https://vkclassifieds.net.au/templates/general_craigslist/img/logo.png https://vkclassifieds.net.au/ Our News https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news.html Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:48:10 +1100 https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/14032026.html https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/14032026.html Hopefully the site is functioning correctly again.  My host "upgraded" the server but neglected to mention all the settings that got changed...until I noticed what didnt work and queried them!

Not exactly an ideal way of doing things.  Sorry for any inconvenience.

cheers...Allan]]> Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:12:04 +1000 https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/03062024.html https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/03062024.html
My apologies for the recent outage but as of this moment the site is back and functioning correctly.  If you do find something weird please let me know as always.
Thank you to all the messages of support and the general understanding and patience of (most) users.  Hopefully now I can move on to just minor changes to clean things up a bit without
risking an outage again.

cheers...Allan VK2CA]]> Tue, 28 May 2024 11:32:53 +1000 https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/27052024.html https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/27052024.html
The site has been updated to the latest version of the software available.  This is mainly a backend update as there will be only minor changes or addtions to the function of the site from a user prospective.  It does however address some compatability issues going forward (as everything on the web changes constantly!) and quite a few admin and performance upgrades as well.  All aimed at making the site as reliable as possible.  If you find something strange please let me know.  Enjoy.

cheers...Allan]]> Fri, 03 May 2024 16:01:18 +1000 https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/03052024.html https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/03052024.html
I am planning a major site upgrade very soon which may necessitate an outage up to a possible 5 hours.  Hopefully my vendor can do this in a quite time ie: night but I will have to do this more to their schedule than mine.
This should bring some more stability along with some improvements to functionality.  It should not affect the general look or operation.  The major changes are really in the back end and system itself.
All this I am hoping will solve some existing issues that take up quite a bit of admin time as well as a add a few things that users will find useful.

Stay tuned.

cheers...Allan]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:42:50 +1000 https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/16042024.html https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/16042024.html The site was down today for 12 hours and 19 minutes due to an unacknowledged configuration change by the web hosting company.  Very hard to troubleshoot something that supposedly has not happened!  Thanks go to the developer of the software (Flynax) for tracking this issue and getting the site back up.
My apologies to all for the inconvenience which I hope will not happen again.

cheers....Allan VK2CA]]> Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:21:40 +1000 https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/27042023.html https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/27042023.html
As you may be aware there has been a poll active for two months with the question regarding allowing non-VK/ZL registrations.  The results are quite close but I consider them not to be significant enough to change the current practices.  This is also based on past positive experiences of allowing overseas registrations if they closely follow the guidelines of proof of ID etc.   Anyway that is what will formally happen from today (although this has been actual practice in the past).  If you do not wish to deal with an overseas member then that is entirely your decision and should apply to all members you are not confident dealing with.  Buyer Beware always holds true!


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If you are having an issue placing an advert at the moment eg.  the Next button does not work.  Try a right click on the button and select "Open Link in New Tab"  this is just a workaround until I sort this out.  Thanks.]]> Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:17:33 +1100 https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/13122021.html https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/13122021.html
Work continues on trying to make this system work in an acceptable way.  It unfortunately does not, as much as I would like anyway, and this is a continuing struggle!  This new system has certianly made me miss the previous one which unfortunately ceased operating due to the company authoring and licencing it shutting down unexpectedly !  Virtually no support calls in 6 years in the previous system to now well over 100 calls (and counting) in only 3 months gives you an idea of the difference in "polish" between the systems.  Given time maybe another system may have been chosen but it is what it is and I will continue to try to make this new system make sense, sometimes despite the efforts of the authors!  As always please let me know if you see something that is either not working as it should. 

A huge thanks to all the supporters and well wishers. Your support is greatly appreciated and truly is the only reason this system continues at all.

Merry Xmax in advance to all and please stay safe.  Here's hopeing 2022 will be a better year!

cheers..Allan VK2CA]]> Thu, 25 Nov 2021 09:51:41 +1100 https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/25112021.html https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/25112021.html
You may may have noticed a drop in advert numbers today?  This is because a hard limit expiry duration is now being enforced on listings.  I trialled not enforcing this but have found that some users are not removing their listings when they are no longer required which is causing frustration and confusion for other users trying to contact users about items that are no longer available.  The new listing durations for each tier (and other plan features) are:

                                  Free     Supporter    Sponsor        Commercial

Listing Period              14         21               21                31

Number of Pictures       8         12                20                20

Number of Videos         2          5                10                10

Also the listing information in the My Listing pages has been updated to show prices, views and durations and also now the ability to renew both Classifieds and Auctions.

