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A note on craigslist abbreviations
- craigslist uses case sensitive abbreviations for cities and categories
- this gadget uses the abbreviations in order to retrieve search results
- you must enter the correct abbreviation in the correct case for city or category if you are using custom values
- some examples:
- New York equals newyork
- San Diego equals sandiego
- for sale / wanted equals sss
- electronics equals ele
single-city
- The single-city tab allows you to search one city and category at a time
- If you do not see a city or category you want, use the "city override"
and/or "category override" boxes
- You can save a missing city or category by editing your settings and filling in the "Single-city override" and "Category override" text boxes". I frequently review these missing cities and categories and add them
- The "search for:" field allows you to enter your search terms - you must enter something in this field
- You can save a common search term by editing your settings and filling in the "Default search term" field
multi-city
- The multi-city tab allows you to search multiple cities and one category at a time
- If you do not see a city or category you want, use the "city override"
and/or "category override" boxes
- By clicking the "add city" link, you will build up the list of cities you want to search - note: you'll need to add at least one city to start
- You can remove a city from the list by clicking the blue "x" or the city name, you can also edit your settings if you've saved a list of cities
- By clicking the "save cities" link, you will be able to save this list of cities to the settings area of the gadget. This way they will be available for use next time you open the gadget. Note: there appears to be a delay somewhere in Google's systems when saving this data - therefore it may not appear immediately in your settings section. You can try refreshing the page to see the updated values.
- You can save a missing city or category by editing your settings and filling in the "Multi-city override" and "Category override" text boxes". I frequently review these missing cities and categories and add them
- Note: you must separate the city names in "Multi-city override" field with commas
- The "search for:" field allows you to enter your search terms - you must enter something in this field
- You can save a common search term by editing your settings and filling in the "Default search term" field