Add Places Categories.

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  • October 4, 2016 at 2:41 am #277098

    Jimmy Ryan
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    I am building a couple of sample listings. I noticed that when I register as a sample company to build my sample listing, I can only assign my sample ad to an existing places category. This will require me to build all potential places categories in advance. How do I add additional places categories so they are populated and available to be selected when businesses arrive to set up their real ad places?

    October 4, 2016 at 3:19 am #277100

    Guust
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    I’m guessing you restricted your price packages to some categories only, there should be no other reason to limit your categories on the add listing page.

    October 4, 2016 at 3:36 am #277104

    Jimmy Ryan
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    Where are the settings I can set to allow the creation of categories on the fly at-will when businesses begin to sign up and register their ad space?

    October 4, 2016 at 4:41 am #277110

    Guust
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    Only admins can create categories, they cannot be created by users.
    Admins create categories at “Places” > “place categories”.

    October 4, 2016 at 12:53 pm #277232

    Jimmy Ryan
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    October 4, 2016 at 9:53 pm #277549

    Guust
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    Unlimited categories created by users would make visitors completely frustrated because they cannot find any listings. Best practice in my view is to think as a visitor, not an advertiser, and create a minimal set of categories, so advertisers have more chance to be listed in a visitor’s query.
    Tags allow an advertiser to add keywords to their listing to highlight the main features of their listing etc.
    Any GD search by a visitor for “catering” for example will return any listing where that is word is in the listing title, description, category or tags.
    You can then add a tag cloud widget on your pages, together with category widgets.

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