User Guide

Front Admin Overview

Overview

The dashboard gives a quick snapshot of all the tasks that you can perform using the Front Admin. It also provided multiple menu items that you can use to create listings, view listings, view membership plans, and so on. The other options that you can control are approving reviews, viewing statistics, upgrading membership for a particular user, and so on.

For the Menu to be able to access the JomDirectory Front Admin, certain settings need to be made. You must create the Profile Edit Menu link, Admin Menu link, and Profile View Menu link in the JomDirectory Front Admin configurations to be able to access Front Admin. For more information, see the Front Admin Options section in the Menu Items documentation.

Accessing the dashboard

When you access the home URL for JomDirectory extension, do the following:

  1. Click Front Admin.
  2. Provide the login details for the required user and click Submit.

The dashboard with various options can be seen as shown in the following image.

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Screen 1: Dashboard screen

You can click the options as seen in the following table.

Listing stats
 Shows the general statistics about the listings
Report

Most Viewed graph

View the statistics for the site based on the listings viewership.
Membership

Upgrade Your Membership NOW!

Upgrade to another membership plan. Click Upgrade on the plan tab for the plan you want to upgrade to as shown here.
Profile

Profile

View the profile details for your profile.
Approve Comments

 

Click the review to see the listing page it applies to. To approve a listing, select the check box next to the review comment and click Approve.

If you want to delete the comment, click Delete.

 

Approve comments appears only when enabled under JomDirectory Options -> Front Admin settings

Manage Listings

Overview

You can view all the listings created for your site or create a new listing.  The created listings let you add descriptions, images, provide ratings, and much more. 

Creating a New Listing

The following image shows the Listings screen.

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Screen 1: Listing screen              

The following table explains the different options seen on the screen.

Button

Usage

Insert New

Creates a new Address entry. You must create separate entries for each level of depth that you need.

Publish

Publishes the created address entry.

Unpublish

Removes the entry from the list of published address entries

Delete

Deletes the address entry that is not required anymore.

Manage Reviews

Overview

Users can provide reviews about the listing that can be viewed on the Listing page under the Reviews tab. This review will need to be approved by the owner of the listing before it can be seen under this tab.

Viewing Reviews

After logging into the Front Admin, click Listings. You can see the available listings. Each listing has an  icon that takes you to the Reviews page.

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obraz.pngScreen 1: Reviews 

Provide the options as seen in the following table.


Approve

Select the review you want to approve, and then click Approve.

Unapprove

Select the review you want to unapprove, and then click Unapprove.

Delete

Select the review you want to delete, and then click Delete.

 Publish Item

Click to publish the review.

 Unpublish Item

Click to unpublish the review.

User Membership

Overview

You can view the user membership plan details on the Front Admin page. If eligible for, you can also upgrade the user membership plan to a higher plan.

User membership plan can not only be upgraded through the Front Admin. You can perform other membership tasks from the back end using the information given in the

Membership section of the Administrative Guide.

The following screen shows the Membership details for the user.

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Screen 1: Membership details

To upgrade the user membership plan you can either click Upgrade or click the Membership tab on the Front Admin page. The membership plans that are available for upgrade are shown as seen in the following image.

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Screen 2: Membership plans

Click Upgrade to upgrade to the higher plan. You can then select an appropriate mode of payments and complete the transaction.

To see the Upgrade button for any plan, ensure that you have configured PayPal or other payment gateway details. For more information, see PayPal Configuration.

Listings Messages

Overview

Messages related to the Contact form available on each listing. If the user wants to contact Owner of the listing, a copy of the email will be saved under Messages.

Additional send email copy to admin can be set under Configuration

The messages are always sent to the owner of the listing. The user email address is taken from the User Account settings.

The Contact area on the listing page is as seen in the following image. The options are provided as given here:

Screen 1: Sending a message on the site

Viewing messages

Once the user accepts the Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy, he clicks Send Email. The email is now available for the owner of the listing to view as seen in the following image:

All the messages that are sent through the site from the Extension listings can be seen on backend Messages section.

To view a message, hover the mouse pointer over the message as shown in the following image.

Screen 2: View the message

If you want to archive older messages or any message, select the checkbox next to the message and click Archive. 

Messages sent using the contact form are available on the Messages tab for the owner of the listings. You can view the message or delete it based on your requirement.

Front Admin Messages

To view messages, from Front Admin, click the Messages tab to see the following screen.

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Profile & Settings (User Profile)

Overview

After creating a user, a user can edit his profile details such as password, email address, language settings, timezone settings, and much more.

To edit your profile, from the Front Admin, click Profile as shown in the following screen.

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Screen 1: Profile screen

Editing a profile

On the Profile screen, click Edit Profile as shown in the following screen.

Provide the values as given in the following table.


Edit Your Profile

Name

Provide a name.

 

Username

Cannot be edited.

 

Password

Provide a new password.

 

Confirm Password

Confirm the new password.

 

Email Address

Provide a new email address.

 

Confirm email Address

Confirm the new email address.
Basic Settings

Editor

Select one of the following:

  • Editor – CodeMirror
  • Editor-none
  • Editor-TinyMCE

 

Timezone

Select a timezone.

 

Frontend language

Select the required language for front end.

 

Backend Template Style

Select from the available templates or keep as default.

 

Backend language

Select the required language for back end.

 

Help Site

Select from the available Help site options for your required language.
Additional Options

Logo

Additional fields defined in User - profile Joomla plugin

To save the settings you changed, click Submit. If you click the Settings link on the Front Admin screen, it will take you to the Edit Profile page.