RSJoomla's extensions are always built very well. Easy for the novice, and open for the advanced developer. So, seeing RSDirectory available

I have use SOBIPRO and Mosets Tree - both have benefits and limitations.

Thank you for taking the time to compete in the "Directory Extension" space. You will win!

I'll be looking at it to replace a number of SOBIPRO sites.

Looking forward to finding if RSDirectory supports:

1) Automatic entry expiration (after YY days from entry/creation)
2) Notifications (email) to entry owner XX days before expiration
3) Display entries on a map (see geocode-factory)
4) Search entries by zip code within a radius
5) Claim a listing functionality
6) Bulk imports (I have to move a SobiPRO site with 5,000 entries)
7) RSS feed by category so entries can be displayed on another site
8) SEO - place (append) an entry's content (fields/descriptions) into meta data (this is really important for SEO-ing entries.

Thank you for your efforts!

I would also like to see the option of being able to import listings from the Sobi extention.

Also I would like to see the following:

• Advance Search form with range search such as Price and Year
• Contact seller form via email on each listing

This first release of this extention is looking great and I look forward to future functionality.

Hello,

@jeffhoneyager:

1. When creating an entry you can pre-define availability period. This can be set to expire after a couple of days since it was published(for example), or you can set multiple periods and let the user choose from these(having multiple periods to choose from can also have different credit costs).

2. We will consider adding this in the future revisions. For now only 4 emails can be triggered, these are explained here:

www.rsjoomla.com/support/documentation/v...-email-messages.html

3. Entries can have a map field with a pinpoint to a specific location, and you can also use the "Map Radius Search" menu item, set a central location and a radius value to display entries within that vicinity:

www.rsjoomla.com/support/documentation/v...t-in-menu-items.html

4. You can search by zip code(but not within a specific radius) though not all zip codes are available to search for. RSDirectory! uses Google map locations, more information here:

developers.google.com/maps/

5. Can you provide me with a more detailed explanation on this?

6. We are currently working on adding importing/exporting/migration capabilities within the component. Unfortunately we cannot provide further details on this.

7. RSS feeds are possible for categories, a Feed Link will show up as a feed icon in the address bar of most modern browsers. Feed example on category in our demo server:

directory.rsjoomla.com/categories/entrie...format=feed&type=rss

8. For SEO, RSDirectory! automatically inserts the entry's title within <title> tag and a part of the entry description within meta description.

@xExcluSIv3x:

a) Advanced filtering as you described can be added via your "Fields" and showed using the "Filtering Module". You can indeed create range searches, dependency dropdown searches and so on.

www.rsjoomla.com/support/documentation/v...icle/938-fields.html
www.rsjoomla.com/support/documentation/v...iltering-module.html

b) We will improve the component's functionality in the future.

5) Claim a listing functionality

Concept: A directory is created with thousands of business listings (lets say bakery businesses) scraped of the web and inserted into RSDirectory!

A bakery owner goes to the directory and finds their listing. They want to claim it. Take a look at:

hottubandpooldirectory.com/pool-and-hot-...igh-plains-spas.html

If you click "Claim This Listing" it goes to an RSFormPro!, registers them onto the site, and charges a small fee in PayPal. Unfortunately I have to link their account to their SOBIpro entry. RSDirectory! should then:
1) assign their listing to the person that paid for it
2) and keep it "unpublished" until verified (or not via parameter)
3) set the expiration date to date + X days (where X is configurable)
4) send and email to the admin (or whoever is designated)

VERY valuable - could be a paid-for plugin.

Yes, the ability to import via CSV or XML file from Sobi or Mosets Tree would be fantastic. There would be no need to use anyone else's extensions for me! hehe.

+1

Would love to be able to move my mosets listings into this component.

@dan.phillips,

... a little patience. We are already working on this. The next update will most likely include specialized import tools.

I see this post is a few months old and I can't find any other information about this. Are you guys close to releasing a version with import/export features?

jeffhoneyager wrote:
Is there this feature now? Or how can I solve that?

Thank you
Bodo

Is there such a function?

Aradise wrote:
We always announce new features and revisions on our blog:

http://www.rsjoomla.com/blog/view/242-rsdirectory-data-backup-sobipro-migration-and-csv-import.html

jeffhoneyager wrote:
When there is this feature?

Bodo