How to Publish to Craigslist With Joomla API
Craig Newmark created Craigslist.org as a simple event-listing site for the San Francisco area in 1995. In the beginning, Mr. Newmark did most of the post submissions himself after receiving information from others. The modern Craigslist.org network offers classified ad sites for hundreds of cities around the world and is one of the top 50 website networks in the world. Nevertheless, the format of the site remains much the same as it did in the 1990s, which makes it somewhat cumbersome for some users. If you have a Joomla website, you can simplify posting and searching Craigslist network of sites by integrating the API directly into Joomla using a custom module.
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Instructions
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Open a new tab or window in your Web browser and navigate to the Joomla.org website. Browse the “Extend” area of the site and download a Joomla plugin that allows you to integrate Craigslist into your site. Several plugins are available from to choose from. Plugins such as Craigslist Latest and Craigslist Auto Responder are free, simple to install and allow you to integrate Craigslist posting and search functions in your Joomla website. Save the extension installation file in a folder on your computer.
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Open a new browser tab or window and navigate to the login page for your Joomla administrator control panel page. Sign in to your control panel with your username and password. After you log in, click “Extensions"
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Click “Browse” in the Upload Package File section after the Extension Manager page appears on the screen. Browse to the folder where you saved the Craigslist extension file. Highlight the package installation file name and click the “Open” button.
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Click the “Upload File & Install” link and wait a few minutes for the Craigslist package file to upload to your site. Joomla installs the plugin file automatically. Depending on the speed of your Internet connection, uploading and installing the Craigslist package file might take several minutes.
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Click “Extensions” on the menu bar again and then “Module Manager.” Click the name of the Craigslist extension you installed. A configuration page for the module appears in your Web browser.
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Click the “Enable” checkbox at the top of the page. Enter a descriptive name for the module in the “Name” field. This name appears on the main menu on the homepage of your Joomla website. Click the “Save” button. The configuration page closes and the main control panel reappears.
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Log out of your Joomla administrator control panel. Navigate to the homepage of your Joomla website. Log in to the front end of the site -- not the control panel -- as a regular user.
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Click the main menu link for the Craigslist extension. Click “Create New Post” or “New Post” and follow the prompts to create a new Craigslist ad. Alternatively, use the search button to search for postings already live on Craigslist.
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