Business Directory Plugin (CMBD) - Views - Directory View

Business Directory View

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Example

Settings

The Business Directory plugin has a few views which you can choose for your directory appearance. One of them is Business Directory View. To configure it, navigate to the Admin Dashboard → CM Business Directory Pro → Settings → Directory Appearance tab.

In the first section, set Business Directory View as Current View.

Change the heading level of the business title (this can be useful for SEO). In the example below, the business names will be inside h3 tags. Learn more about headings.

Select options for Business Directory View and save changes.

• Display rating - Enable it, if you want to display the rating for each business.
• Display business description - Select what to display as a business description:
  • No - Choose it to not display description.
  • Excerpt - Choose it to display excerpt.
  • Full text - Choose it to display full description.
  • First paragraph only - Choose it to display only first paragraph of the description.

  • Limited words - Choose it to show only certain number of words from the description. The limit is defined in the option below.

    Note: this option was renewed in version 2.6.2.

• Limited Words - Define how many words of the description should be display for each business in case if you chose the relevant option above. Note: this option was introduced in version 2.6.2.
• Display business pitch - Enable it, if you want to display each business pitch below the title. Note: this option was introduced in version 2.1.5.
• Display business categories - Enable it, if you want to display each product category below the title.
• Display business address - Enable it, if you want to display each business address below the title. Note: this option was introduced in version 2.3.2.
• Display business Web URL - Enable it, if you want to display each business Web URL (Website).
• Show details button - Enable it, if you want the "Details" button to be displayed in the business box in the directory index page.
• Show business open/close status - Enable it, if you want to display business open/close status. Note: this option was introduced in version 2.5.1.

Business Directory View - Rating

To display rating go to the CM Star Rating Settings tab.

First, enable rating here to activate functionality and then go back to the Business Directory View Settings to check if you want to display or hide rating.

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