Thread: Can it be used for a Business Directory?

Can it be used for a Business Directory?

Hi, I am thinking about switching over my DNN directory to your wordpress one. However, I need most of my functionality there and I don't know if your script does all of it. Can you please take a look at mine at http://www.WisWeddingPlanner.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and let me know what features wouldn't work with your theme. A couple things I am wondering if yours does is: user search by distance, have a business be listed in more than one category, feature listings, make featured listings look a little different. Can the look be changed a bit - I would like to add pics and stuff? The tabs and stuff in the right hand corner? Can I add my own fields / remove some of the ones that I see in the demo (for classifieds, ex. price)? Does it give detailed stats, ex. how many clicks on a listings website or on their listing over a one month time or something? Can I add other wordpress plugins to this theme? What are the hosting requirements? Can it integrate coupon codes for listing discounts? What is the Paypal IPN feature coming soon? What are some future enhancements coming up (I know this new version was just released, but I am new to this). I can't wait to hear back from you. Sorry for all the questions...I look forward to hearing from you and purchasing this theme. Thanks.

Re: Can it be used for a Business Directory?

No, you can't search by distance, No your users cannot list ads in more than one category (although you can achieve this by manually editing the ad in the wp-admin end), Yes you can have featured listings and these would appear in the featured ad slider at the top of the page (as shown on the ClassiPress demo page http://wpclassipress.com/demo/). The overall look of the ClassiPress theme can definitely be customized by someone with enough coding knowledge.
Yes, each page has a stats counter and you can see more stats for the site in WP-admin with a stats plugin. Yes, you can use WordPress plugins. You can read more about Paypal IPN on their website https://www.paypal.com/ipn
You can find the minimum requirements for this at the bottom of the features page http://wpclassipress.com/features/. Hope this helps :)

Re: Can it be used for a Business Directory?

Hi, thank you for your quick reply. Do you know if many people host this theme with GoDaddy. I was looking at their hosting. You Say, "No your users cannot list ads in more than one category (although you can achieve this by manually editing the ad in the wp-admin end)". This means I can easily update listings on the admin end to make a listing be included in more than one category. Will this theme work with Buddy Press? I would like to have a business directory and community. You say it doesn't work with zipcode search, can it list all states or cities that are listed and a user can select from there for a more detailed search? Is this something that might be implemented in the future or not really. Will it work with a MU Environment? Thanks.

Re: Can it be used for a Business Directory?

one last question...(besides the ones from the post above). Can you have free listings and pd listings (and featured), where free listings can only display certain fields (ex. business name and phone), and then pd listings can show all of the fields (ex. business name, phone, url, photos, etc)?