Help
Classified User Guide
This section is to assist you, the user, with any questions you may have
about Morning Star Classifieds. Having problems searching; please feel free
to contact our
webmaster. Send all feedback and comments to
director@heritage.com.
Quick Search: You can browse for ads by category and navigate the
classifieds to see other available sub categories. Start from the classified
home page and click on the category (top level major) or sub major (second
level) that you are wishing to browse.
Please Note:
Ad counts are based on all ads in system from
the following publications: Morning Star Weekly Newspapers (The
Citizen-Journal, Antrim County News, The Leader & Kalkaskian, Grand
Traverse Insider and The Town Meeting), Morning Star Shopping
Publications (Central Michigan) and Star Shopping Publications
(Northern Michigan). To view weekly newspaper ads separately or
shoppers, you must use the Advanced Search option.
• Major Link -- takes user to the major page for the
selected major and show all categories with that.
• Sub major Link -- takes user to a results page containing
ads for the selected sub major
• More Link -- takes user to a major browse page to browse
all ads within major or to further narrow the search.
Keyword Search: Allows user to perform a keyword
search for ads based on the category you are currently viewing. For
example, searching for car will return ads containing words such as car,
cars or caring. Searching for red car will return any ad containing
words such as red, reddish, car, cars or caring.
Advanced Search: Gives the user an option of viewing ads from a
particular group of publications, order ads a certain way then use keywords
to narrow the search criteria.
Searching State-wide sites for Autos, Homes or Jobs: Click on the
appropriate logo to get to the site you are interested browsing. Logos are
located in section below the category links with ad counts.
Ad Tools:
• Save this Ad -- The user checks the box next the ad or ads
they would like to save. The ads are saved to a page that is viewable
by on a saved ads results page.
• View Saved Ads -- Displays user saved ads, grouped by
category, as they would appear on the results page for their category.
• Email Ad to Friend -- Users can email ads to themselves or
other users. Email contains a link to the ad being emailed,
information about when the ad expires and user provided comments.
• Printer Friendly Version -- The Printer Friendly Version
of ads show the results view or detailed view (depending where user
requested printer friendly version is from).
• Persistent Search and Breadcrumb Module -- Persistent
search allows users to save their search criteria and have ads which
match it emailed to them nightly. Each night the user's search
criteria is checked. If any ads are starting since they saved their
search or the last check was performed, they are sent an email
containing information about how many ads match their criteria, 5
matching ads, a link to see the results of their search and to manage
their searches. The Breadcrumb Trail of categories indicate to the
user what category their results are from. Users can choose
Classifieds or the major to return to the search page.
