Admin can configure the module settings according to his/her requirement.

• The admin can select the root category for the Business Directory.
• The module creates a root category named as “Business Directory” which is selected as root category.
• Auto approval of the user created directories can be done by the admin.
• The Admin’s email id is used to send email to the admin when any user creates /claim/report a directory and vice versa when the admin approves the user created directory.

All the user created directories can be easily managed by the admin. The admin can update the status or delete any user-created directory.

• The admin can view any user-created directories along with its approval status.
• Any number of user-created directories can be selected by the admin to change its approval status.
• Any number of user-created directories can be selected by the admin to be deleted.

When any user reports on any directory then he/she needs to select a reason for reporting. The reason selected by users are created and managed by the admin.

• Admin can easily add multiple reasons.
• Admin can easily edit or view any reason.
• Admin can update the status of reasons.

Any registered user can add directories from their panel. The user can manage his/her created directories very easily. There are multiple attributes for creating an attractive and useful directory.

• The directory can be assigned to any subcategories under the root category.
• The user can provide a name of the company in the directory.
• Email Id of the company’s contact person.
• Phone number of the company’s contact person.
• Fax number of the company.
• The country name can be selected for providing the country name of the company to the readers.
• City name where the company is located.
• Street name of the company for specifying the location in detail.
• The user can provide map view of company’s location.
• Website URL for directing the reader to the company’s website.
• The user can also show the business days of the company.
• Short and long description for providing detail information about the company.
• The user can set company logo in the directory.

All the user created directories can be seen on his/her account from My Directory section. The user can manage his/her created directories very easily.

• The user can easily search any directory via the filter.
• Any directory can be easily deleted by the user.
• Report and Claim count of any directory can be seen along with detail.
• The user can check the number of readers who contacted, along with the detail.
• Any directory can be edited by the user very easily.

Any user can see the directory root category on the store named as “Business Directory”. All the subcategories under the Business Directory are shown in subcategory drop down. The logged in user can easily add a new directory under this category.

• The business directory category page has grid view of subcategories with their logos.
• The subcategories of the subcategories are also shown with the admin enabled post count.
• The user can reach to any directories with the help of multiple helpful searches like category search, alphabetic search, advance search, etc.

The Business Directory page has very smart and advance search option for easily reaching out to any directory. The advance search option has keyword search with multiple scope options like -

• Searching for any word of the keyword among all directory names
• Searching for all the words of the keyword among all directory names.
• Searching exact word of the keyword among all directory names.

The advance search option can be extended by Extended Search option which has options like -

• Search by category
• Search by city name of the company
• Search by country name of the company.

The user can do the following action on the directory such as:

• Report any directory with a reason for reporting.
• Claim any directory.
• The user can contact the author of the directory.