Frequently Asked Questions — Edirectory for Iphone

Q – When I do searches (from home screen, or from search screen) I can’t see the listing that I recorded in my eDirectory database.

A – To save bandwidth and keeping application responsible to user when the search results are processing, we defined only the first 20 listing results of any search to be displayed in the application. In the Listing screen you can get more than only 20 listings results by browsing page per page at the bottom of the screen (This option only will be showed if there’s more than 20 listings).

Q- It’s impossible to set search radius to zero.

A – To be able to process results based on a radius, we need at least one single value greater than zero. (In our scale this value is 2).
So, if you try to set the search radius to zero, that component will set the radius to 2.

Q – After I enabled the search nearby option to ON in the settings screen, I noted that some of my searches were taking more time to complete.

A – When user defines “nearby” to ON, the eDirectory for iPhone will try to get the GPS location from the device’s GPS hardware.
The GSP iPhone’s hardware can take some time to determine the user location due magnetic field interferences or bad weather conditions.
The eDirectory for iPhone will wait for a valid GPS location from iPhone hardware during 30 seconds at maximum. If no location were available you will be notified.

Note that this is an exception. Under normal conditions all GPS searches based will be made as soon as the iPhone GPS hardware responds.(which takes only 6 sec. at maximum).

Introduction

The eDirectory for iPhone is the mobile version of eDirectory.

With this mobile version, you can browse into the listings that are in your edirectory installation while showing the results in a Google Maps™ like screen or in a table-like screen.

You can determine if your search results will be based on your iPhone GSP location, or based on a specific zipcode.

You can also specify a search radius in which all your searches will be based.

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1. To begin using the application, click on the edirectory icon on you iphone applications.

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2. This recent mobile version has been re-engineered resulting in fast application loading and easy toggle between screens. By default, the user will see the following screen:

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Get Directions
The user can now find the direction to a specific listing just by pressing one button. This feature is integrated with core Google Maps™ within iPhone and can be accessed from two options:

1 – From Google Maps™ screen, through the “information bubble”;

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2 – From Detail screen by clicking the “Directions” button.

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Search for a Listing
To search for a listing, simply click on the search button located at the bottom of the screen. The user can do the search query on the search page or on the listing pages.

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Phone Dialing Integration
With this feature the user can directly dial the number of any listing from the detail screen. You simply have to click on the dial button beside the number on the listing information.

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Upon clicking this, the system automatically calls that number.

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Modifying your Settings
The user can modify the settings by choosing if the search results will be using the iPhone’s GSP location or on a specific zipcode. The user can also specify a search radius in which all the searches will be based on the particular point.

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New Interface of About and Contact Us
The following images are the new interface of the About Us and the Contact Us:

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