Enjoy.]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2021 20:48:34 +1100 https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/11112021.html https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/11112021.html Lots still going on in the background.  Hoping to have a renew option available soon for Classifieds adverts once they expire to save you typing it all in again if you want to relist.  A blanket per Membership plan advert duration may also be enforced at this time (probably 14 days).  An advert posted date has now been included so you have an idea of the age of an advert.

As ever thanks to the many supporters and remember if you find something that does not work or at least not the way you think it should please let me know. ]]> Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:01:10 +1100 https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/06102021.html https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/06102021.html
Welcome to the newest advertiser - Bitek P/L.  You all would be familiar with Hills I'm sure and this is where Hills now live, with Kaz and the team at Bitek.  Lots of RF and Communications equipment as well. Please check them out.
The site is still rolling along.  Advert numbers are picking up again which is great.  Thanks again for all the kind words from everyone.  There have been lots of small tweaks behind the scenes and quite a few to the UI you may, or may not, have noticed. 
Your feedback has been invaluable.  Please keep it coming if you notice something not quite right. 
With the change of system there have been some functions that are no longer available eg being able to add an Alert for every new advert.  but you can still add Alerts (from the Search page) for specific items!
I am still testing the functionality but hopefully renewal of old and expired adverts will be available soon as well.  Tweaks are also still happening to the Auction process.  Again if there is something strange please let me know.

cheers...Allan]]> Wed, 29 Sep 2021 21:09:00 +1000 https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/29092021.html https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/29092021.html
Things slowly coming together.  Milestone for today is the final look of Homepage locked in finally!  Look out for a new and exciting Commercial advertiser coming on board very soon as well.  Auctions are usable but still proving to be problematic.  This will be a work in progress for a while but quite a few things that were playing havoc with the auction process have either been resolved or removed.  Still not an automatic system, at this time, like some other auctions sites but still useful I think as an option to sell with.  If you try it and have an issue please let me know the specifics so I can hopefully get them sorted out.  Lots of little tweaks and fixes here and there and quite a few coming from very useful feedback from users.  This is very much appreciated as it is sometimes hard to notice everything.

cheers...Allan]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:18:02 +1000 https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/23092021.html https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/23092021.html
Quite a few things happening.   Layout changes to the Homepage with more to come I hope once I figure it out :-)  Also you may notice now when posting an advert that you now have the option of having an Auction.  This one is a work in progress and is somewhat unusual as it, I think, was more designed around an online store initially.  Anyway if you want, in Auctions at least, to have the facility to have people pay you via Paypal directly at the end of the Auction make sure you put your Paypal address in the Shopping Cart section in your Profile area.  As I said still an evolving section.  Finally sorted Paypal payment for subscriptions after a few false starts but as with everything else if you see something a bit strange or that does not work please let me know. 
There is an issue with the Contact Seller link missing from advert, when logged in, on Android.  Fixed the IOS side but Android needs some work so stay tuned if you use that OS.  Also issues in general with logging in to accounts which I hope have now been sorted.  Seemed to be related to the system wanting to use SMS for authentication that I was not aware of!  That has been disabled and things now seem to be working as they should in that area.  A few other smal UI changes around the place.

Thanks again for all the support, it has been quiet overwhelming to be honest and very, very much appreciated.  It helps lower the stress and soothes the RSI -)]]> Sun, 19 Sep 2021 20:12:20 +1000 https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/19092021.html https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/19092021.html
Finally fixed up the Payment Gateway issue (again!).  Some UI tweaks and lots of account queries etc. answered.  Please remember the Forgot Password process to retrieve your credentials and if not there give some thought to what email address you may have initially registered with :-)
Plenty still to do but the light at the end of the tunnle is flickering a bit more brightly.

cheers...Allan]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 00:02:57 +1000 https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/18092021.html https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/18092021.html
Finally..... I have reinstated all Supporter and Sponsor accounts and they work now!
Now I might be able to move on to some of the other (not quite so critical) issues.
Thanks to the Supporters and Sponsors for their patience.

cheers...Allan]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:41:23 +1000 https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/16092021.html https://vkclassifieds.net.au/news/16092021.html
I have just spent quiet a bit of time reverting ALL accounts back to Free.  At least in the interim everyone will be able to place adverts now!  I will reinstate Supporter & Sponsor as soon as I can.  Added options for Payments instead of being able to only select one.
If you see some weird ads coming and going it is probably teh support guys fiddling.
Thanks

Part 2:
The missing Contact Seller link on adverts when using a mobile device has now been resolved.  Also the Seller name has been removed from the Seller Info on the initial advert listing.  You can still find it but you have to look :-)

cheers...Allan]]>