Directorist 7.0 looks promising, but still quite beta

  • Resolved jochen2016

    (@jochen2016)


    3 years, 12 months ago

    Dear Directorist team,

    First of all, thank you very much for your efforts in developing release 7.
    It looks quite promising at the first sight.
    That said, there are still plenty of issues so that I had to roll back to 6.5.8.

    Showstopper for me: custom fields do not work.
    1. They are not pre-filled with previous values. Means: you have to enter all of them again, which is a nightmare.
    2. Drag-and-drop has many issues. Sections (great idea, to introduce sections, by the way!) suddenly disappear, you cannot move fields outside your current window (which is nasty, if you have a long list of fields).
    3. Fields disappear or show a different name if you switch to the Single Page view / Content.

    I also saw smaller issues with maps and also categories icons (still) do not work properly. I leave it to others to comment on that.

    I hope you can fix those issues quickly because the rest looks pretty and modern!

    Best,

    Jochen

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  • Thread Starter jochen2016

    (@jochen2016)

    One more thing:

    In Directorist 7.0, there is a /general/ in the single listing URL (multi-directory option switched off). Is there a way to remove it? Otherwise, all my listings will have a new URL, creating issues with SEO and backlinks.

    Все пропало после обновления на версию 7. Но новое меню разделов это круто. Значки все еще да не работает должным образом, и надо чтобы рейтинге не отображались звездочки

    Plugin Support Rafiz Sejim

    (@rafizsejim)

    Greetings,

    We are sorry for the trouble.

    Some of the issues have been fixed and you will receive an update within an hour with the fixes.

    1. They are not pre-filled with previous values. Means: you have to enter all of them again, which is a nightmare.

    Fixed.

    2. Drag-and-drop has many issues. Sections (great idea, to introduce sections, by the way!) suddenly disappear, you cannot move fields outside your current window (which is nasty, if you have a long list of fields).

    Will be fixed in the next version.

    3. Fields disappear or show a different name if you switch to the Single Page view / Content.

    Fixed

    4. there is a /general/ in the single listing URL (multi-directory option switched off). Is there a way to remove it?

    Option has been added.

    Regards,

    Thread Starter jochen2016

    (@jochen2016)

    Dear Rafiz,

    First of all, many thanks for the improvements. I have checked 7.0.2 this afternoon, and it is much better. However, …

    1. Custom fields still do not work on their own. I have to open each listing individually and press “Update.” Then the custom fields’ content shows up again for that specific listing. As I have about 1,200 listings, this is not very convenient, as it will take ages. Is there a faster way to get the custom fields’ content back?

    2. “Field upload” custom field does not work correctly, even after pressing “Update.”
    It shows some numbers instead of the filename. Changing it manually does not work as well. Press “Upload” either opens a file window twice (!) or not at all. In any way, the filename is not stored.

    3. Before, it was possible to set “Default expiration” to 0 (= no expiration). Now, this is not possible anymore, unfortunately. (Entering ‘0’ produces an error message.)

    4. Legacy mode does not work (at least not for me). (see also #6.)

    5. Changing ‘Personalization’ Padding (PX) and Margin (PX) has no effect. I tried different settings.

    6. I use “Theme Template (Page”) under ‘Personalization.’ Before the update, we could specific a “Single Listing Page” as a template (the one with “[directorist_listing_top_area] …”).
    With that page, it was easy to set sidebars, sliders, menus, and so on. Now, Directorist seems to use a basic page without any widgets. This is a huge issue, not only for me.

    Can we go back (at least as an alternative) to that Single Listing Page?
    It would be great to be able to configure the sections there as well:
    [directorist_listing_top_area]
    …
    [directorist_listing_section_name1]
    [directorist_listing_section_name2]
    …
    This allows to add other content, e.g., images, decoration, or explanations.
    You can keep the directory builder (which is great) and add a button to overwrite the Single Listing Page with the directory builder single page layout, for instance.
    For some users, this might be the most convenient solution, while experienced users can configure the Single Listing Page themselves.

    I will roll-back and wait for 7.0.3 …

    Best,

    Jochen

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