Directory / Businesses Plugin

Available for SocialEngine version 4
Note: This plugin is a duplicate of the "Directory / Pages Plugin". Thus, it has all the excellent features of "Directory / Pages Plugin". This plugin also has multiple extensions for enhanced features. You may install this plugin on your website along with "Directory / Pages Plugin" if you want 2 directory systems.

Discount: If you have already purchased the "Directory / Pages Plugin", then you may avail 50% discount for this plugin by using the Coupon Code: PAGEBIZ on the checkout page.
Plugin
$99.00
16 Extensions (3 FREE!)
Demo Demo
Extensions for Directory / Businesses Plugin 15 Extensions
Directory / Businesses Plugin enables you to have a robust directory system in your social network. This feature-rich plugin can be used for a wide variety of listings like businesses (hotels, stores, restaurants, etc), personalities, products, profiles, services, books, pets, etc.

With properties like excellent features, ease-of-use, great design, quick navigation and search engine optimized businesses, this plugin is the ideal solution for advanced listings. Its modular architecture and many available extensions allow you to have just the right feature set that you need for directory items / businesses on your site. Features like reviews & ratings, albums, videos, notes, documents, invite & promote and many more can be easily plugged into businesses.

This plugin gives you a great monetization opportunity by allowing you to charge users for business listings. Multiple business profile types with custom fields and options to associate them with business categories enable you to create various types of business listings according to you requirements.

Plugin Features:

  • Site Admin can choose to have a common CSS for both "Directory / Pages Plugin" and "Directory / Businesses Plugin" if you have both of them installed. This is good for webpage performance.
  • Business Packages: Admin can enable packages for directory items / businesses on site. If enabled, multiple packages can be created based on features that should be available to businesses under them. Paid packages can also be created. (Scroll below for more on packages.)
  • Categories and sub-categories allow robust classification of business listings.
  • Custom Profile Types can be created for business listings with each profile type having different profile fields. Association of categories with business profile types enable you to have different profile fields for each category.
  • Multiple Admins for Businesses allow multiple users to manage a business listing. Thus, every directory item / business can have its team to configure it and keep it updated. Business admins can also be shown on the business profile.
  • Claiming Businesses:
    •   Businesses can be claimed. Users can file claims for business listings.
    •   Admin can choose certain users as "Claimable Business Creators". Businesses created by them get the "Claim this Business" link on the business itself. This is useful in cases like if you have certain members whose job is to create only those businesses on your site which could later be easily claimed by their rightful owners.
    •   Admin can enable / disable claiming. All claims require admin inspection and approval.
  • New! Data Importing: Admin can import Directory Items / Businesses on their community from CSV files and listings from "Listings / Catalog Showcase Plugin". Enables launching of community with already created Businesses. Entities could then claim their Businesses using the Claim Businesses feature. Importing can also be done anytime, even in a running site to create Businesses in bulk.
  • Business Dashboard enables easy creation of businesses, and allows managing various components of a business listing. (Scroll below for more on dashboard.)
  • Search Engine Optimized (SEO) URLs and structure.
  • User Experience:
    •   User Interfaces with optimal use of AJAX, without sacrificing SEO. Our extensive AJAX implementation in this plugin for enhanced user experience has been done considering the fact that SEO is equally important for your site.
    •   Easy navigation enabling quick transition to users. Breadcrumb based navigation at many places also helps in SEO.
    •   3 displays: List View, Grid View, Map View for directory items / business listings on Businesses Home and Browse Businesses provide excellent user experience.
  • Keyword tags can be associated with business listings. A tag cloud widget provides easy filtering of businesses.
  • Sponsored Businesses:
    •   Packages can be created such that their businesses are automatically made sponsored.
    •   Thus, users can be made to pay for making their business sponsored.
    •   AJAX Carousel widget for showcasing sponsored business listings.
    •   Sponsored businesses have "Sponsored" labels on their profile, are highlighted with a sponsored icon in listings and their markers can be shown on map with a bouncing animation.
    •   Ordering on "Browse Businesses" can be done such that sponsored businesses are shown first.
    •   Site Admin can make / remove businesses as sponsored.
  • Featured Businesses:
    •   Packages can be created such that their businesses are automatically made featured.
    •   Thus, users can be made to pay for making their business featured.
    •   Featured Businesses Slideshow widget for showcasing featured business listings.
    •   Featured businesses have "Featured" labels on their profile, are highlighted with a featured icon in listings.
    •   Ordering on "Browse Businesses" can be done such that featured businesses are shown first.
    •   Site Admin can make / remove businesses as featured.
  • Business of the Day widget enables one business listing to be highly showcased for a day. This is admin configurable.
  • Layouts:
    •   2 attractive AJAX based layouts for Business Profiles: Tabbed Layout and Non-tabbed Layout. In tabbed layout, main widgets are linked via ajax based horizontal tabs. In non-tabbed layout, main widgets are linked via ajax based links in vertical order, in left column. Site admin can decide which layout type to activate.
    •   Widgetized Business Profile with drag-and-drop widgets, and admin controls enables you to choose and customize features for business listings on your site.
    •   Site Admins can enable business owners to customize block positions, add new available blocks, create and add HTML blocks on their business's profile via a drag-and-drop interfaced layout editor. Available blocks are the many widgets provided in this plugin.
    •   Widgetized Businesses Home and Browse pages, which can be configured using drag-and-drop widgets.
  • Google Maps and Geocode API integration:
    •   Google maps integration used in Map View for business listings.
    •   Businesses having location information have a Map Tab on their profile showing their accurate location on map.
    •   Business owners can point their exact location on map using drag-and-drop marker in Business Dashboard.
    •   Owners can simply enter their business item's location address and this converts it to a formatted address and location coordinates to be plotted on map using Geocode API.
    •   Geocoding is also used in Proximity Search for directory items / businesses.
  • Foursquare integration: If enabled for a business item, business visitors will be able to add the business's place or tip to their Foursquare To-Do List.
  • Searching and Browsing:
    •   Good directory items / businesses browsing experience and powerful search ensures that users easily find results.
    •   Searching enabled over business profile types and custom fields
    •   Name / keyword based search
    •   Proximity Search to find business listings around a location at a distance
    •   Filtering based on closed / open status, friends' / everyone's businesses
    •   Filtering based on tags / categories / sub-categories
    •   Filtering based on popular locations
    •   New! Alphabetic Filtering
    •   Ordering based on recent / views / comments / likes / alphabetical
    •   New! Admin Search Form Settings: Choose which of the available search and filter fields should be shown in the form and what their sequence should be.
    •   New! AJAX Search widget: It enables AJAX search over Business Titles. Search interface is similar to Facebook's search.
    •   Businesses archives for month-wise browsing
  • Likes for Businesses:
    •   Businesses can be liked / unliked
    •   Business profile shows users who like it
    •   Most Liked Businesses widget
    •   Business owners can send updates to users who Like their business
  • Advertising: Seamless integration with Advertisements / Community Ads Plugin. Lots of well designed ad positions for attractive advertising. Users can also advertise their directory items / businesses. Additional widgets that tempt users to advertise their business.
  • Modular Architecture & Extensions:
    •   Enables you to plug-and-play extensions for enhanced features. You can choose which ones to install based on your requirements. All extensions are highly configurable. Click here to see all extensions.
    •   Reviews & Ratings: Categorical and attractive ratings system. Rating parameters based on business categories enable users to give accurate opinions. Separate pros and cons fields in reviews easily highlight the good and bad experiences of reviewers. Members can mention if they would recommend the business to someone. Reviews section on business profiles show their reviews. Users can post comments on reviews and 'Like' the ones they find useful. Visit here for more.
    •   Photo Albums: Ajax based photo browsing in albums. Attractive lightbox display provides a great experience. Business owners can select good photos to be shown in a photo strip on their business profile. More details here.
    •   Documents: Enables adding and showcasing documents of a directory item / business. Can be used for requirements like uploading restaurant menus, property designs, etc. More details here.
    •   Videos, Notes, Events, Polls, Music are some other content extensions.
    •   Form Extension: Enables business owners to create a form and receive user responses. Can be used for receiving booking leads, feedback, enquiries, etc. More details here.
    •   Badges: Badges can be assigned to businesses. This can be used for marking business items as Premium, Leader, etc as per your requirements. Business owners can also apply to site admin for a badge. More details here.
    •   Offers: Business owners can create offers and mark a featured offer. More details here.
    •   Inviter and Promotion: Business owners can promote their business by importing their address books from popular webmail services and contact lists and inviting their friends or fans to visit & explore their business. Details here.
    •   New! Embeddable Badges, Like Box: Great tool for Business owners to attract people and gain popularity, visibility and Likes by using attractive embeddable badges of their Business which can be shared across the web. Also very good for brand propagation of your website. Details here.
    •   Discussions: Every business can have its own forum where discussion topics can be created and discussed. (FREE Extension)
  • New! Linking Businesses: Business Admins can link other Businesses to their Business. The "Linked Businesses" widget on Business Profile shows Businesses related to that Business. An example usage of such a widget could be a movie theater business linking itself to Businesses of movies being played over there.
  • Tell a friend: Enables a user to easily email a business listing to friends.
  • Printing: Business information can be printed.
  • Innovative You May Also Like widget shows to users other businesses that might interest them based on the one they are viewing currently.
  • Privacy configurable by business owners relating to viewing business, commenting, showing in search, discussions, and also privacy controls for extensions enable business owners to specify who can post content like photo uploading in business, video creation, documents creation, etc.
  • Businesses can be published or saved as draft.
  • User profile integration: Businesses Tab widget in user profiles shows directory items / businesses posted by the user.
  • Activity Feed integration: Integration with site homepage feed, user profile feeds and business updates feeds. Feeds have been designed as to have maximum impact. Additionally:
    •   New! Activity feeds for directory items / businesses can be generated with Business Photo and Title instead of photo and name of the Business Admin.
    •   New! Users can receive on their homepage the activity feeds of Businesses that they have liked.
  • Insights and Statistics:
    •   Business owners can see Tabular and Graphical statistics for their businesses.
    •   Metrics include views, likes, comments, and active users.
    •   Graphical statistics can be viewed over different durations and time scales in both cumulative and incremental form.
    •   Statistical reports can be viewed / downloaded over different durations and time scales in web(.html) and excel(.xls) formats.
    •   Users can choose to receive periodic emails with insights of their businesses.
    •   Admin can see detailed statistics for businesses.
  • Networks: Users can be shown businesses belonging only to their network.
  • Mobile Compatibility: Compatible with the SocialEngine Mobile Plugin.

Packages:

  • Package system can be enabled / disabled any time. If enabled, multiple packages can be created with varying features.
  • Flexible configurations.
  • Free & Paid packages: Payments via Paypal or 2Checkout for paid businesses (integration with SocialEngine's payment system).
  • Expiry time-limit can be set for businesses of a package. Businesses of paid packages can be renewed after expiry.
  • Businesses of packages can be automatically approved, sponsored and featured based on their setting.
  • Features like below can individually be made dependent on packages such that they may be available to selected packages:
    •   Tell a friend
    •   Print
    •   Rich Overview
    •   Location Map
    •   Insights
    •   Contact Details
    •   Foursquare Integration
    •   Send an Update
    and more..
  • Features from App Extensions like photos, videos, documents, notes, form, polls, events, inviter, offers, etc can individually also be made package dependent.
  • Even custom Profile Fields can be made package dependent such that higher packages can provide more profile fields and a detailed profile to businesses.
  • New! Package based settings for Community Ads: Setting for enabling Community Ads display (from "Advertisements / Community Ads Plugin") on directory items / businesses can also be Package based. This can be used to give extra privileges to Businesses of special / paid packages by making them free of ads display. Thus, your customers will have an extra incentive to pay you for their Business as they can then have their Business ad-free. Better monetization!
  • Business owners can change / upgrade the package for their business from dashboard.

Business Profile (Business Components):

  • 2 attractive AJAX based layouts: Tabbed and Non-tabbed. In tabbed layout, main widgets are linked via ajax based horizontal tabs. In non-tabbed layout, main widgets are linked via ajax based links in vertical order, in left column. Site admin can decide which layout type to activate.
  • Widgetized Page with drag-and-drop widgets and tabs; can be customized by admin using Layout Editor to choose features.
  • Site Admins can enable business owners to customize block positions, add new available blocks, create and add HTML blocks via a drag-and-drop interfaced layout editor. Available blocks are the many widgets provided in this plugin.
  • Updates: Similar to the wall feature on Facebook Pages, enables users to keep track of updates and content posted in a listing.
  • Info: Information about a business listing like its description, tags, category, owner, location, contact details, etc. Admin created custom profile fields also show up here.
    •   Comments feature.
  • Overview: Business owners can create rich profiles for their business using WYSIWYG editor.
  • Map: Available if directory item / business has location information, this shows the business entity on a map. Detailed location information is also shown.
  • Tabs from various app extensions like Photos, Videos, Notes, Reviews, Documents, Form, Events, Polls, Offers, Music and Discussions.
  • Links: Links shared by users on the business are displayed here.
  • Sponsored and Featured labels: Attractive label images above and below business profile photo for sponsored and featured businesses respectively. These labels are admin configurable.
  • About Us: Business owners can write a main caption about the business, just like on Facebook Pages and Profiles.
  • Action links for sharing, suggesting, tell a friend, printing, contacting the owner, etc.
  • Foursquare Button for adding the business's place or tip to Foursquare To-Do List.
  • Ratings widget: Shows average overall rating and average rating for the various parameters.
  • Users can see who all like a business.
  • You May Also Like widget shows to users similar businesses as the current one, which might interest them.
  • Social Sharing Buttons for quick sharing on favorite social networks.
  • Business Owners widget showing featured owners of the business.
  • Multiple other widgets.
  • Search Engine Optimized structure.

Business Dashboard:

  • Enables users to easily and intuitively configure the various components of their businesses and manage it.
  • Ajax based quick loading of components at most pages.
  • Sections available based on features accessible to the business from its package.
  • Get Started: Tells the user about most of the business components including the ones from extensions.
  • Edit Info, Profile Picture, Contact Details: For basic business info and other respective information.
  • Overview: Creating rich listing overview using WYSIWYG editor. Also allows video embedding.
  • Edit Style: Styling business page using CSS properties like background image, color, font type, etc.
  • Edit Layout: Customize widget positions, add new available widgets, create and add HTML blocks on business's profile via a drag-and-drop interfaced layout editor.
  • Location: Accurately marking listing location on map using drag-and-drop marker and verifying detailed location info.
  • Profile Info: For custom fields based on business profile type or category.
  • Manage Admins & Featured Admins: Add / Remove admins for the directory item / business, who will also be able to manage it. Featured admins are shown on business profile.
  • Marketing: Multiple tools for increasing popularity of business like: Invite & Promote, Send an Update to those who like the business, configuring Foursquare button.
  • Apps: Nicely designed section showing to business owners the links for creating & managing content and other entities from the extensions like: photos, videos, documents, notes, form, polls, events, inviter, offers, etc.
  • Insights and Reports for the business.
  • Packages: If packages are enabled, business owners can change their business's package.
    and more..

Businesses Home:

  • Widgetized and customize-able by admin using Layout Editor. Widgets can be easily moved, added or removed.
  • Featured Businesses Slideshow with controls.
  • Categories and sub-categories shown in an attractively arranged manner.
  • Recent / Most Popular / Random / Featured / Sponsored businesses shown in Ajax tabs.
  • 3 display forms: List View, Grid View and Map View. Grid view has tooltips for all entries and enables users to easily Like businesses in an attractive manner.
  • Sponsored and Featured businesses are specially marked.
  • Ratings are shown for businesses.
  • Search form and filtering widget.
  • Sponsored Businesses AJAX Carousel.
  • Tag cloud showing popular tags.
  • Other widgets can also be placed from Layout Editor as desired.

Browse Businesses:

  • Widgetized and customize-able by admin using Layout Editor. Widgets can be easily moved, added or removed.
  • Categories and sub-categories shown in an expandable widget for filtering.
  • 3 display forms: List View, Grid View and Map View. Grid view has tooltips for all entries and enables users to easily Like businesses in an attractive manner.
  • Sponsored and Featured businesses are specially marked.
  • Ratings are shown for businesses.
  • Search form and filtering widget.
  • Popular Locations widget.
  • Tag cloud showing popular tags.
  • Other widgets can also be placed from Layout Editor as desired.
  • Month-wise archives of businesses.

Widgets:

  • This plugin contains 3 widgetized pages: Businesses Home, Browse Businesses and Business Profile. The available widgets can be placed at desired locations using Layout Editor and various settings for them like their heading, number of elements, etc can be configured:
    •   Ajax based Recent, Popular, Random, Featured & Sponsored businesses tabs
    •   New! Ajax Search
    •   New! Alphabetic Filtering
    •   Categories and Sub-categories
    •   Categories and Sub-categories (sidebar expandable)
    •   Featured Businesses Slideshow
    •   Sponsored Businesses AJAX Carousel
    •   Most Commented Businesses
    •   Most Discussed Businesses
    •   Most Liked Businesses
    •   Business Profile: About Business
    •   Business Profile: Apps Links
    •   Business Profile: Foursquare Button
    •   Business Profile: Featured Business Admins
    •   Business Profile: Overview
    •   Business Profile: Discussions
    •   Business Profile: Business Info
    •   Business Profile: Like Button
    •   Business Profile: Information
    •   Business Profile: People who like
    •   Business Profile: Map
    •   Business Profile: Action Links
    •   Business Profile: Other Businesses of Owner
    •   Business Profile: Social Share
    •   Business Profile: You May Also Like
    •   Business Archives
    •   Business of the Day
    •   Popular Locations
    •   Popular Business Tags
    •   Popular Businesses
    •   Recent Businesses
    •   Random Businesses
    •   Top Rated Businesses
    •   Recently Viewed Businesses
    •   Recently Viewed by Friends
    •   User Profile Businesses
    •   Search Businesses Form
    and more..
  • Extensions for Businesses come with their own different widgets.

Administration:

  • Enable and configure plugin settings for payments, multiple business admins, sharing, maps integration, proximity search, featured & sponsored labels, browsing sequence, business layout editing by owners, category editing, etc.
  • Activate one of the 2 available layouts for Business Profiles.
  • Enable, create and manage packages.
  • Extensive Member Levels based controls and permissions.
  • Create and manage categories and sub-categories. Sequence of categories and sub-categories can be adjusted by drag-and-drop.
  • Create and manage profile types and custom profile fields for directory items / businesses. Custom fields can be made searchable.
  • Configure mapping between business categories and profile types such that custom profile fields can be based on categories.
  • View, manage and moderate businesses, with extensive options to change business category, change owner, edit a business, etc.
  • Mark businesses as featured and sponsored.
  • Widget Settings.
  • Assign Business of the Day.
  • Enable and manage claims for businesses.
  • Assign users as "Claimable Business Creators", whose businesses would be easily claimed.
  • Configure settings for Insights Emails and Graphs.
  • View Statistics for businesses.
  • Advertising Settings: Settings for the various ad positions and widgets created because of seamless integration with "Advertisements / Community Ads Plugin".
  • View and manage transactions for paid directory items / businesses on site.
    and more..
The Directory / Businesses Plugin can be used by websites for a variety of directory types. Some of them can be:
  • Restaurants
  • Hotels
  • Recipes
  • Pets
  • Books
  • Activities
  • Tours
    • and many more...
Various Demo URLs:
I want 2 separate directory systems on my website. What should I do?
You can use this "Directory / Businesses Plugin" for 1 directory system and the "Directory / Pages Plugin" for the second directory system. An admin setting in the "Directory / Businesses Plugin" enables you to load a common CSS for both these plugins on your website, which is good for webpage performance.
Is this easy to install?
Yes, absolutely! This plugin will install seamlessly on your SocialEngine with the one click Package installation feature.
What will my plugin download contain?
The plugin download will be a zipped file, which upon extraction will give the plugin package tar file, the license file, and the installation instructions file.
Is this a stand-alone plugin?
Yes, no other plugins are required to run this plugin. There are many extensions available for enhanced features.
I want to enhance the features of Directory Items / Businesses on my site. What all extensions are available?
Please click here to see all the extensions available for the Directory / Businesses Plugin.
Can I myself customize this plugin for a more specific directory system, like say for: Cars?
Yes absolutely. You can yourself easily make changes for such a customization, and your plugin will still be upgradable.
I want to customize this plugin according to the offerings and design of my site. Can you help me?
Yes, please contact us with your customization requirements.
Plugin
$99.00
Screenshots



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