Albert (alsmith) is aware about this add-on!
He has a similar and commercial add-on here:
http://support.open-realty.org/showthread.php?t=9640
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##### FEATBYCLASS ADD-ON - Version 4 - Nov/2007 #####
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ATTENTION: THIS ADD-ON IS USEFUL ONLY TO O-R v.2.4.4 AND OLDER VERSIONS.
WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT AT O-R v.2.5.0 WERE IMPLEMENTED TEMPLATE TAGS THAT REPLACES THIS ADD-ON.
THANKS A LOT, O-R DEV's!!!!
#. Nov/2007:
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- Now Version 4 resizes thumbs as set at Site Config.
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- Version 1 was requiring ALL listings to be set as "Featured".
- Version 2 was not filtering expired listings.
#. INTRODUCTION
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- This add-on display Featured Listings by CLASS.
(random Listings, active Listings and thumbs set by Rank)
- Display the Class Name, Listing thumb and Listing Title (with a link to the
listing detail page).
- Tested with Open-Realty v.2.4.3
#. CUSTOMIZATION:
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- Edit the addon.inc.php at the lines where you see a lot of "*"
- You can create new tags for new or more classes.
- You can set the total number of Listings to be displayed (by default is set to
5 Listings).
#. INSTALLATION:
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Unpack the file "featbyclass.zip" inside your "addons" folder.
Insert the tag (where you wish):
{addon_featbyclass_display1} ... (class ID 1 is set at the addon)
{addon_featbyclass_display2} ... (class ID 2 is set at the addon)
{addon_featbyclass_display3} ... (class ID 3 is set at the addon)
{addon_featbyclass_display4} ... (class ID 4 is set at the addon)
#. UNNINSTALL:
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- delete all content of the directory "featbyclass" (at your "addons" folder)
- no need to worry with the DB (this add-on DO NOT modify your DB)
Good luck and have fun!
Eduardo.




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