WP-BusinessDirectory Extensions

There are several widgets that come together with the WP-BusinessDirectory to enhance the functionality and user experience. Each widget has a specific function and layout.

They are presented in the section below.

WP-BusinessDirectory Listing Search Widget

The WP-BusinessDirectory widget allows your visitors to search through the existing companies. It provides different search parameters that will be explained in the following section.

If a field is selected mandatory the search will not be done unless the field is complete.

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  • Title – the title of widget that will be displayed in front-end

  • Description – text that will be displayed on front-end

  • Base Layout – base layout of the widget

  • Layout type – the orientation of search fields. It can be horizontal or vertical.

  • Menu item id – set the menu item id that is associated with the search. The menu item will be selected when the search is done.

  • Background color - define the background color of the listing search widget

  • Custom attributes – dropdown of custom attributes that will be shown on front-end

  • Radius – set the default radius for the search

  • Maximum radius – the maximum radius that will appear on slider

  • Show map – show a map with result business listing above the search fields

  • Set auto focus – enable/disable auto focus

  • Overlay effect – add an overlay offect when the search input field receives the focus

  • Map height – set the height of the map

  • Map width – set the width of the map

  • Max listings – determine the max number of map markers, when there are no search results.

  • Min number of letters – minimum number of letters required for the search

  • Field Label – switch the label of the fields between text and icons

  • Show only map – show only map on search widget

  • Enable Autosuggestion –enables the location autosuggestion

  • Show keyword - show the keyword input

  • Mandatory keyword – set the keyword mandatory

  • Enable keyword suggestion – enables suggestions (categories or company names) while searching on keyword

  • Show categories – show categories dropdown

  • Mandatory categories – set categories mandatory

  • Show subcategories – show subcategories dropdown

  • Separate categories – separates categories and subcategories on different select boxes

  • Available categories – the admin can decide which categories to display in the search widget

  • Show category suggestion - if the setting is set to yes, all the categories below will be shown on the search filter

  • Suggested Categories - select the categories to show on the filter as suggested

  • Show types – show business listing type

  • Mandatory types - set the business listing type mandatory

  • Available Types – You can add the business types that are available

  • Show cities – show cities

  • Mandatory cities – set cities mandatory

  • Show regions – show regions

  • Mandatory regions – set regions mandatory

  • Show countries – show countries

  • Mandatory countries – set countries mandatory

  • Show Zipcode – show zip code

  • Mandatory zipcode – set zipcode mandatory

  • Enable location suggestion - if set to yes, all the suggested locations will show

  • Show Location Popup – show/hide the location popup that is shown when clicking on the zip code field

  • Mandatory location autosuggestions - force the user to select a value from the location autosuggestions

  • Show province – show province

  • Mandatory province – set province mandatory

  • Show bookmark – show bookmark

  • Enable autocomplete – enable autocomplete functionality on select boxes

  • Enable autolocation – enable auto location functionality on browsers

  • Enable link location – enable link location functionality between countries, regions and cities.

  • Preserve search values – enable/disable preserving values between searches

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If the search widget is set in the new position dir–search-listing-top, it will display on the left side of the site, on top of the search filter.

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WP-BusinessDirectory Listings

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Shows the latest business listings added based on category, featured attributes.

  • Menu item id – the menu item that will be associated with the view all link

  • View type – the layout in which the listings will be displayed

  • Ordering – set the default ordering for the listings

  • Layout type – set the layout type. For list view type the layout will be always vertical.

  • Mobile Layout – layout for the mobile devices

  • Tablet Layout – layout for the tablet devices

  • Desktop Layout – layout for the desktops

  • Title characters - set the number of characters for the title

  • Packages - you can choose to display only the listings that belong to the set packages

  • Number of businesses – set the max number of events to display on the widget

  • Categories – you can choose to display only the listings that belong to the set categories

  • Custom Attributes Displayed - you can choose to display only the listing that belong to the set custom attributes (only for style simple 2)

  • Type - you can choose to display only the listings that belong to the set type

  • City – you can choose to display only the listings that belong to the set city

  • Region - you can choose to display only the listings that belong to the set region

  • Country - you can choose to display only the listings that belong to the set country

  • Memberships – filter the displayed listings by the selected memberships

  • Link target – Associate the item link with the listing page or with the listing website

  • Link with listing view - Link with listing category, display related listings that have the same category.Used to display related items.

  • Link with video – display listings that are in the category with the same name as the video category

  • Link with country – display items from the country selection from the country widget

  • Enable nearby listings – enable or disable nearby listings

  • Campaign Position – sets the campaign plans that are used for displaying the listings

  • Only Campaigns - show only campaign businesses

  • Only featured – choose the possibility to whether display or not only the featured listings

  • Only with logo – display or not only the businesses with logo

  • Show recently viewed - display only recently viewed listings. Other conditions are applied too.

  • Listings geo location – display businesses based on the listing location- this will do a refresh of the page and the coordinates will be added on the current URL

  • Geo location radius – show listings based on the radius set

  • Show view all – set whether to display or not the “View all” button, which will redirect the user to set categories above

  • Item background color - set the background color of latest listings

  • Item border color - set the border color of the latest listings

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WP-BusinessDirectory Offer Search Widget

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  • Title – the title of widget that will be displayed in front-end

  • Description – text that will be displayed on front-end

  • Menu item id – set the menu item id that is associated with the search. The menu item will be selected when the search is done.

  • Layout type – the orientation of search fields. It can be horizontal or vertical.

  • Background color - define the background color of the offer search widget

  • Max Offers – max number of map markers, when there are no search results.

  • Min number of letters – minimum number of letters required for the search

  • Custom attributes - dropdown of custom attributes that will be shown on front-end

  • Search filter distance – set the default distance in case of a zip code search

  • Show map – show a map with result business listing above the search fields

  • Show only map – show only map on search widget

  • Map height – set the height of the map

  • Map width – set the width of the map

  • Show keyword - show the keyword input

  • Mandatory keyword – set the keyword mandatory

  • Enable keyword suggestion – enables suggestions (categories or offer names) while searching on keyword

  • Show categories – show categories dropdown

  • Mandatory categories – set categories mandatory

  • Available categories – the admin can decide which categories to display in the search widget

  • Show subcategories – show subcategories dropdown

  • Show types – show offer type

  • Mandatory types – set the offer types to mandatory

  • Show cities – show cities

  • Mandatory cities – set cities mandatory

  • Show regions – show regions

  • Mandatory regions – set regions mandatory

  • Show countries – show countries

  • Mandatory countries – set countries mandatory

  • Show province – show province

  • Mandatory province – set province mandatory

  • Show Zipcode – show zip code

  • Mandatory zipcode – set the zipcode field to mandatory

  • Enable Autosuggestion – enables the location autosuggestion

  • Show location popup – show/hide the location popup that is shown when clicking on the zip code field

  • Enable link location – enable link location functionality between countries, regions and cities.

  • Show min price – show the min price field

  • Show max price – show the max price field

  • Maximum price – max number of map markers, when there are no search results.

  • Show bookmark - show bookmarks

  • Select item type – filter the offers based on type selected

  • Overlay effect - add an overlay offect when the search input field receives the focus

  • Enable autocomplete – enable autocomplete functionality on select boxes

  • Preserve search values – enable/disable preserving values between searches

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If the search widget is set in the new position dir–search-offers-top, it will display on the left side of the site, on top of the search filter.

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WP-BusinessOffer Widget

  • The WP-BusinessOffer widget displays the offers of the day in a cyclic manner. Offers of the day can be set via the backend in the Manage Offers section. A click on the offer will redirect visitor to the offer description.

WP-BusinessDirectory Offers

  • The widget displays the latest offers published.

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  • Menu item id – the menu item that will be associated with the view all link

  • View type – the view on which the offers will be displayed

  • Ordering – set the default ordering for the offers

  • Layout type – set the layout type. For list view type the layout will be always vertical.

  • Mobile Layout – layout for the mobile devices

  • Tablet Layout – layout for the tablet devices

  • Desktop Layout – layout for the desktops

  • Packages - you can choose to display only the offers that belong to the set packages

  • Number of offers – set the max number of offers to display on the widget

  • Select item type –filter the offers based on the type selected

  • Categories – you can choose to display only the offers that belong to the set categories

  • Type – filter the offers based on type

  • City – you can choose to display only the offers that belong to the set city

  • Region - you can choose to display only the offers that belong to the set region

  • Show location – show offer location

  • Offers geo location – display offers based on the offer location – this will do a refresh of the page and the coordinates will be added on the current URL

  • Geo location radius – show offers based on the radius set

  • Link with offer category – show related offers , display the offers that are relevant to the current offer category

  • Only featured – choose the possibility to whether display or not only the featured offers

  • Show listing name – show the name of the listing associated with the offer

  • Show offer free text – show/hide the free offer text

  • Show view all – set whether to display or not the “View all” button, which will redirect the user to set categories above

  • Item background color – set the background color of the latest offer

  • Item border color - set the border color of the latest offer

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WP-BusinessDirectory Event Search Widget

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  • Title – the title of widget that will be displayed in front-end

  • Description – text that will be displayed on front-end

  • Menu item id – set the menu item id that is associated with the search. The menu item id will be shown when the search is done.

  • Layout type – the orientation of search fields. It can be horizontal or vertical.

  • Background color - define the background color of the event search widget

  • Max events – determine the max number of map markers, when there are no search results

  • Min number of letters – minimum number of letters required for the search

  • Custom Attributes - dropdown of custom attributes that will be shown on front-end

  • Search filter distance – set the default distance in case of a zip code search

  • Maximum radius - the maximum radius that will appear on slider

  • Show map – show a map with result business listing above the search fields

  • Show only map – show only map on search widget

  • Map height – set the height of the map

  • Map width – set the width of the map

  • Show keyword - show the keyword input

  • Mandatory keyword – set the keyword mandatory

  • Enable keyword suggestion – enables suggestions (categories or event names) while searching on keyword

  • Show categories – show categories dropdown

  • Mandatory categories – set categories mandatory

  • Available categories – the admin can decide which categories to display in the search widget

  • Show subcategories – show subcategories dropdown

  • Show types – show the events’ type

  • Mandatory types - set the events type mandatory

  • Show date range – show the events date range

  • Mandatory date range – set events date range mandatory

  • Show age – show the events age limit

  • Mandatory age – set events age limit mandatory

  • Show time – show the events time

  • Mandatory time – set events time mandatory

  • Show cities – show cities

  • Mandatory cities – set cities mandatory

  • Show regions – show regions

  • Mandatory regions – set regions mandatory

  • Show countries – show countries

  • Mandatory countries – set countries mandatory

  • Show province – show province

  • Mandatory province – set province mandatory

  • Show Zipcode – show zip code

  • Mandatory zipcode – set the zipcode field to mandatory

  • Enable Autosuggestion – enables the location autosuggestion

  • Show location popup - show/hide the location popup that is shown when clicking on the zip code field

  • Enable link location – enable link location functionality between countries, regions and cities.

  • Overlay effect - add an overlay offect when the search input field receives the focus

  • Enable autocomplete – enable autocomplete functionality on select boxes

  • Preserve search values – enable/disable preserving values between searches

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If the search widget is set in the new position dir–search-events-top, it will display on the left side of the site, on top of the search filter.

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WP-BusinessDirectory Events

  • The widget displays the latest events published.

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  • Menu item id – the menu item that will be associated with the view all link

  • View type – the view on which the events will be displayed

  • Ordering – set the default ordering for the events

  • Layout type – set the layout type. For list view type the layout will be always vertical.

  • Mobile Layout – layout for the mobile devices

  • Tablet Layout – layout for the tablet devices

  • Desktop Layout – layout for the desktops

  • Packages - you can choose to display only the events that belong to the set packages

  • Number of events – set the max number of events to display on the widget

  • Categories – you can choose to display only the events that belong to the set categories

  • Type – filter the events based on type

  • City – you can choose to display only the events that belong to the set city

  • Region - you can choose to display only the events that belong to the set region

  • Show location – show event location

  • Events geo location – display events based on events location – this will do a refresh of the page and the coordinates will be added on the current URL

  • Geo location radius – show events based on the radius set

  • Link with event view - Link with event category. Display related events that have the same category. Used to display related items.

  • Only featured – choose the possibility to whether display or not only the featured events

  • Show listing name – show the name of the listing associated with the event

  • Show view all – set whether to display or not the “View all” button, which will redirect the user to set categories above

  • Item background color – set the background color of the latest event

  • Item border color - set the border color of the latest event

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WP-BusinessDirectory Categories Widget

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The WP-BusinessCategories displays a list with all the available categories and subcategories. Currently only two levels are displayed, the main categories and their subcategories. Subcategories are displayed on mouse over the main category. Clicking on a category will display all the businesses available for that specific category.

View type - the view on which the categories will be displayed. If the slider type is selected, also on slider view options, there is the possibility to choose the visible items, number of items to scroll, enable or disable autoplay and the speed of autoplay. (It is the same also for JBusinessCategoriesOffersWidget and JBusinessCategoriesEventsWidget).

