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The Business Plugin page allows you to manage all the Business listings in your community, determine the Global Settings and Member Level Settings for your community, and manage Business Questions and Categories.
You can reach the Business settings area in your Admin panel by navigating to Plugins > Businesses.
The “View Businesses” tab shows all of the Business listings in your community.
To view a Business listing, click on the "view" link next to the Business listing that you would like to view.
You can delete an individual Business listing by clicking the "delete" link on the right side of each row under the "Options" column.
You can choose to delete multiple Business listings at once by using the checkboxes on the left side of the table and the "Delete Selected" button at the bottom. Checking the checkbox in the blue title bar will select all of the check boxes on the list below it.
To get to this page, click on the "Global Settings" tab. These settings affect all members in your community.
Determine how many Business Listings will be shown per page.
Determine whether you want to make an unauthorized Business listings searchable. This allows listings marked as private to be searched or shown in widgets for everyone.
These settings are applied on a per Member Level basis. Start by selecting the Member Level that you would like to modify and then adjust the settings for that level. To reach this page, click on the "Member Level Settings" tab.
Select the Member Level that you would like to edit.
Decide whether the selected Member Level is allowed to view Business listings.
The "Yes, allow members to view all Business listings, even private ones" option is only available for the moderator/admin/super admin Member Levels. This option will allow members of this level to see all the Business listings on the site regardless of the Business listing’s privacy level. Selecting the "Yes, allow viewing of Business listings" will allow members of this level to view and subscribe to all of the Business listings which apply to members of this level. Selecting the "No, do not allow Business listings to be viewed." option will not allow members of this level to view any Business listing pages or see the Business menu item in any menus on the site.
You can limit the ability of the selected Member Level from being able to create Business listings.
The "Yes, allow creation of Business listings" will allow members of this level to create Business listings. Selecting the "No, do not allow Business listings to be created." will not allow the members of this level to create any Business listings.
You can decide whether the members of the selected Member Level are allowed to edit Business listings.
The "Yes, allow members to edit all Business listings" will only appear for moderators/admins/super admin type Member Levels. Selecting this option will allow members of this level to edit any Business listings as they see fit. The "Yes, allow members to edit their own Business listings" will only allow members of this level to edit the Business listings that they have created. Selecting the "No, do not allow members to edit their Business listings" option will not allow the members of this level to edit any Business listings.
You can decide whether the members of the selected Member Level are allowed to delete Business listings.
The "Yes, allow members to delete all Business listings" will only appear for moderators/admins/super admin Member Levels. Selecting this option will allow members of this level to delete any Business listings as they see fit. The "Yes, allow members to delete their own Business listings" will only allow members of this level to delete the Business listings that they have created. Selecting the "No, do not allow members to delete their Business listings." will not allow the members of this level to delete any Business listings.
You can decide whether the members of the selected Member Level are allowed to comment on Business listings.
The "Yes, allow members to comment on all Business listings, including private ones" will only appear for moderators/admins/super admin Member Levels. Selecting this option will allow members of this level to comment on any Business listing as they see fit. The "Yes, allow members to comment on Business listings" will only allow members of this level to comment on Business listings that they have access to. Selecting the "No, do not allow members to comment on Business listings." will not allow the members of this level to comment on any Business listings.
You can limit the ability of the selected Member Level from being able to upload photos for their Business listings.
The "Yes, allow photo uploading to Business listings" will allow members of this level to upload photos to their Business listings. Selecting the "No, do not allow photo uploading." will not allow the members of this level to upload any photos to their Business listings.
Set the options which allow the members to select who can view their Business listings.
Set the options which allow the members to select who can comment on their Business listings
Set whether to allow members to set Network Privacy for their listings.
By default the ability to add any HTML in the description field is disabled. If you would like to allow a member to use HTML in the description field, you will need to list the tags that you would like to allow in the field below. An example would be: a, b, img, font, etc.
