Business Directory

Settings
This is where you will set up your directory options, packages, prices and add any custom text either above or below the categories listing.

As you can see from the options above, and their drop down bars, you have the ability to set whether or not businesses will be automatically added to your directory, or if you want to review and approve each listing first. Note: If you prefer to screen all business listings for appropriateness prior to activation, you should set 'Action for pre-paid listings' to 'Hold for administrator approval'. Also note that if you enable the 'Allow users to edit listings' feature, your users will be able to completely change the business' details after you approve it. This may defeat the purpose of holding the business for approval. But will save you the headache of updating a listing each time they notice a typo or need a small adjustment.

You can also decide ultimately how many categories a business can list in and how many images you wish to allow them to have in their ads. Keep in mind, these settings are Global (meaning it is the same for all advertisers no matter what package type they choose). If you wish to not allow a business to upload an image, you can uncheck the option within the package details as will be explained below. But if you leave it checked to allow an image(s), then the same number listed above applies to to any package.

Checking or unchecking these options enables these billing periods. If you wish to only collect payments on a yearly basis, uncheck the other two options and only leave "Allow yearly billing".

Placing prices in the fields above specifies the amount you wish each of the following upgrades to cost if they are not already bundled as part of the pre-existing packages. This would be paid in addition to the package price they refer to when they list their business.

Your Business Directory supports various packages. You decide what those packages will include, their costs, and the cost of add-on options not included in a package type. You can see that both Standard and Premium packages are already created for you and allow for both monthly or annual payments. The business directory will automatically list businesses alphabetically. However, Premium Businesses are lifted to the top of their category to be displayed before all Standard listings.

To allow a businesses to list in your directory free, you will need to set the package pricing for "0.00". Then you can have all the add-ons be paid features, if you wish. From this point on it is as easy as completing an online form to set up your packages pricing and features.

When bundling your packages, please understand that coupons and banners are done on a credits system. If you wish to allow a business to have "1" coupon with a standard business listing package, that means that coupon, once they enter it, is only displayed in the site for one month (no matter what expiration date they apply to the coupon). If you select 4 for the number of allotted coupons, the business can have One coupon display for four consecutive months, or four separate coupons display for one month each (redeemable at anytime during their active business listing account), or any combination (ie: 1 coupon displaying for three months and 1 to only display one month.). This works exactly the same for banners.

Once you have applied all the changes you wish to the current packages, scroll down to the bottom of the packages list and click the button.

To create a new package, click the button. The screen will refresh with the new package at the bottom of the list awaiting a new name and pricing. Click the Update Packages button when finished.

The 'Custom Field' option (at the bottom of the package details) can be for collecting one more bit of information from the business that you might wish your visitors to know. This could be anything from Store Hours to Searchable Keywords. You can only create one custom field per package so plan carefully!

Another way this could be used would be to have it collect a 'promotional code' from the business when registering in case you offered a special discount in an ad. This would tell you they are eligible. You can then apply the special offer to their package and delete the code before enabling the business to the directory. If you left the code in there it would be visible to all users who see this listing in your directory and they would not understand what the code is for.

This section will allow you, the admin, the ability to place a small amount of text either above or directly below the categories table on the Business Directory page. This is optional, if you need additional space to provide instructions, or an announcement.

When you change the text above or below the categories you will see the following:

This is what your editor looks like. You can highlight and delete the current text displaying there by clicking and holding down your right mouse button and dragging it over the words Add your content here. And then clicking the Backspace button on your keyboard. Now you are ready to create your own text! Each of the buttons along the top tool bar will do something to effect your page. Hovering your mouse over those options will give you a small description of the buttons function. Such as the

button will cause your text to be Bold. The

will Italicize text, and the

will underline text. I am not going to go over each and every button function here, as I am sure your experimenting will show you how much control and power you will have. Ok, now to create our Contact Page.

To create the above effects, I used the Justify Center

button to center my text on the page, the font size drop down bar to change the words Contact Us to a size 4(14pt). Then I used the Bold

button. Next, I used the enter key to move to start a new paragraph. The typed the second line of text. Then the enter key again and then the Font Color

button to change the font to green. Then enter again to move to the next line. Finally, I typed in an email address for them to contact me at. Upon typing either an email or an URL, it will automatically create a hyperlink for your visitors to click.

*Java Script and html code found on other sites: Any html code copy and pasted from outside sources is considered outside content and will not be supported by our staff. There are simply too many codes and languages out there written by people who may or even may not have known what they were doing. Some of these codes may be poorly written, or may be coded in such a way as to not be supported by our editor. By placing 'code' from other sources in the editor may cause the following:

All of these effects are caused by the code entered into the editor, not of any fault with our software. If this issue occurs, the content will be deleted by our staff. I am sure you understand that it is simply too time consuming for our staff to try to find every instance of poor coding found from other sources on the Internet.

