User Guide
This is MOTOCOM theme Listing Based Buisness Niche documentation, containing helpful information, features and detailed instructions about how to use the niche.
1. General Information & Installation
1.1 Introduction
If you would like to build an exceptional listing website, MOTOCOM's niche Listing Based Business is just what you need! It is designed in such a way that it could be used as a Labor directory, Doctor directory, Hotel directory, Wedding, Fitness, or as a directory for other professionals as it has a lot of features a directory website may need with very little efforts. The inner pages are carefully designed to provide all the essential information any directory business would need. The best thing about this website is its excellent, semantic, and validated code with strong search ability and good loading time. It is a user-based directory theme with excellent features and design. It is well documented and on top of all, it is backed up by excellent customer support.It provides really an easy way to convert any existing site into a fully featured directory business website.Moreover, it also features location based directory. Maps & map markers functionality gives users fast and easy ability to find nearby places by powerful search system.
1.2 How To Set Up Listing Based Business
This section will contain the information regarding the plugins which are used in setting up of Listing Based Business niche of MOTOCOM theme.
The Listing Based Buisness niche includes the two main plugins MOTOCOM Listing and Web Directory Free .
You will get the option for installing the plugins of the niche from plugins screen . Here you can choose any one option from Auto Install or Manual Install.
Here the general description of both the plugins.
- Web Directory Free - Build Directory or Classifieds site in some minutes. The plugin combines flexibility of WordPress and functionality of Directory and Classifieds.It is really easy to convert any existing site into a fully featured directory business website with the directory plugin.
- MOTOCOM Listing - It is an addon plugin of Web Directory.
For detailed information Click here
2. Directory Listings
Directory Listings comes with the Web Directory Free plugins which have so many settings that are easy to customize and self-explanatory.
Navigate to Dashboard >> Directory Listing
2.1 Directory Listings
In this setting you can see all your listings and you can also create a new listing .
2.2 Create New Listings
Using this user can create the new listings for their website.
Create New Listings
- Add Title - Enter the title of the listing.
- Add Description - Enter the description of the listing.
Listing Media
- Attach Images - User can upload the image of the listing.
- Attach Videos - Enter full YouTube or Vimeo video link here.
Listing Categories - User can select the category of the listing.
Content Fields
- Phone - Enter the contact number of the listing.
- Website
- URl - Enter the URL of the website.
- Link text - Enter the text for the URL of the link.
- Email - Enter the Email ID of the listing.
- Listing Locations - You can enter the location details like Country, postal code, or some additional information for the listing with this setting.
- Slug - You can enter the slug here.
Note - After entering, all the details do not forget to hit Publish button.
2.3 Directory Categories
Using this setting user can add the categories of the directory.
Create Category
- Name - Please enter the name of the category. The name is how it appears on your site.
- Slug - The “slug” is the URL-friendly version of the name. It is usually all lowercase and contains only letters, numbers, and hyphens.
- Parent Category - Select the parent category from here. It will assign a parent term to create a hierarchy. The term Jazz, for example, would be the parent of Bebop and Big Band.
- Description - Enter the description of the category.It is not prominent by default; however, some themes may show it.
- Image - User can upload the image of the category and can also remove it.
- Create Category - Hit the button to create a new category.
2.4 Directory Locations
With this setting you can add the locations of the directory.
Create Location
- Name - Please enter the name of the location. The name is how it appears on your site.
- Slug - The “slug” is the URL-friendly version of the name. It is usually all lowercase and contains only letters, numbers, and hyphens.
- Parent Category - Select the parent category from here. It will assign a parent term to create a hierarchy. The term Jazz, for example, would be the parent of Bebop and Big Band.
- Description - Enter the description of the location.It is not prominent by default; however, some themes may show it.
- Create Location - Hit the button to create a location.
2.5 Directory Tags
With this setting you can add the listing tags.
Create Tag
- Name - Please enter the name of the category. The name is how it appears on your site.
- Slug - The “slug” is the URL-friendly version of the name. It is usually all lowercase and contains only letters, numbers, and hyphens.
- Description - Enter the description of the category.It is not prominent by default; however, some themes may show it.
- Create Tag - Hit the button to create a tag.
5.9 Social Sharing
Listing Social Sharing Buttons