NOTE: there is still a pre-programmed list in the source code that limits the allowed HTML tags in an entry. If you would like to see the list of forbidden tags, please refer to the /application/libraries/Engine/Filter/Html.php file. These tags were forbidden to prevent the corruption of the site's styling; however, if you would like to take any of the tags off the list, you are more than welcomed to at your own risk.
Set the maximum allowed number of Business listings per member.
Enter the maximum number of Business listings allowed for the members of this level. The field must contain an integer between 1 and 9999, or 0 for unlimited.
When finished modifying the privileges of the selected member level, click on "Save Changes" to save any changes that you have made.
Determine what Questions members must answer when creating a Business listing. To reach this page, click on the "Business Questions" tab.
To create a new Business Question, click the "Add Question" link.
You should see a popup as shown below:
Select a “Question Type”.
This field contains two types of options - “Generic” and “Specific” Question Types. Generic types, such as "Single-line Text Input" have no special features - they simply will display that specific type of field on the listing page. Specific types, however, are much more interesting! Many have special features specific to that type of field. For example, the “Twitter” and “Facebook” types will automatically link the Twitter/Facebook handles in their listing when they fill in that field. Other specific Question types come pre-populated with options (such as “Gender” or “Country&rdquo
so that you don't have to add them manually.
Enter a “Question Label”. We’ll show you how this looks on the Business listing “add” and “edit” screen in a screenshot at the end of these steps.
Enter a description for your Question. This helps the member to know more details about this Question field and shows beneath the input box.
[Optional]You can provide an Inline CSS class that will be applied to the field so that you can style specific fields differently. You will also need to define this class either in the source code or one of the CSS files editable in the Theme Editor.
[Optional]You can add a Custom Error Message which will display when there is an error with the field, such as when the member leaves a required field blank.
Choose whether the Business field is required or not.
Choose whether or not to show the field on the Business listings search options. This allows members to filter Business listings by that field in the Business listings search area.
You can choose whether the field is visible on the Business Page or not.
You can choose whether or not you want this field to show up on the creation page when a member creates a new Business listing.
Once you're done filling out the form, click "Save Question" to save your new Business Question.
You may have a few fields for which you want to add more choices. For example, if you've created a “Select Box” type of Question, you'll need to specify the options for the select box. To do this, click the "Edit Choices" link beneath the name of the Question in the list. Below, we show the Gender Question.
Occasionally, you may want to have a field dependent on a member option being selected. For example, you might have a Question "How did you hear about our site?" Your options might include "Friend Referral", "Google", "Blog Article", and "Other." If the member selects "Other", you may want a text input box to appear which allows them to enter custom text.
To do this, click "Edit Choices" for the relevant Question.
Click on the label for the choice you want to add a dependent field to (for example "Job Type").
When you do this, text similar to the following text appear beneath the question. Click the link beneath that text to "Add Question."
Follow the question creation steps outlined above to add the dependent field.
Clicking the "Hide Questions" link will hide the dependent questions - to display them again, simply click "Edit Choices" and then on the choice associated with the dependent question.
Questions can be re-ordered by clicking on the icon to the left of their names and dragging-and-dropping them up or down.
Editing a Question is much the same as adding one. The form will look nearly identical, but you won't have the option to select from an existing field. Click “edit” to open the edit popup for the Question that you want to change.
To delete a Business Question, click the "delete" link next to the Question's name, and press “OK” when the confirmation prompt pops up.
Create categories if you want to allow your members to categorize their Business Listings. In order to get to the Categories page, click on the "Categories" tab.
Categories allow your members to organize their Business listings with others of similar subject matter. If you have no categories, your members will not be given the option of assigning a category. Categories can help members find similar content easier; can help with SEO; and can help make a niche site more unique for its members.
To edit a Category Name, click on the "edit" link under the "Options" column for the Category whose name you want to change.
It will open a popup just like the one used to create a Category. When you have finished making your changes to the Category Name, click on "Edit Category" to save your changes.
To delete a Category, click on the "delete" link under the "Options" column for the Category that you want to delete.
It will open a popup asking if you are sure you want to delete the following Category. To delete the Category, click on the "Delete" button.
