Directory Plus – Business Directory PHP Script

Description

DirectoryPlus is an all-in-one solution for creating a Business Directory website DirectoryPlus is a standalone PHP script that doesn t require other platforms to function and allows you to create a directory website with only a few clicks It also works well as a Store Locator script Optimized for desktop and mobile view Directory Features Overview All native PHP easy to modify code Extremely fast page load times Can handle thousands of listings with speed Responsive design works well on mobile and desktop Works fine on shared hosts even with thousands of listings Super easy install get up and running in 5 minutes Configurable permalink structure for the single listing page similar to WordPress Templating system based on Bootstrap 4 Configurable billing plans free paid one time payment monthly annual featured listing Google Maps Mapbox OpenStreetMap HERE CartoDB Stamen TomTom Wikimedia Maps compatible Geolocation support HTML 5 API Filter results by distance from the user s geolocation with configurable distance values Mass import cities for your target country sql file provided based on the Maxmind Free Database Embed video Youtube Vimeo Coupons business owners can create coupons to show on their listing pages Payment Gateways Paypal Stripe subscription possible Sitemaps XML generation and automated submission NEW Custom fields category based or global custom fields Custom fields groups organize your custom fields in separate groups Search by custom field range select range input text number drop down checkbox radio input Easy to update just transfer the modified files via FTP Claim listings so you can populate your site with listings then let business owners claim and pay for the listing Contact owner form for each listing Whatsapp click to chat integration Create static pages and blog posts using TinyMCE Multiple categories per listing Rating system Child theme support Don t lose your customizations when updating User reviews and comments Multiple currencies support SEO optmized friendly URLs user-defined meta descriptions Intuitive and simplified files and folders structure no complicated nested folders makes it easy to edit Built-in contact page contact site owner with form to email GDPR compliance tools Maintenance mode Translated to ES PT DE FR including admin area Translation for other languages can be done in the admin area or by editing the sql file Setup in less than five minutes DirectoryPlus comes with a one click installer that will get you up and running in no time Just upload the files edit the config file and hit the install page and click Install Bootstrap based design DirectoryPlus uses Bootstrap 4 s layout grid components and utilities extensively and it has a very neutral theme that can easily adapt to several business types This also makes it easy for third party designers to make layout modifications because they only need to be familiar with the Bootstrap framework Custom Fields DirectoryPlus allows you to create Custom Fields on the category level or create global custom fields For example you can create a Delivery yes no field and it shows up only for listings in the Food category Or you can create a Free Wi-fi field to let users search for listings that offer free wi-fi Custom fields can be required optional and also searchable It is also possible to organize and arrange your custom fields in separate groups Group order is also configurable Monetize Your Directory Flexible pricing plans allows you to create one time payments as well as monthly and annual recurring subscriptions Current payment gateways supported are Paypal Stripe Claim Listings With this feature you can kickstart your directory by creating listings and let business owners claim and pay for the listings so that they can edit correct and add additional information Fast Loading Times Directory Plus has been designed with page loading speed as a feature All pages load fast and takes about 400ms to 800ms to load completely You can test Page Load Times on Pingdom https tools pingdom com Please note that the only important metric is the Load Time in miliseconds Create Pages DirectoryPlus comes with a CMS system that allows you to create blog posts and pages and uses the popular TinyMCE wysiwyg editor You can define whether to show a post in the feed if not it will be a stand alone page Map Providers DirectoryPlus supports multiple map providers Mapbox HERE TomTom Wikimedia OpenStreetMap and Google Maps You can choose one or multiple ones If you select multiple map providers DirectoryPlus will randomly select one on every page load Useful if you want to take advantage of the free usage quotas of multiple map providers Coupons Allow business owners to create coupons for deals and discounts Users can browse all coupons available on the site Business Logos Each business can upload its own logo to show up as their main image on the directory Logos will show in the results pages search categories cities etc and on the business page as the main image next to the business name Configurable Permalink Structure Similar to WordPress you can define the permalink structure for the business listing page Available tags are region city category and slug Fully Brandable DirectoryPlus is a standalone PHP script that doesn t require any other CMS platform If you are building a directory for your client it will not show that you are using another platform such as WordPress Use Cases You can use DirectoryPlus to build niche directories here are some examples Restaurants and bars directory Health care directory Automotive listings dealers repair parts and supplies tires etc Church listings Local area directory Night life directory Pets directory and much more But if you are looking for a classified ad also check out my other script Classifieds Plus Demo Geolocation test To test the geolocation functionality it s possible to emulate your location in the browser set it to 34 013448 -118 488708 In Google Chrome open Chrome DevTools F12 then press Control Shift P Command Shift P for Mac then type sensors select Show Sensors and press Enter The Sensors tab opens up at the bottom of your DevTools window Select Overrides – Other and enter 34 013448 for lat -118 488708 for lng https x-php pro demo directoryplus Login here Username user example com Password 1234 Admin Demo Please watch the admin demo video on Youtube https www youtube com watch v tVMkStFaBok There is also an example demo showing how this script handles large volume of listings comments users This demo installation has 200 000 listings 1mil reviews and 1mil users on a shared cpanel hosting environment Access https x-php pro demo directoryplusloaded User Guide Please access the user guide at http x-php pro docs DirectoryPlus Requirements PHP 5 5 or Newer MySQL 5 6 Requires FULLTEXT search in InnoDB Updates v 3 50 15 August 2023 v 3 49 3 March 2023 v 3 48 20 February 2023 v 3 47 11 October 2022 v 3 46 17 July 2022 v 3 45 13 July 2022 v 3 44 11 May 2022 v 3 43 8 April 2022 v 3 42 4 April 2022 v 3 41 10 March 2022 v 3 40 29 September 2021 v 3 39 9 March 2021 v 3 38 22 February 2021 v 3 37 8 February 2021 v 3 36 23 October 2020 v 3 35 7 October 2020 v 3 34 17 September 2020 v 3 33 23 August 2020 v 3 32 25 July 2020 v 3 31 19 June 2020 v 3 30 9 June 2020 v 3 29 13 May 2020 v 3 28 17 Apr 2020 v 3 27 14 Apr 2020 v 3 26 21 Feb 2020 v 3 25 26 Jan 2020 Tags business directory php directory store locator script business listings directory theme geolocation directory listings template HTML restaurant reviews yellow pages yelp clone google places