Fullscreen Mode

To expand the active window to a full screen click on the 'Fullscreen Mode' Icon. Concurrent clicks on this icon will toggle this feature on and off.

Cut (Ctrl+X)

To cut a portion of the document, highlight the desired portion and click the 'Cut' icon (keyboard shortcut - CTRL+X).

Copy (Ctrl+C)

To copy a portion of the document, highlight the desired portion and click the 'Copy' icon (keyboard shortcut - CTRL+C).

Paste (Ctrl+V)

To paste a portion that has already been cut (or copied), click where you want to place the desired portion on the page and click the 'Paste' icon (keyboard shortcut - CTRL+V).

To paste from Microsoft Word, click on the drop down icon next to the Paste Icon.

Paste from Microsoft Word (Ctrl + D)

To Paste from Microsoft Word: Copy your desired text from Microsoft Word and click the drop down icon next to the paste icon. Select the 'Paste from MS Word Option'. This will remove the tags that Microsoft Word automatically places around your text. It will also remove most text formatting as well.

Paste Text

To Paste Text

Search, Find and Replace

To find and replace words or phrases within the text:
Select the search and replace feature. Enter the word or phrase you wish to replace and type it in the 'Find what' field

Select the new word or phrase you wish to replace the searched text with in the 'Replace with' field.

You can choose to 'find next' which allows you to manually replace instances of the searched text, or you can choose 'replace all' which allows you to replace all instances of the selected text.

Selecting the optional 'Match Case' tab allows you to search for a word or phrase with exactly the same upper or lower-case spelling of the word or phrase entered in 'Find What'. Not selecting this option means that a word entered in the 'Find what' field with upper case characters will return a search of upper and lower case matches of the same word.

Selecting the optional 'Match whole word only' tab allows the search to only display the words that are an exact match of the word or phrase entered in the 'Find What' field.

Undo (Ctrl+Z)

To undo the last change, click the 'Undo' icon (keyboard shortcut - CTRL+Z). Each consecutive click will undo the previous change to the document.

Redo (Ctrl+Y)

To redo the last change, click the 'Redo' icon (keyboard shortcut - CTRL+Y). Each consecutive click will repeat the last change to the document.

Check Spelling (F7)

To check spelling, select the text you would like to spell check (if you do not select the text, then your whole document will be checked)

Click on the spell checker icon or right click on the mouse and scroll down to 'Check spelling'.

You will be taken to the first incorrectly spelled word. You can then choose to

- Change the incorrectly spelled word with the suggested words provided
- Ignore the incorrectly spelled word (i.e. not make any changes to it)

To check spelling of a single word, highlight the word and right click on the mouse to get a selection of suggested replacements. To replace the miss-spelt word with one of the suggested words, simple select one of the replacements.

Remove Text Formatting

This command allows you to select a specific portion of text and remove any of the formatting which it contains. To remove any text formatting select the desired portion of text and Click the 'Remove Text Formatting' button.

Bold (Ctrl+B)

To bold text, select the desired portion of text and click the 'Bold' icon (keyboard shortcut - CTRL+B). Each consecutive click will toggle this function on and off.

Underline (Ctrl+U)

To underline text, select the desired portion of text and click the 'Underline' icon (keyboard shortcut - CTRL+U). Each consecutive click will toggle this function on and off.

Italic (Ctrl+I)

To convert text to italic, select the desired portion of text and click the 'Italic' icon (keyboard shortcut - CTRL+I). Each consecutive click will toggle this function on and off.

Strikethrough

To format text as strike through Select the text you want formatted by highlighting it and select the 'Strike through' icon. Each consecutive click will toggle this feature on and off

Insert Number List

To start a numbered text list, click the 'Insert Numbered List' icon. If text has already been selected, the selection will be converted to a numbered list. Each consecutive click will toggle this function on and off.

Insert Bullet List

To start a bullet text list, click the 'Insert Bullet List' icon. If text has already been selected, the selection will be converted to a bullet list. Each consecutive click will toggle this function on and off.

Decrease Indent

To decrease indent of a paragraph, click the 'Decrease Indent' icon. Each consecutive click will move text further to the left.

Increase Indent

To increase indent of a paragraph, click the 'Increase Indent' icon. Each consecutive click will move text further to the right.

Superscript

To convert text to superscript (vertically aligned higher): Select the desired portion of text and click the 'Superscript' icon. Each consecutive click will toggle this function on and off.

Subscript

To convert text to subscript (vertically aligned lower): Select the desired portion of text and click the 'Subscript' icon. Each consecutive click will toggle this function on and off.

Align Left

To align to the left, make a selection in the document and click the 'Align Left' icon.

Align Center

To align to the center, make a selection in the document and click the 'Align Center' icon.

Align Right

To align to the right, make a selection in the document and click the 'Align Right' icon.

