Suggestions and corrections 

Report Date	: 05-06-2010	State	: Open
Reported By	: Brad	Priority	: Medium
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First the corrections:

-- administrator\language\en-GB\en-GB.com_rdautos.ini --
SHOW ENGINE NR=Show VIN Number
-- should be --
SHOW ENGINE NR=Show Engine Number

-- administrator\components\com_rdautos\views\makes\tmpl\default.php --
<th class="title" width="294"><div align="left"><?php echo JText::_( 'VEHICLE MAKE' ); ?>e</div></th>
-- should be --
<th class="title" width="294"><div align="left"><?php echo JText::_( 'VEHICLE MAKE' ); ?></div></th>

-- administrator\views\application\tmpl\form.php line 108 & 113--
</tr> -- should be -- <tr>

-- components\com_rdautos\views\detail\tmpl\default.php --
<td><?php echo JText::_( 'CONDITION' ); ?></td>
-- should be --
<td><?php echo JText::_( 'VEHICLE CONDITION' ); ?></td>

-- administrator\components\com_rdautos\views\application\tmpl\form.php --
<?php echo JHTML::_('tooltip', JText::_( 'DESIRED MAKE' ), null , null, JText::_( 'VEHICLE INFO' )); ?>        </td>
-- should be --
<?php echo JHTML::_('tooltip', JText::_( 'DESIRED MAKE' ), null , null, JText::_( 'VEHICLE MAKE' )); ?>        </td>

-- Can be deleted from both language files --
CAR MAKE = Car make
CONDITION = Vehicle condition
GEAR COUNT = Gear count

-- Replace --
Carossery --with-- Carrossery

Now the suggestions:
To make the component a little more generic so it can be used for both car and motorcycle sales.

-- Replace all occurrences of --
CAR MODEL --with-- VEHICLE MODEL
SELECTED CAR DELETED --with-- SELECTED VEHICLE DELETED
NO SELECTED CAR --with-- NO SELECTED VEHICLE
FEATURED CAR --with-- FEATURED VEHICLE
PUBLISH CAR --with-- PUBLISH VEHICLE
Car model --with-- Vehicle model
Feature this Car --with-- Feature this Vehicle
Publish this Car --with-- Publish this Vehicle
car --with-- vehicle
cars --with-- vehicles
Car --with-- Vehicle
Cars --with-- Vehicles

Add two extra criteria to vehicle table for motorcycles
Engine type and Drive type

-- Add to view.htnl.php --
## Filling the Array() for availebillity and make a select list for it.
'4' => array('value' => '4', 'text' => JText::_( 'VEHICLE SOLD' )),

## Filling the Array() for enginetypes and make a select list for it.
$enginetypes = array(
'0' => array('value' => '0', 'text' => JText::_( 'MAKE A SELECTION PLS' )),
'1' => array('value' => '1', 'text' => JText::_( 'SINGLE' )),
'2' => array('value' => '2', 'text' => JText::_( 'IN-LINE TWIN' )),
'3' => array('value' => '3', 'text' => JText::_( 'IN-LINE TRIPLE' )),
'4' => array('value' => '4', 'text' => JText::_( 'IN-LINE FOUR' )),
'5' => array('value' => '5', 'text' => JText::_( 'IN-LINE SIX' )),
'6' => array('value' => '6', 'text' => JText::_( 'V-TWIN' )),
'7' => array('value' => '7', 'text' => JText::_( 'V-FOUR' )),
'8' => array('value' => '8', 'text' => JText::_( 'V-SIX' )),
'9' => array('value' => '9', 'text' => JText::_( 'FLAT TWIN' )),
'10' => array('value' => '10', 'text' => JText::_( 'FLAT FOUR' )),
);
$lists[enginetypes] = JHTML::_('select.genericList', $enginetypes, 'enginetypes', ' class="inputbox" '. '', 'value', 'text', $items->enginetypes );

## Filling the Array() for drivetypes and make a select list for it.
$drivetypes = array(
'0' => array('value' => '0', 'text' => JText::_( 'MAKE A SELECTION PLS' )),
'1' => array('value' => '1', 'text' => JText::_( 'BELT' )),
'2' => array('value' => '2', 'text' => JText::_( 'CHAIN' )),
'3' => array('value' => '3', 'text' => JText::_( 'SHAFT' )),
);  
$lists[drivetypes] = JHTML::_('select.genericList', $drivetypes, 'drivetypes', ' class="inputbox" '. '', 'value', 'text', $items->drivetypes);

You can see RD-Autos used in a motorcycle website here www.topgunyamaha.com.au/motorcycles-for-sale