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: Click Front Admin . 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. 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. 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.   Screen 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.