| question | answer | category |
| how can I import a list of email addresses? Proxies? | Bulky import can be done with ms access: open db.mdb (it's in the program's folder (ex. C:\claposter )) for this. Try to do right click on email/proxy table and select import. You can also select last row in accounts/emails/proxy table under settings tab.(Click on asterisk symbol to select last row) in the program and press Ctrl+V to paste email list from clipboard. Or you can import by clicking "From file" (Import Accounts) link under Settings or Accounts tab and selecting text file.
Here is example for uploading accounts (email and password) from file:
Email1@asdf.com:account_passw1:+12223334455:Email1@asdf.com:email_passw1
Email2@asdf.com:account_passw2
Email3@asdf.com:account_passw3:+12223334455:Email1@asdf.com:email_passw3:!city{Your city}!anyOther{options} | mail |
| What is "das" feature? | It works the following: let the schedule interval = 1 day and you schedule without offset feature, but with !das{24} in the ad.
The next day it is posted (6/10/2006), it'll be deleted (7/10/2006). It'll be posted again 30/10/2006 (as 24 = 30 - 6) | other |
| Can you have it where I can use multiple headings on one ad also. | Use !title{…} code in the body or !random{..} code in the title for this. !title{..} is the same as !settitle{!random{…}}.
If you want to randomize titles: add to the ad's body (Text description)
!title{Your title 1| Your title 2| Your title 3} (you can input Your title 4, Your title 5, etc ..)
Title will be randomly replaced with "Your title 1", "Your title 2" or "Your title 3"
If you want to rotate titles: add to the ad's body (Text description)
!settitle{!rotate{Your title 1| Your title 2| Your title 3|…}}
Title will be sequently replaced with "Your title 1", then with "Your title 2" and then with "Your title 3"
Note that the last keyword in the body always has the highest priority | general |
| hat part of this:
!random{value 1|value 2|value 3}
are you supposed to put in the title? I used part of it | Yes, you can input almost anywhere. !random{value 1|value 2|value 3} will be replaced with value 1 or value 2 or value 3 (you can input value 4, value 5, etc.) | general |
| General avoidance of ad posts from being blocked? | NOTE: If you are using the SAME ads and SAME email addresses you are going to get blocked whether using software or not. CL can't block "software". They block the same ads or similar ads, IP's and emails.
The program also adds internal ad's number (if you don’t use accounts) to the ad's body (while posting). If you add !NOST{} to the ad's body, the program wont do this.
So If you delete everything from ad_template.txt except {BODY} , the program won't add anything to your ad while posting the ad. | general |
| The program does not pre-select "use this email address as my reply-to" ("show my real email address") although I specify to display my email address. | Add !radio{radio|real email} to the ad's body or uncheck 'Do not display an email address in ad' checkbox under ads tab. (!radio{radio|mail relay} code is for "use craigslist mail relay (recommended)" and !radio{radio|no replies} code is for "no replies to this email, please") | general |
| How do I put my company logo in the ad and link it so that it goes to my website | There is html limitation now see http://www.craigslist.org/about/help/html_in_craigslist_postings/
So you should use image uploading instead.
Obsolete:
Add smth like
<A href="http://your.site"><IMG src="http://your.site/image.jpg" border=0></A>
or
<a href="http://your.site"> <IMG src="http://your.site/image.jpg" border=0></A> or <TABLE height=632 width=648 background=http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/hant2/!rotate{pic1|pic2|pic3}.jpg><BR>
<TBODY></TBODY></TABLE>
in the Text Description of your ad | general |
| Can i add more than 1 random statement within the body of the ad? | Yes, You can do this. Just add "!random{yeyeyeyey| iuyiuiuiuiu| kldkfdkdkkddk}
!random{sssssssssssssssssss| jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj| ccccccccccccccccccc}" | general |
| I just treid posting 10 ads. Same body, added random numbers and city name on tittle of the ad, and I changed the e-mail address I use. It would let me post and receive the e-mails from Craigslist. By the time your program downloads the E-mails and posts, the ad has been removed by the staff. | Randomize the body too with !random{..} and {VARIABLEx}. Probably they find keywords in your ad and remove it. Try to change ad_template.txt | general |
| How do i rotate every ad body and title for each posted city | Use !rotate{your ad's body1|your ad's body2|your ad's body3}. You should replace your ad's body1, your ad's body2, etc with your text. See help. Rotate works with internal variable, which is increased every time any ad is posted. | general |
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