Setting Up the Payment Gateway

Several options are added to the Payment Gateway Setting in eDirectory version 7.4.00. You as the Site Manager can now choose which payment gateways you want to offer in your site unlike before in the previous versions where you can only enable or disable them by making this small modification in the software codes. What you can only set in the previous versions is the account information of the enabled gateway. In this new version, the currency, the recurring option, as well the item renewal period for each module can now be set directly in your account. In addition to this, you can choose to enable or disable the ‘Print Invoice and Mail a Check’ payment option.

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To set up the payment gateway, do the following:

  1. In the top navigation panel, click on Settings > Payment Gateway.
  2. In the Currency Symbol box, type the character or the name of the currency that you want to use in the application.
  3. In the Item Renewal Period area (image shown below), select the period of validity (Day, Month, or Year) that you want to apply for every module in your application. You will also have to set the number of days, months or years depending on what period type you choose.

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    DOCUMENTATION_CONVENTIONS_img1Notice that every time you activate an item, you are given an option to auto-fill the Renewal Date field. When you click on the option, the date that will appear in the field will be based on what you set in this form. Having a period of 2 months renewal period for listing, for example would mean that all listings will expire 2 months after their date of creation, and that their owners would have to renew the listing to continue making them visible in the directory front.

  4. In the Payment Gateway area (image shown below), choose which payment gateway you would like to use by clicking on the check box just before the payment gateway name. Upon selecting a gateway, some textboxes where you can type your payment gateway credentials will automatically appear. Please provide the following information for this will be used by the application to connect to the payment gateway:

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    1. Simple Pay – You have to type your Access Key and Secret Key. Click on the Recurring checkbox if you want to enable the recurring feature. A numerical value is used in the Cycle area. A Unit can be in terms of Months or Years. The Times indicates the recurring times (having a 0 value indicates unlimited recurring times).
    2. PayPal – Type your PayPal Email account in the box provided. You also have the option to enable recurring.
    3. PayPal API – Type the Username, Password and Signature for your PayPal API account in the boxes provided.
    4. PayFlow – Type your Sign in and Partner information in the boxes provided.
    5. 2CheckOut – Type your Sign in information in the box provided.
    6. PSIGate – Type your Store ID and Pass Phrase information in the boxes provided.
    7. WorldPay – Type your Installation ID in the box provided.
    8. iTransact – Type your Vendor ID in the box provided.
    9. LinkPoint – Type your Config File and Key File in the boxes provided. For security reasons, we did not include an option to upload a .pem file or Key File. You have to upload the Key file or the .pem file via FTP under the /members/billing folder in your server.
    10. Authorize.Net – Type your Sign in and Transaction Key in the boxes provided. You can also choose to enable recurring by clicking on the Recurring checkbox.
  5. Click on the Submit button.

Enabling the Maintenance Mode

eDirectory now has the Maintenance Mode feature for Site Managers. This can be very useful if you are working on your directory site’s development or design and you would like to have all its pages to be temporarily unavailable. When this feature is enabled, site visitors that are currently browsing the directory front will be redirected to the Maintenance Page displaying the text, image or video that you set to inform them about the site’s current state. The site in maintenance mode has still some areas working like the FAQ and the Order Banner sections, and most importantly, the Member accounts.

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It is strongly suggested to inform your Members earlier about the scheduled maintenance of your site.

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To enable the maintenance mode, do the following:

  1. In the top navigation panel, click on Settings > Maintenance Mode. After doing this, a page will appear like the one shown below:

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  2. Click on the Turn On button.


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To edit the Maintenance page, do the following:

  1. In the left navigation panel, click on Site Content > General. After doing this, a page will appear like the one shown below:

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  2. Click on the Maintenance Page text or the edit icon found within the same row.
  3. In the Language dropdown list, select your current site language.

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    We advise you to provide the page content for each language you have enabled on your directory.

  4. In the SEO Center area (image shown below), do the following:

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    In the Title, Description, and Keywords boxes, type the content values for the Meta tags. To know more about Meta tags, click here.

  5. In the Content area (image shown below), do the following:

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    In the HTML editor, type the content for the page. You can make use of the options on the top of the HTML editor for inputting the text field, editing the text with in it, adding smilies, spell checking, uploading videos, and many other features.

  6. Click on the Save button.

New System Features – Summary

The following is the list of new system features available in version 7.4.00:

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Order By on eDirectory result’s pages

With this new feature of eDirectory, site visitors can now sort or filter search results by Characters, Last Updated, Date Created, or by Popularity. To filter search results, simply select the filter type in the Order by dropdown which can be found both at the top and bottom area of the results list in Listings, Events, Classifieds, Articles, and Promotions results pages.

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Search by promotional code on Transaction History

eDirectory now allows Site Manager to search for a particular transaction record by use of Promotional (or Discount) Code. To use this feature, simply supply the Promotional Code of the transactions you are looking for in the search form. To know more about transaction monitoring, click here.

3
Username real time validation on add account forms

In this new version, the application validates username availability once a new Member types the desired username in the sign up form or once a Site Manager types the username for the Member or another Site Manager account that he/she is creating. It also issues warnings regarding the character type and length validity of the provided username in real time.

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New site templates

In this new version, eight new site templates (or theme) are added to the list of site templates which the Site Manager can select from. These are Magazine, Beauty, Hotel, City Guide, Buyer’s Guide, Dentist, Environment, and Lawyer templates. To know more about site template selection, click here.