Multiple Listings and Products Showcase Extension for Directory / Pages Plugin enables Page Owners to link / add / associate related Listings, Businesses & Groups to their Pages. Such listings will be displayed on the Page profiles, thus making the Pages more informative and useful. This extension gives you a wide array of possibilities to extend Directory Items / Pages on your website. The ability to show their various listings, products, offerings, etc on their Pages will also motivate users to create more listings on your website, and keep their Pages updated.
After the overwhelming response we've received for "Directory / Pages Plugin", "Directory / Businesses Plugin", "Groups / Communities Plugin" and "Multiple Listing Types Plugin - Listings, Blogs, Products, Classifieds, Reviews & Ratings, Pinboard, Wishlists, etc All In One", we have moved one step ahead with this extension, as it integrates these 5!
This is a great tool which enables Page Admins to add / link / associate related Listings, Businesses & Groups to their Directory Items / Pages. Such listings / businesses / groups will be displayed on the Page profiles, thus making the Pages more informative and useful.
This extension gives you a wide array of possibilities to extend Directory Items / Pages on your website. The ability to show their various listings, businesses, products, offerings, groups, etc on their Directory Items / Pages will also motivate users to create more listings / businesses / groups on your website, and keep their Pages updated.
Note: This extension of "Directory / Pages Plugin" also requires atleast one of these: 1) Multiple Listing Types Plugin - Listings, Blogs, Products, Classifieds, Reviews & Ratings, Pinboard, Wishlists, etc All In One, 2) Reviews and Ratings Plugin, 3) Directory / Businesses Plugin, 4) Groups / Communities Plugin
- Adding Listings and Businesses to Pages: Page Admins can add / link / associate related Listings & Businesses to their Directory Items / Pages. These listings & businesses can be created using the following plugins:
- Example use case: Page Owners can add their Listings created for Food, Room Packages, Services Offered, etc to their Hotel's Page.
- Another example use case by integrating both "Multiple Listing Types Plugin" & "Directory / Businesses Plugin" with "Directory / Pages Plugin": Pages can be used as Brands, Listings as Products made by those Brands and Businesses as Stores dealing in particular Brands.
- Availability of Listings, Businesses & Groups to be added to Pages can be made dependent on Page Packages and Member Levels. Thus, you can configure this extension such that only Pages belonging to certain Packages (example: paid packages), or Pages administered by members of certain Member Levels (example: priviledged members) will be able to have associated listings / businesses / groups.
- Listings, Businesses & Groups added by Page Admins will be displayed in their respective separate tabs on Page Profile, with a tab each for the different Listing Types, for Businesses and for Groups.
- Links for adding listings, businesses & Groups to Directory Items / Pages are available in the Get Started and Apps sections of Page Dashboards.
- Widget to show all the Directory Items / Pages to which a Listing / Business / Groups has been added / associated. This is a widget for the Listing, Business & Group Profile pages.
- Site Admin can choose which Listings / Businesses / Groups could be added / associated with Pages at any time. These can be: The ones owned by the Page Admin who is adding, or the ones owned by all the Page Admins, or All the Listings / Businesses / Groups on the site.
- Page Profile Listings / Businesses / Groups: Displays listings, businesses or Groups added / associated to the Page. This widget can be placed multiple times on Page Profile, and for each widget placement, the respective Listing Type to be shown can be chosen.
- Listing / Business / Group Profile Linked Pages: Displays all the Pages to which the Listing / Business / Group has been added / associated.
- Choose Listings, Businesses & Group which would be available to Page Admins for adding to their Pages from the following options:
- Their Own Listings / Businesses / Groups
- All Page Admins' Listings / Businesses / Groups
- All Listings / Businesses / Groups
- Choose to enable adding of Listings / Businesses / Groups from the below plugins to Directory Items / Pages:
- Choose that Pages of which Packages should be able to have associated Listings, Businesses and Groups, and which Member Levels should be able to add / associate Listings, Businesses & Groups with their Pages.
Amongst the numerous integration possibilities with this extension, we are describing 3 example integration use cases below for integration of "Directory / Pages Plugin" with "Multiple Listing Types Plugin - Listings, Blogs, Products, Classifieds, Reviews & Ratings, Pinboard, Wishlists, etc All In One":
- Example 1: Having Movies, Celebrities and Theaters on site, with these 3 inter-linked:
The "Directory / Pages Plugin" is used for creating Pages of Movies.
Different Listing Types are created with "Multiple Listing Types Plugin" for: Celebrities (Actors, Actresses, Directors, etc) and Theaters. You will be able to enable Location for the listings of type Theaters, and can also enable Location and Proximity Searching for Theaters (see demo: http://demo.socialapps.tech/properties/map).
With this extension, Celebrities and Theaters (the multiple listings) can be associated / added with Movies (the Directory Items / Pages) [establishing a relation between these].
The Celebrities and the Theaters for a Movie will be display-able on its Page. Also, on the Theater listing, the Movies being played over there will be display-able in a widget. - Example 2: Having Hotels on the site, with their offerings:
The "Directory / Pages Plugin" is used for creating Pages of Hotels.
Multiple Listing Types are created with "Multiple Listing Types Plugin" like: Food, Room Packages, Services Offered, etc. Hotel Page Admins will be able to associate / add their Listings to their Hotel Pages. These Listings will then be visible on the Main Hotel Pages in their respective Listing Type tabs.
The profile of each associated listing type will also show the Hotel Page of the Hotel that offers that Listing. - Example 3: Having Brands, Products and Stores on site, with these 3 inter-linked:
The "Directory / Pages Plugin" is used for creating Pages of Brands.
Different Listing Types are created with "Multiple Listing Types Plugin" for: Products and Stores. You will be able to enable Location for the listings of type Stores, and can also enable Location and Proximity Searching for Stores (see demo: http://demo.socialapps.tech/properties/map).
With this extension, Products and Stores (the multiple listings) can be associated / added with Brands (the Directory Items / Pages) [establishing a relation between these].
The Products and the Stores for a Brand will be display-able on its Page. Also, on the Store listing, the Brands available over there will be display-able in a widget.
The following are the requirements for this plugin:
- This plugin is an extension of the Directory / Pages Plugin and thus that plugin must be installed.
- For listings & businesses that can be added to Directory Items / Pages, this extension requires atleast one of the following:
