members ads - expiry

Hi Guys,

 probably been asked before, but can't find a thread on it - how can I make the 'ADS' permanent instead of expiring after 30 days?

Tried increasing the number of days that an ad is valid for in admin, but anything over 30 just results in an error.

Any ideas?

thanks in advance,

Sky'

I think  there will need hardcode

Would   -1 as a value work ?

Tried both 0 and -1 but no luck, still just reports an error.

Could maybe do with a 'Renew ads' feature to save retyping them in every month.

Has this been reported as a bug?

if you open /modules/boonex/ads/BxAdsModule.php  look around line 739 for:

$sMaxedString = _t('_bx_ads_Warn_max_live_days', 30);

And look for this these lines around 871-887

'LifeTime' => array(
     'type' => 'select',
     'name' => 'LifeTime',
     'caption' => _t('_bx_ads_Life_Time') . " ({$sDaysC})",
     'info' => $sMaxedString,
     'value' => 30,
     'values' => $aLifeTimeValues,
     'required' => true,
     'checker' => array (
      'func' => 'length',
      'params' => array(1,2),
      'error' => _t('_Error Occured'),
     ),
     'db' => array (
      'pass' => 'Int',
     ),
    ),

This should allow you to either not make it required at all or set them to say 365 for a whole year.

This is correct but you will aslo need to change 'params' =>array(1,2), to 'params' =>array(1,3), to enable this to work.

'LifeTime' => array(
     'type' => 'select',
     'name' => 'LifeTime',
     'caption' => _t('_bx_ads_Life_Time') . " ({$sDaysC})",
     'info' => $sMaxedString,
     'value' => 360,
     'values' => $aLifeTimeValues,
     'required' => true,
     'checker' => array (
      'func' => 'length',
      'params' => array(1,3),
      'error' => _t('_Error Occured')