Justify

To justify a paragraph or text, make a selection in the document and click the 'Justify' icon.

Insert Horizontal Line

To insert a horizontal line, select the location to insert the line and click the 'Insert Horizontal Line' icon.

Create or Modify Link

To create a hyperlink, select the text or image to create the link on, then click the 'Create or Modify Link' icon. if applicable, the popup window will contain existing link information. You can type the full URL of the page you want to link to in the URL text box. You can also enter the target window information (optional) and an anchor name (if linking to an anchor - optional).

For quick access to links, you can choose to insert a pre-defined link from the 'Pre-defined links' dropdown list.

When finished, click the 'Insert Link' button to insert the hyperLink you just created, or click 'Remove Link' to remove an existing link. Clicking 'Cancel' will close the window and take you back to the editor.

Insert / Modify Anchor

To insert an anchor, select a desired spot on the web page you are editing and click the 'Insert / Modify Anchor' icon. In the dialogue box, type the name for the anchor.

When finished, click the 'OK' button to insert the anchor, or 'Cancel' to close the box.

To modify an anchor select the anchor (displayed as an anchor icon when guidelines are switched on) and click the 'Insert / Modify Anchor' icon. Make your changes and hit the 'OK' button or click 'Cancel' to close the window.

Font

To change the font of text, select the desired portion of text and click the 'Font' drop-down menu.

Select the desired font (choose from Default - Times New Roman, Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, Courier New or Georgia).

Font Size

To change the size of text, select the desired portion of text and click the 'Size' drop-down menu.

Select the desired size (text size 1-7).

Paragraph

To change the format of text, select the desired portion of text and click the 'Format' drop-down menu.

Select the desired format (choose from Normal, Superscript, Subscript and H1-H6).

Styles & Formatting

To change the style of text, images, form objects, tables, table cells etc select the desired element and click the 'Style' drop-down menu, which will display all styles defined in the style-sheet.

Select the desired style from the menu.

Note: this function will not work if there is no style-sheet applied to the page.

Font Color

To change the color of text, select the desired portion of text and click the 'Color' drop-down menu.

Select the desired color from the large selection in the drop-down menu. To define your own custom color, click on the 'More Colors...' button at the bottom of the color picker.

This will launch the advanced color picker, where you can select a color from the color map, or specify your own color using RGB or hex values. You can also change the contrast of the color by clicking on the contrast gradient

Background Color

To change the highlighted color of text, select the desired portion of text and click the 'Highlight' drop-down menu.

Select the desired color from the large selection in the drop-down menu. To define your own custom color, click on the 'More Colors...' button at the bottom of the color picker.

This will launch the advanced color picker, where you can select a color from the color map, or specify your own color using RGB or hex values. You can also change the contrast of the color by clicking on the contrast gradient

Insert Table

To insert a table, select the desired location, then click the 'Insert Table' icon.

A new window will pop-up with the following fields: Rows - number of rows in table; Columns - number of columns in table; Width - width of table; BgColor - background color of table; Cell Padding - padding around cells; Cell Spacing - spacing between cells and Border - border around cells.

Fill in table details then click the 'OK' button to insert table, or click 'Cancel' to go back to the editor.

Edit Table Properties

To modify table properties, select a table or click anywhere inside the table to modify, then click the 'Modify Table Properties' icon.

A pop-up window will appear with the table's properties. Click the 'OK' button to save your changes, or click 'Cancel' to go back to the editor.

Note: this function will not work if a table has not been selected.

Show / Hide Guidelines

To show or hide guidelines, click the 'Show/Hide Guidelines' icon.

This will toggle between displaying table and form guidelines and not showing any guidelines at all.

Tables and cells will have a broken gray line around them, forms will have a broken red line around them, while hidden fields will be a pink square when showing guidelines.

Note that the status bar (at the bottom of the window) will reflect the guidelines mode currently in use.

Insert Row

To insert row above, click inside cell above which to insert a row, then click the 'Insert Row Above' icon.

Each consecutive click will insert another row above the selected cell.

Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected.

Delete Row

To delete a row, click inside cell which is in the row to be deleted, then click the 'Delete Row' icon.

Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected.

Delete Column

To delete a column, click inside cell which is in the column to be deleted, then click the 'Delete Column' icon.

Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected.

Insert Column

To insert a column, click inside cell which is in the column to be inserted, then click the 'Insert Column' icon.

Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected.

Increase / Decrease Column Span

To increase / decrease column span, click inside cell who's span is to be decreased, select the Edit Tables / Cells icon and choose Edit Table from the dropdown menu. then click the 'Decrease Column Span' icon.

Each consecutive click will further decrease the column span of the selected cell. Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected.

Insert / Modify Flash

If a flash movie is NOT selected, clicking this icon will open the Flash Manager.

