Combine business directory and classifieds capability in the same theme
Hello,
We are nonprofit, building a community website for early stage businesses to help each other and build a community. The website will contain a directory of business listings and free classifieds posted by member businesses. The site will need to be searchable/navigable by business listings (categorized by industry verticals) and free classifieds (categorized ex; jobs, events, RFPs and so on) . The free classifieds need to be linked to the member businesses and viewable on the side when users view a business details.
I like your Classipress theme and it seems to fit the classifieds piece very well. It is not very clear how we can achieve the business listing piece and the link between businesses and free classifieds.
Can you please help me with the following questions that will help us make a decision? Thanks!
a) Is it possible to achieve the above mentioned functionality with the Classipress theme?
b) Does it require any customization to include member business listings as well?
c) Are there any pointers to documentation on how the customization can be done if we buy the theme? Have any of your customers done this before?
d) Is there a possibility that the Directorypress slated for launch in Sep 2010 can be combined with Classipress to deliver the above mentioned functionality without any customization?
e) In general are there any issues we should consider while customizing the themes (from an upgrade/maintenance standpoint)
More details on the site in terms of mockups are available at this link, in case they are helpful.
https://sites.google.com/site/growaz/site-wireframes
Regards,
Usha