup is quite simple and reliable. If you or your host set permissions but you still getting the same error warning be absolutely sure that permissions are not properly set. If you set permissions for 2 folders and missed 1, you will still get the this warning.
  
  Example of folders permissions set at godaddy.com control panel. Note: "db" folder was renamed to "db_root" at this particular installation: View
  
  Note: It is preferred that you remove "web" permission from the "db" and "content" folders, so that folders content is not revealed when someone navigates to that folders in a browser. "web" permission may or may not be available within site Control Panel.
   

If you complete setting up your Classified on the public server, remove following pages from your server before opening your board to public:
!setup.asp, !access_setup.asp, !mssql_setup.asp, !mysql_setup.asp.

Leaving those pages on the server poses a great threat while anyone can reset your Admin password and gain a full control to your board!

For more information see the first chapter in an online Admin Help manual.
 

It is a "Site URL". The Fully Qualified URL path (started with http://) to the classified board location must be manually entered to this field and ended with a slash (/). This setting is used in a variety of aspects of Rapid Classified board. The failure to provide a correct URL will bare in an incorrect URL links sent to your clients within Email notifications. The individual ads Print Friendly page will not be displayed properly, Ads caching will not work at all, the bullet images for ticker would display a red cross and be unavailable.
Finally, if you use your board in Pay Mode, the payment processor will not function because the merchant server will not find your site and will not post credit purchased by your clients.

To easy identify the incorrect Site URL setting, glance at the scrolling ads ticker (at list one ad has to be posted). If you see a red cross in place of the bullet - the Site URL in Admin preferences is incorrect. Go to Admin Preferences, correct the URL, Save the settings.

Important: After you changed Site URL and saved settings, click "Reset Server Cache" button at the bottom of Admin preferences page, navigate to the default (main) page and look at the ads ticker bullets. If bullets still display a red cross, then the Site URL you specify is still incorrect. Make sure to correct it at the Admin Preferences page.
 

 - v3.1 (logon to admin area first): DEMO

- v3.2 View Help

Note: Default package for any Rapid Classified version comes with lingual pages in English only.
 

Your Browser does not support cookies. In order to logon as Administrator or create a User account your Browser must at list support sessions cookies. If you disable cookies for all web sites except those specified as an exception, make sure to include your site into this list within Browser privacy settings.
 

Watermark properties may be changed by modifying the config/img_config.asp page at your classified.
 

Your Web Server Does Not properly handles Sessions.

What are sessions?

When you open a web site in a browser, the web server begins a communication with your browser. After the connection is established a token of data is written to server's memory which uniquely identifies you among other clients. This token has a unique ID and may hold an additional information supplied by an application. This is called a Session. ASP application is able to read/write data to the session effectively controlling user logon state.

When your application is hosted on a Load Balanced or Clustered servers farm, each time you load a new page in a browser, you may be attached to a  different server which is not aware about Session you have established prior. Therefore you're effectively getting logged out because there is no logon information available to validate you as being logged on.

The only way to overcome this behavior is to move your web site/application to a stand alone shared server.
 

Version v3.1

The session expiration time is set to low value on the web server. The logon state session expires because of inactivity while user fills the last post ad page. To extend session for Rapid Classified Application, open config/config.asp configuration page in any text editor and insert line:

Session.Timeout = 25

anywhere on this page. 25 represents the time in minutes before session expired as a result of inactivity. Do not set this value to an extensive (over 30-40 minutes) period because it will affect server's performance specifically if you have a great number of visitors.

Version 3.2

2 hours is the default session for user logon state. That is user has 2 hours to complete filling ads data by default. It is not recommended to change the default sessions timeout (2 hours)
 

Version v3.1

Your web server configured to reject a "Back-Path" pointers. Solution: Open both, right_long.asp and left_long.asp pages from "Advert" Folder in any HTML editor.

Find Line:

<!--#include file="../config/unique.asp"--> at the top of the page.

Replace it with:

<!--#include virtual="/RC_Location/config/unique.asp"-->

Where "/RC_Location" is the path to your Classified, relative to the domain root.

Example 1: If the classified is located in: http://www.your_domain.com/classified/RC then the path would be:

 <!--#include virtual="/classified/RC/config/unique.asp"-->

Example 2: If classified is located directly at the root like: http://www.your_domain.com then the path would be:

<!--#include virtual="/config/unique.asp"-->
 

Your Server is running an outdated version or VBScript engine. Ask your host to upgrade to v5.6
 

This Error is related to an ADO failure on the server (mostly with Access 2003 database). Talk to your host regarding this problem.
 

See the article: http://www.4u2ges.com/article.asp?id=14
 

Windows 2003 servers (IIS6.0) configured to prevent uploading files over 200kb by default. Contact your host and ask them to increase the default upload limit.
 

Regardless what page this error is displayed at classified, it only relates to missing folders permissions at your site. When you installed classified, a write/delete (or modify) permissions supposed to be assigned to some folders (and most importantly to their content - child objects) as per setup instructions.

There are many circumstances when permissions might be improperly assigned or simply lost due to changes on web server, account maintenance by hosting service ...etc. To troubleshoot, first look in "Permissions check" admin page to see if some or all folders have "OK" status for permissions. If not, go ahead and reassign permissions via hosting control panel or by applying to hosting support. If permissions are "OK" for all folders on "Permissions check" admin page but you still getting this error, then permissions were not propagated to listed folders content - child objects (child objects simply means subfolders, and files within given folder).

While assigning permissions at hosting control panel, you might wish to look for the "check box" allowing to automatically propagate assigned permissions to child objects inside the folder. If you do not have such a check box/setting within file manage at hosting control panel and still getting error, then contact hosting support and ask them to manually apply permissions for necessary folders and ALL child objects within them. Again, for the folders list see Setup Manual or "Permissions check" admin page.
 

For the Admin Page access restore please see the last chapter of Setup_Manual.pdf, which is located in "Manuals" folder within the Rapid Classified package you have downloaded.
 

There are 2 manuals come with Rapid Classified board package.

Setup_Manual.pdf - is a setup guide for the first time installation of the classified board. Most of the answers related to initial (before you run setup) board configurations can be found here.

An online Admin Guide - Once you set your board up, logon to Admin page and select "Admin Help". Most of the answers related to the classified board operation and configurations can be found there.

Tip: If you are running v3.2, then use a search feature of an online admin help.

If you did not find the answer in any of the above manuals post your question to the forum or if you're holding a Rapid Classified license use contact form
 

GA Soft does not support any modifications nor it provides customization service to Rapid Classified unless it is called to rectify a problem, bug or inconsistency in an application behavior. Navigate to Custom Work page for the list of developers who can help you with application customization and hosting. The only exception is made to light templates design. If you need a new "light" series template for v3.1/3.2 please see: http://www.4u2ges.com/custom_order.asp.

Some board customizations covered at the following links:

Articles

RC Customization FAQ