Documentation

 

Adding new directory item.

  1. Click “Add New”.
  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.

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.

Hiding your directory item from the public view

  1. Find and click into your directory item.
  2. Click on the "Options" tab and click “Hide from Public”.

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 with uploading the images, that the sizes should be whatever makes your site look best.  However, the image size will scale accordingly.

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 Tags.
  4. Click "Add" or "Update".

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. 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.

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".

Choosing the inDirectory Random template for the listing

This template gives the ability for 1 directory item to appear on the page at a time, and then a new directory item will appear on page load.

  1. Find the inDirectory List block you added.
  2. Click on the block and go to "Custom Template".
  3. Choose the “inDirectory Random” template.
  4. Click “Save”

At this point, you may want to edit the listing for how many appear. 

(Note: if you have selected 15 to appear on the listing, 1 of those 15 will show on the screen)

Change your directory item's detail page layout

The inDirectory comes with two different templates for the directory detail pages (inDirectory Standard and inDirectory Billboard).  While creating a page, the inDirectory Standard will be chosen by default.

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

  1. Click “Edit”.
  2. Click on the block area and click "Custom Template".
  3. Click on “inDirectory Billboard” and press "Save"

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