1.Installation  

Directory page is created on install and automatically filled with an inDirectory List block.
Do not delete this page as this is where directory items will live. You may hide it from navigation if you prefer to add inDirectory List block to another page.

2. Adding new directory item.

1. Click “Add New Directory”.
2. Fill out the required fields (indicated by an asterisk*).  There are optional fields that provide great content when filling out your directory.
3. Click "Add" to save your directory item.

3. Editing an existing directory item.

1. Find your directory item and click the edit icon or the name of your directory item.
2. Update content on the page.
3. Click "Update" to save your directory item.

4. Hiding your directory item from the public view

1. Find and click into your directory item.
2. Click on the "Options" tab and click “Exclude From Page List” under the Hidden From Public header.
3. Click "Update" to save your directory item

5. Adding images to your directory item

1. Find and click into your directory item.
2. Click on the "Images" tab.
3. There are 8 image uploads in which you upload to.  Select the main image upload for the listing image.
4. Keep in mind when uploading the images that the sizes should be whatever makes your site look best.  However, the image size will scale accordingly.

6. Increasing SEO for your site

1. Find and click into your directory item.
2. Click on the "Meta" tab.
3. Input your Meta information for Meta Title, Meta Description, and Meta Keywords.
4. Click "Update".

7. Adding additional categories for sorting

1. Go to your dashboard.
2. Under “Pages & Themes” click “Attributes”.
3. Find the "Directory Category" attribute.
4. Scroll and find the existing attributes under “Values”. You can edit or delete them.  Also, you can fill out the textbox, click “add new” and it will show up in your checkbox list.

8. Adding the inDirectory List to any page

1. Click on any block area from the user side of your site.
2. Click “Add Block”.
3. Find the inDirectory List block and click on it.
4. Here you will fill out the fields in which apply to your directory item and the block in which you are using.
5. Click "Add".

9. Change inDirectory list view template

The inDirectory comes with 7 list view templates. They are

1. InDirectory Footable 

2. InDirectory List 

3. InDirectory List Popover

4. InDirectory Masonry 

5. InDirectory Masonry Popover  

6. InDirectory Photo

7. InDirectory Photo Popover

 

10. Change your directory item's detail page layout

The inDirectory comes with three different templates for the directory detail pages. They are

1)    inDirectory Standard

2)    inDirectory Billboard

3)    inDirectory Billboardslide

While creating a page, the inDirectory Standard will be chosen by default.

To update from the inDirectory Standard to the inDirectory Billboard or inDirectory Billboardslide (or the opposite), all you need to do is:

1. Visit the page of the directory item you want to edit.
2. Enter “Edit” Mode.
3. Click on the block area and click "Design & Custom Template".
4. Click on the gear symbol in the tool bar that appears.
5. Click on “inDirectory Billboard” in the Custom Template Dropdown and press "Save"

If you have your caching enabled, you will need to clear it before you will see these changes.

Note: Limitations may exist when adding more than one inDirectory block to a single page. For best results, we recommend limiting use to one inDirectory block per page.

11. Update the directory detail page type default blocks

You can update the directory detail page type to contain addtional blocks by default if you wish. An example might be a Call-to-Action pre-footer block, or similar.

1. Go to the Page Types listing in the admin.
2. Click on Output button in front of directory detail.
3. Click on the Edit Default button for the template you want to work on, which will take you to edit mode.
4. Select the block you want to insert to all pre-created pages.
5. Click on Setup on Child Pages option.
6. Follow the instructions as prompted.