Adding a listing can be done either by the Site Manager or Members. The procedures on how they add listings are almost similar except that Members undergo another procedure which includes Payment. If a Member does not perform this, the Site Manager will not confirm his/her listing. As a result, the listing will not be visible in the directory front.

Payment method is not applicable to listings in Free level.

To add a new listing, do the following:

1. In the left navigation panel, click on Listings (under Modules). After doing this, a page will appear like the one shown below:

   

2. Click on the Add sub-menu on the top of this page. After doing this, a form will appear like the one shown below:

   

3. In the Listing Template dropdown list, select the template that you want to use for the listing. If you are unsure of what template to use, just select Default.

   Remember that in selecting a template, you should consider the type of business you have.

   The listing that you want to add is for the house and lot that you are selling. Since this is something related to land development, the template that we advise you to choose is Real Estate. By choosing this template, you will be given extra fields to fill in the directory site such as Number of Bedrooms, Price, Square Feet, and Agent Name, etc.

   
   Listing Templates are free of charge unless the Site Manager has specified a price. To know more about Listing Templates, click here.

4. Select a Listing Level (e.g., Free, Basic, Premium, Showcase), then click on the Submit button. After doing this, a new form will appear.

   The form you fill out in adding a listing varies depending on the Listing Level (e.g., Premium, Showcase) that you choose. In the following procedure, we used that of Showcase level. This means that some fields (e.g., E-mail) and areas (e.g., Image, Video Snippet Code, Listing Designation) may not be present if you choose other levels.

5. In the Account area (image shown below), look for the Member who will own the listing. You can do this by hitting the Click here to select an account link.

   

   In this same area, do the following:

   1. In the Username box, type the login ID of the Member. Then, click on the Search button.
   2. Choose the Member by clicking on the Select button.
6. To enable the Claim feature: Uncheck the Disable claim feature for this listing option. You do not need to select an account in Step 5 if you will be using this feature. (To know more about the Claim feature, click here)
7. In the Information area (image shown below), do the following:

   

   1. In the Listing Title box, type the name of the listing that you are adding. The title is the text that will appear on the top most part of your listing. Be sure to make it descriptive. Most often, it is the business name.
   2. In the E-mail box, type the e-mail address where the listing owner wants to receive e-mails from potential customers.
   3. In the URL box, type the website address that you want to associate with the listing. This is ideal if you have your own website and you want to use it to promote your listing more. The URL should contain both the protocol (e.g., http, https), and the domain name (e.g., demodirectory.com).
   4. In the Display URL box, type the text that you want to display on the listing as link. When a site visitor clicks on this link, he/she will be redirected to the website address that you supplied above. With the Display URL, your listing could show “Click me for more info” and the visitors clicking on the link will be redirected to your personal site.
   5. In the Phone box, type the contact information being asked. Do the same for the Fax box.
8. In the Location area (image shown below), do the following:

   

   1. In the Address Line1 box, type your complete office address. If you want to use another, type it in the Address Line2 box.
   2. Provide the information being asked in the following dropdown lists. If you do not find your Country, State, or City, we advise you to go to the Location menu in the left navigation panel, and add the new location that you want to see in the lists. You can also add a city by hitting the Click here if you do not see your city link.
   3. Type your Zipcode in the last box.
9. In the Image area (image shown below), click on the Browse button to select the image file on your local PC. This will appear in the directory front as the image of your listing. If you leave this area blank, the “No Image” will occupy the space allotted for your item image. (To know more about “No Image”, click here)

   

10. In the Video Snippet Code area (image shown below), input the embed code of the video that you want to display in the Detail View of the listing.  Some websites (e.g., www.youtube.com) offer free video hosting. They generate embed codes and make them available to users wanting to post videos on other sites.

    

11. In the Attach Additional File area (image shown below), do the following:

    

    1. Click on the Browse button to select the file that you want to attach to the listing (e.g., a pdf file containing more information about your item).
    2. In the Caption box, type the name that you want the attached file to have.
12. In the Summary Description area (image shown below), do the following:

    

    In the English textarea: type a brief description of the listing that you are adding. Do this also for all the languages you have enabled on your directory.

    Summary Description appears in the Summary View of a listing. We advise you to have it available in all enabled languages so when a visitor browsing the directory changes the site language, the summary description of the listing will also change in accordance with the selected language.

13. In the Description area (image shown below), do the following:

    

    In the English textarea: type the detailed description of the listing that you are adding. Do this also for all the languages you have enabled on your directory.

    Description appears on the Detail View of a listing. We advise you to have it available in all enabled languages so when a visitor browsing the directory changes the site language, the description of the listing will also change in accordance with the selected language.

14. In the Keywords for the search area (image shown below), do the following:

    

    In the English textarea, type the keywords with which the listing will be indexed for a search. Add one keyword/keyword phrase per line. Do this also for all the languages you have enabled on your directory.

    
    We advise you to have the keywords available in all enabled languages. This will allow the site visitors to search using keywords in foreign languages.

15. In the Hours of work area (image shown below), type the schedule when the listing owner can accommodate the customers’ orders.  Add one schedule per line as in the example.

    

16. In the Location area (image shown below), type the exact place/s where the listing owner can accommodate the customers’ orders.

    

17. In the Categories and sub-categories area (image shown below), select the category and the sub-category (if there is one) under which you want the listing to appear. As you click on a category, the list of all sub-categories under it is displayed.

    

    You need to click on the Add link to associate the category or sub-category with the listing. After clicking on the link, the category or sub-category is automatically displayed in the Listing Categories box.

    You need to associate the listing with one or multiple categories and sub-categories so as to display the listing under the specific categories and sub-categories to the site visitors. To delete a category, highlight the category or sub-category name in the Listing Category box, and click on the Remove Selected Category button.

18. In the Listing Designation area (image shown below), check the designation that you want the listing to have. (To know more about Designations, click here)

    

19. In the Promotional Code area (image shown below), type the promo code that you want to use for the listing.  (To know more about Promo Code, click here)

    

20. Click on the Submit button.

    
    After submitting the form, the Site Manager still needs to confirm or activate this recently added listing before it becomes visible in the directory front.

Editing is necessary when there is something in the listing information that you want to update.

The Site Manager and the Members can edit a listing whether it has been activated or not.

When a Member edits a listing which is already paid and activated, its status goes back to Pending. This means that the Site Manager should re-activate it before it appears in the directory front again. Paid listings get pending after a change because the Site Manager still needs to verify the edited content to avoid bad words. Members don’t need to pay again; they just have to wait for a new confirmation.

To edit a listing, do the following:

1. In the left navigation panel, click on Listings (under Modules).
2. Click on the icon of the corresponding listing that you want to edit.
3. Do Steps 5 to 20 of the procedure that you perform when adding a new listing. (Refer to the previous How To)