If a flash movie IS selected, then clicking this icon will open the 'Modify Flash Properties' popup window.

To modify the properties of the selected flash movie, set the required attributes and click the 'Modify' button.

Insert / Modify Media

If an image is NOT selected, clicking this icon will open the Image Manager.

If an image IS selected, then clicking this icon will open the 'Modify Image Properties' popup window.

To modify the image properties of the selected image, set the required attributes and click the 'Modify' button.

Insert / Modify Image

Insert Special Characters

To insert a special character, click the 'Insert Special Character' icon.

A pop-up window will appear with a list of special characters.

Click the icon of the character to insert into your web page.

Toggle Absolute Positioning

To position a text box or image using absolute positioning, select the the textbox or image and select the 'absolute positioning' icon. You can now click and drag an image or text box to the location you would like it to reside within the active window.

Source Mode

To switch to source code editing mode, click the 'Source' button at the bottom of the editor.

This will switch to HTML code editing mode.

To switch back to WYSIWYG Editing, click the 'Edit' button at the bottom of the editor.

This is recommended for advanced users only

Preview Mode

To show a preview of the page being edited, click the 'Preview' button at the bottom of the editor.

This is useful in previewing a file to see how it will look exactly in your browser, before changes are saved.

To switch back to editing mode, click the 'Edit' button at the bottom of the editor.

Ready to create your text?? Ok. Just click the Update Text button and away we go!

Businesses
Here you can edit any information pertaining to a current business listed in your directory, or enable/delete a business awaiting your review. After selecting the above Businesses icon, you will see a list of all businesses registered. This will display them in alphabetical order. Clicking on a letter of the alphabet displayed above the businesses will allow you to view businesses only beginning with that letter. Please note: Only 15 results per page are posted. You can choose from the pages numbered below the list of businesses to view more. Here you can see the business name (as it appears in your directory), any attention grabbers they may be using, the business description, their contact phone number, their current status (Awaiting Approval or Active), and finally you are given the ability to Edit the account.

Use the search box below the alphabet to help you quickly locate an ad that may need administering.

Below this list, is the option to send an email to all businesses who have entered a valid email address. To email a business individually, you will need to do it manually.

Clicking the Edit link allows you to access the Business Details section to edit any current information, find out the username who owns the account, upgrade the listing or approve/deactivate the listing. At the bottom of the Business Details is a button to Update your changes, or Delete the Business altogether.

Categories
Adding categories and subcategories to your directory is a snap! Or should I say 'click'?

To create a subcategory for any category, click the Category Name you wish to add to, not the Edit icon.

Note: You can create as many categories as you wish. Each category can have as many subcategories as you wish. And each subcategory can have as many sub-subcategories as you wish, and so on. You get the idea?

Featured Business
If you wish to feature any particular business listed in your Business Directory, you can do this by selecting the Featured Business icon. Doing this is optional, and you do not have to remove the business after one week, or even one month if you do not wish. Setting a business of the week will enable the businesses logo (if one is uploaded) and text Company Name to display in a prominent area on the Featured Business page right below the categories list. If a website Url has been added, clicking either the logo or Company Name will cause the Company's website to open in a new window.

To replace a Featured Business Company for a new one, simply select a different name from the dropdown bar and click the update button. To offer no Featured Business, select None.

The option above allows you the choice of where a visitor would be brought if clicking on the Featured Business. If the business has their own website url in their business directory ad, you can choose to have it link to their personal website. If no url is listed, you can link it to their ad right in your directory.

Attention Grabbers
As learned previously, your directory allows businesses to select from a small image library an attention gaining image to be displayed with their company name to help them stand out from among fellow advertisers.

Please visit the Knowledge Base in our Support Center for many other FAQs and their answers.

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Action for pre-paid business listings:
Allow users to edit listings:
Businesses may be listed in up to:	categories
Businesses may submit up to:	image(s)
Show street maps to businesses:

Bold upgrade:	$	$	$
Highlight upgrade:	$	$	$
"Attention Grabber" upgrade:	$	$	$
Price list:	$	$	$
Restaurant menu:	$	$	$

:: Price list included:	This will allow businesses to enter certain items or services they offer and their prices. You can learn more about this feature by clicking here.
:: Bold upgrade included:	This will allow the Company Name to be Bold in the directory listings to help this business stand out from among his fellow advertisers. Note: If you have your Visual Settings, Fonts and Colors set to automatically Bold hyperlinks, then this effect will no longer 'appear' to work, as all links will be bold.
:: Highlight upgrade included:	This will allow the Company Name to be a color the Business Owner selects upon registering to help his business stand out from among his fellow advertisers.
:: Attention Grabber upgrade included:	This will allow businesses to choose an image from a small library of images offered to be displayed with his listing to help his business stand out from among his fellow advertisers.

Allow monthly billing:
Allow quarterly billing:
Allow yearly billing: