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Check your Gmail messages without opening your browser

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The Gmail Notifier is an application that alerts you when you have new Gmail messages. It displays an icon in your system tray to let you know if you have unread Gmail messages, and shows you their subjects, senders and snippets, all without your having to open a web browser.The Notifier is in beta. Before you download it, we encourage you to review the system requirements and privacy information. If you have the Google Talk client installed, you will automatically receive new mail notifications from Google Talk and you do not need to install the Notifier. Continue reading here .............

Filter Listings by Country Using TemplateCodes Module - How to

As I said in the TemplateCodes.com system review , the Listing Filter module can filter ads by State or using an extra (custom) field but can't be setup to filter by countries. There's a way to make it do that though but you need to mess with the gears of the system, opening & editing a number of PHP files. Note: I'm not a programming guru, I used some code hints & went through trials & failures to make this work & it may not be the best way to do it. Please backup your files & even database before you proceed & be careful when altering the codes. 1st , if it's enabled, you may want to deactivate the Listing Filter module from your 68Classifieds admin panel before you start editing & uploading files. 2 . Now go & open the index.php located in yoursite.com/modules/listingfilter/ , use Notepad++ or a similar text editor. Find these lines: if (empty($config['lfilter_field'])) { $sSQL = "SELECT name FROM " . PR

How to Create New Sidebar Elements for Template Zones Module ofTemplateCodes

OK as promised in my TemplateCodes system review here's my little guide to create new blocks (or side bar elements) for your 68Classifieds site that has the Template Zones module enabled. This will allow you to add new content or move elements from the Accordion & give them a different placement & order. Note: I'm not a programming guru, I used some code hints & went through trials & failures to make this work & it may not be the best way to do it. Please backup your files & even database before you proceed & be careful when altering the codes. Let's make a "Quick Search" element as an example 1st create a new template inside yoursite.com/modules/templatezones/templates/ folder, let's name it search.tpl Open this file in Notepad++ or similar text editor & add the code below to it then save it: {if $quick_search} <!-- Search Block --> <div class="col_shape" style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"