Today we spoke with Darren who is a designer, SEO professional & a blogger. He shared his story about a dream project that he wanted to create for sometime now of Travel directory. We asked him a few questions about his experience of creating a directory site using Templatic Travel Directory. He shared with some interesting insights about the project. Let’s take a look. The Challenge 1. Tell Us More About Yourself & The Site Answer: My name is Darren Hurley I am a Web Designer, SEO, Travel Blogger and owner of welovekohchang.com. We Love Koh Chang is a comprehensive travel guide about the island of Koh Chang, located on the eastern side of Thailand. 2. What was contributing to the difficulty? Answer: I required the website to be directory based and required to have Google Maps and Directions integration for each listing, a user friendly interface which would give the ability for the user to sign up by themselves and upload their own content, with easy upgrade options. I also required Paypal payment system as a part of the sign up process. Easy addition of Agoda Partner Hotel Booking affiliate links were also required to be integrated into the listings. We wanted the new site to be mobile and desktop responsive, well coded and SEO friendly. 3. Why did you go with Travel Directory Theme? Answer: After reviewing the Travel Directory Theme Demo, I immediately liked it. We wanted to work on the WordPress platform so this was perfect. It provided most of the aspects I was looking for in terms of functionality for my new site. Layout and functionality for the new website was especially important, with the rise of mobile and tablet use online the website we wanted the site to be SEO ready and responsive to all devices. The layout for the site was another important feature, we wanted the site to be clean and contemporary with easy-to-read layouts and typography, again the Templatic Travel Theme was exactly what we were looking for. I especially liked functionality such as Google Maps and Direction Maps into the home page, listing archives and listing pages. The Tevolution Directory plugin easily allowed us to offer directory listings, monetize and take easy PayPal payments. The plugin also gave us the functionality for businesses to upload their own content, make payment and add a listing to the directory themselves. The Solution... Read more »
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