General Help
All of the system options are available from the toolbar that appears along the left hand side of each page. The Search Options
section contains various methods for viewing and/or searching the ads. You can enter some keywords in the input field and then click on the "Search" button. To quickly see all ads, just click on the "Browse
All Ads" link. For more advanced keyword searching that also allows you to conduct advanced Boolean searches (AND, OR, or AS A PHRASE),
and case-sensitive searching, click on the "Quick Search" link. Finally, for full database searching, click on the "Advanced Search" link. This allows you to search for specific features, as well as specific geographical locations, and within discreet ranges such as age ranges, weight ranges, etc.
The Ad Options section allows you to place, modify,
renew, or delete ads by clicking on the appropriate link. If you want to renew your ad,
click on "Renew Ad", or to upload or delete a picture file from your ad, click on the "Modify Ad" link.
The Features section allows you to access powerful features such as
the Auto-Notify system. By clicking on the "Auto-Notify" link, you can set up your own personal search agent that will automatically notify you of any new ads that are posted that match the specific criteria that you define when you set up your agent. You can use very specific criteria to set up your search, such as specific age or height ranges. The "My Checklist" link allows you to view all ads that you have checklisted.
You will be able to view all checklisted ads from all categories. The "Update Profile" link allows you to update your registration profile if you have previously registered. The "Help" link brings up popup windows such as this one containing context-sensitive help that is relevant to what you are currently doing.
The "Categories" link allows you to jump to the other categories. Clicking on the logo on top of each page will take you back to the
home page of i-Personals.us
 Keyword Search Options
The Advanced Search form allows you to conduct an advanced keyword search. You can use Boolean logic to conduct a search for ads that contain ANY of your keywords, ALL of your keywords, or your keywords as AN EXACT PHRASE. You can also specify whether you want the search to be case sensitive or not, and how many days ago you want to retrieve ads from. You can specify a particular category or search on all categories, and you can even specify only ads that match a specific caption header. Finally, you also have the option of displaying the ads full size or in the short "headlines" format.
Advanced Search Options
i-Personals.us is controlled by a powerful search engine. You can use the fields on the search form to narrow your search according to the keywords or other criteria that you select. If you want the broadest possible search, leave all fields blank (although this may result in
an inordinately large number of results).
Range Search: In these two fields, you can enter the age, weight, height range of people that you would like to find. For example, to find people between 25 and 40, type "25" in the "Min
Age" box and "40" in the "Max Age" box.
Case Sensitive?: If you check the case sensitive
box, capitalization will matter. For example, if you search for "Cat", then
listings with the word "cat" will not show up.
Sort by Which Field?: Here, you can specify how the script should sort your results.
Reverse Sort?: Here, you can choose to have the script sort in reverse order. For example, if you choose to sort by last name and check the Reverse Sort box, the results page will show ads of people whose last names begin with Z first, and then backwards through the alphabet. For numbers or dates, the script normally shows ads with the lowest numbers or oldest dates first, so checking the Reverse Sort box will cause it to display ads with the highest numbers or most recent dates first.
Ads per Page: Here, you can choose how many ads you want the script to display on each page. You can choose to display as few as 20 or as many as 100 ads per page. If your search results in more than this number of ads, the results page will tell you your total number of matches and then state "This page will show you ads 1 to 20" (or whatever number you chose here). You will also be given a button at the bottom of the page that you can click on to "See the next 20 hits" (or however many ads per page you chose here). If you choose a large number such as 100, please keep in mind that pulling up 100 ads per page could take a very long time. This will depend largely on the memory, processing speed, and other configuration aspects of your computer and the server speed. If the results page tells you that you had more hits than you chose to display, you can always go back and increase the number of ads to display per page or narrow your search criteria by filling in more of the search fields so that fewer ads will be displayed.
Ads Posted: Here, you can choose how recently
posted ads you want to see.
Show only ads with photos: Check this box if
you want the search result to come up with ads only which have pictures added by
the users.
Posting A New Ad
To post your ad, please fill out the form on this page. Required fields are indicated by a *. Once you have filled out the form, click on the "Preview My Ad" button. You will be given the opportunity to preview your ad before it is actually posted. Once your ad has been posted, you will be given the opportunity to upload
picture files to be included with your ad.
Modifying Your Ad
To modify your ad, please enter the Ad Number in the form and click on the "Search for Ad to Modify" button. You can also click on the links to go to the Advanced Search form or to view all ads that you have posted here. Once you have selected an ad, your ad will be displayed with the current information already filled in. You can simply modify whatever fields you wish to change and then click on the "Modify" button.
Deleting Your Ad
To delete your ad, please enter the Ad Number in the form and click on the "Search for Ad to Delete" button. You can also click on the links to go to the Advanced Search form or to view all ads that you have posted here. Once you have selected an ad, your ad will be displayed with a warning notice that you are about to delete it. If you are sure that you want to delete the ad, click on the "Delete" button.
Multimedia Manager
This option allows you to upload a new multimedia file (photo, sound clip, or video clip) to your ad or to delete an existing multimedia file associated with your ad. Clicking on "Add Multimedia File" will bring up the Upload Form. Enter your Ad Number in the box and click on the Browse button to select the file that you want to upload from your local computer. Then click on "Upload Multimedia File to Your Ad" to include this file with your ad. Since the program will be uploading a file, it may take a couple of minutes, depending on the size of the file and the speed of your Internet connection. To delete a multimedia file that you have already uploaded to your ad, click on the "Delete Multimedia File" button. Enter the Ad Number in the box and click on the "Display Multimedia Files Associated With This Ad" button to see all photos, sound clips, and video clips that you have uploaded to this ad. Next to each one will be a checkbox. Check the checkbox next to each photo, sound clip, or video clip that you want to remove from this ad and click on the "Delete Checked Multimedia Files" button to remove them.
Set Up An Auto-Notify Profile
This option allows you to set up an Auto-Notify profile, which is your personal search agent that will automatically send you new ads that match the specific criteria that you define here. You will also be able to set the number of days that your personal search agent should operate before it automatically expires. Of course, you can always come back and modify or delete your search agent at any time. To set up your personal search agent, click on the "Create Agent" button. To modify an existing search agent, click on the "Modify Agent" button. To delete an existing search agent, click on the "Delete Agent" button.
View Your Checklist
This page displays all ads that you have checklisted. Depending on how the administrator has set this program up, this page will show you either all checklisted ads from the category that you are currently in, or it will show you all checklisted ads from all categories. You can click on the "View Detailed Ads" link at the bottom of the page to see all of these ads in their full-size format. You can remove any ad listed here from your checklist by unchecking its checkbox.
Update Your Registration Profile
This page allows you to update your registration profile. You can modify all of your registration information except for your username.
Frequently Asked Questions
This page displays the Frequently Asked Questions for i-Personals.us Almost any question that you might have about the system is probably answered somewhere on this page.
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