Even though Directory launched almost 3 months ago, we never really stopped working on the theme. During this time several small improvements have been made, but nothing that would warrant a blog post. Today we are ready to unveil a few substantial tweaks that have been in the works for a while now. Post upgrade functionality Before today’s update regular members could not change the active price package (payment plan) while the submitted post was active. They had to wait for it to expire and then choose the price package during the renewal process. With this update each member can click on “Upgrade” from his/hers user dashboard and initiate a process during which they’ll be able to select a new price package. The checking out part is the same as before; any payment gateways you might have installed will work with the upgrade functionality as well. From the management perspective, the functionality is pretty simple. Once a user upgrades a post the new price package will be applied starting with the day the upgrade was made. In other words, the remaining time from the previously active price package will be lost. In order to keep things simple we’ve decided against options such as the ability to upgrade by paying the difference amount. Such functionality would be very hard to implement and also something that would rarely be used. From the information we gathered, most upgrades will happen from free to premium packages, not premium to premium. With this update we’ve also included a new email notification. The admin (you) will be notified every time someone upgrades a post. A separate notification will also be send if the “Pre Bank” payment option is selected so you know to expect to see money in your bank account. Translating Directory just got easier Because of its segmented design and a total of 4 major components, Directory was much harder to translate than most other WordPress themes. With the 1.1 version we are addressing this in three ways… 1. Separate front-end and back-end strings With Directory 1.1 you will find two PO files for each plugin and the actual theme; one for front-end and one for back-end strings. By separating the strings into two different files you’ll finally be able to translate just the front-end. This is something we’ve wanted to do for quite some time but just couldn’t find a way. In the... Read more »
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