The developers have been busy lately working on a few new features and dozens of improvements for the Directory theme. The Directory wishlist thread is one of the most popular threads inside our forums and that’s something that makes us happy. We love the fact you guys care about Directory and wish to see it grow! This particular update isn’t very heavy on new features, but it does address something a lot of members want to see improved – location management. Manage locations globally, with only one country and with only cities Directory was created as a theme you can use to create a global directory website. With the ability to easily browse multiple countries, states and cities we believe this has been accomplished successfully. However, one thing a number of our members complained is the fact this global focus makes the theme less user friendly when used for smaller directories. They were right, it really doesn’t make sense to force every visitor to select a country and state when all content is within just one state. With v1.1.4 you can address this problem by choosing 1 of 3 location options: All Countries – essentially how the theme works now. This is what should be selected if you’re looking to add multiple countries inside Directory. One Country – display states and cities from a specific country. The option will hide the country dropdown from the header city selector, City Dropdown widget and the submission form (city select field). Only Cities – hides the country and state dropdown and leaves you with just the cities. This option essentially transforms Directory city management in the way it was inside GeoPlaces. This is really useful in case you’re looking to create a small directory website with just a few nearby cities. One thing worth noting is that “country”, “state” and “city” are relatively loose terms. There is nothing stopping you from creating a different structure, one where a city like New York is added as a state and its boroughs are “cities” within that state. The only thing you must do after committing to something like this is change text strings to the appropriate new names (“state” to “city”, “city” to “borough”, etc). New Fields Monetization feature Fields Monetization add-on owners can from now on limit the number of categories visitors can select while submitting a listing. This will be very useful on... Read more »
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