Mobile Layout - layout for the mobile devices

Table Layout - layout for the tablet devices

Desktop Layout - layout for the desktops

Categories - you can set whether to display all the categories or only some of them

Link with quote requests - display the quote request dialog instead of the search results (will work only with JBD Quote Request app)

Show related categories - display the related categories to the searched category, it will be shown when performing a category search on the results page

Show view all - you can set whether you want the “View all” button to show or not in the end of the widget

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WP-BusinessDirectory Categories Offers Widget

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  • The widget displays a list with all the available categories and subcategories. Currently only two levels are displayed, the main categories and their subcategories. Subcategories are displayed on mouse over the main category. Clicking on a category will displayed all the offers available for that specific category. It has the same edit view and functionalities as the WP-BusinessCategories widget.

WP-BusinessDirectory Categories Events Widget

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  • The widget displays a list with all the available categories and subcategories. Currently only two levels are displayed, the main categories and their subcategories. Subcategories are displayed on mouse over the main category. Clicking on a category will displayed all the events available for that specific category. It has the same edit view and functionalities as the WP-BusinessCategories widget.

WP-BusinessDirectory Announcements Widget

  • The widget displays the latest announcements published.

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  • Ordering – set the default ordering for the announcements

  • Alphabetical/ID ordering -

  • Number of announcements – set the max number of announcements to display on the widget

  • Categories – you can choose to display only the announcements that belong to the set categories

  • Link target - set item link target

  • Listings geo location – display announcements based on announcements location – this will do a refresh of the page and the coordinates will be added on the current URL

  • Geo location radius – show announcements based on the radius set

  • Title characters - set the number of characters to show as announcement title, the rest of the characters with be truncated

  • Description characters - set the number of characters to show as announcement description, the rest of the characters with be truncated

  • Item background color – set the background color of the latest announcements

  • Item border color - set the border color of the latest announcements

After installation you access the widget section of Wordpress administration and filter by announcements widget. You should be able to see the WP-BusinessDirectory Announcements widget and you can click on it to access the settings.The site administrator can assign the widget anywhere on the website.

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WP-BusinessDirectory Listing Videos Widget

  • The widget displays the latest listing videos published.

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  • View type – the layout in which the listings videos will be displayed

  • Ordering – set the default ordering for the videos

  • Mobile Layout – layout for the mobile devices

  • Tablet Layout – layout for the tablet devices

  • Desktop Layout – layout for the desktops

  • Categories – you can choose to display only the videos that belong to the set categories

  • Number of videos – set the max number of videos to display on the widget

  • Show listing name - choose rather to show or not the listing name on the video widget

After installation you access the widget section of Wordpress administration and filter by listing videos widget. You should be able to see the WP-BusinessDirectory Listing Videos widget and you can click on it to access the settings.The site administrator can assign the widget anywhere on the website.

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WP-BusinessDirectory Packages Widget

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After installation you access the widget section of Wordpress administration and filter by packages widget. You should be able to see the WP-BusinessDirectory Packages widget and you can click on it to access the settings.

The site administrator can assign the widget anywhere on the website.

On this widget you will have to select the packages that will show on the front-end area and also the text next to it.

*Note: If packages are disabled the widget will just a preview of the functionality. In order to enable packages please set Enable Packages to yes on WP-BusinessDirectory General Settings | Business Listings tab *

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WP-BusinessDirectory Maps Widget

After installation you access the widget section of Wordpress administration and filter by map widget. You should be able to see the WP-BusinessDirectory Map widget and you can click on it to access the settings.

The site administrator can assign the widget anywhere on the website.

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The settings of the widget include:

  • Map height – set the map height

  • Map width – set the map width

  • Max listings – set the maximum number of listings to be shown on the map

  • Categories – filter the shown listings by the categories set on the widget

  • Type – filter the shown listings by the type set on the widget

  • City – filter the shown listings by the city set on the widget

  • Region – filter the shown listings by the region set on the widget

  • Country – filter the shown listings by the country set on the widget

  • Only featured – if set to yes, only featured listings are shown

After all the settings of the widget are set, it will be shown anywhere on the website depending on menu assignment and the position.

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WP-BusinessDirectory Reviews Widget

This widget displays all the saved reviews for business listings.

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  • Categories – display only the reviews for those listings that belong to the categories set

  • Number of reviews – the number of reviews to be displayed on the widget

  • Minimum score – the minimum score of the reviews to be displayed

  • Ordering – set the ordering on which the reviews will be displayed

  • Review text limit – set the max number of characters the review description can gave

  • Item circle color – the color of the review user circle

  • Item background color – the background color of the reviews widget

  • Item border color - the border color of the reviews widget

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