Quick start guide for admin

Please go through the “Installation and Update” guide carefully if you haven’t installed the application yet.
Login as site administrator to organize your system.
At first update your System Settings and Payment Settings from Settings option of the left sidebar menu. Also, make sure to provide a valid YouTube API key and a valid Vimeo API key on System Settings.
If you have updated the Settings successfully, you can go to Categories option from the same left sidebar menu and create Categories.
You will need to add cities against the country before creating a listing.
After creating category and city, now you will be able to create listings. Go to Add New Listing sub-menu from the Listings menu from the left sidebar and fill the required fields and hit the Submit button.

Quick start guide for customers

First you will need to get registered before creating a listing.
If you’ve done it right, login with your registered email and password.
For creating a listing you will need to have a valid package.
If you are successful registered user and you have a valid package, the you are ready to create listings.
Go to Add New Listing sub-menu from the Listings menu from the left side bar and fill the required fields and hit the Submit button.

About Atlas

Want to make a professional business directory site? Atlas gives you the best platform to build one in minutes. It is highly customizable and the easiest script in the market to set up and organize your business directory portal. All modern functionalities of directory listing are integrated into Atlas which makes it industry standard and gives a robust solution to grow up your business.

Directory Portal features

Dynamic home page with search bar and top listings
Category wise directory browsing
Dedicated category & sub-category page with summary
Advanced directory filtering page
Filter listings with category, amenities, pricing, cities, video
Locate listings in map as marker with informative popover
Map interaction with listing search result for ease of access
Directory’s wide banner image
All categories in listing page
Unlimited photo gallery image for any directory
Amenities listing of a directory
Weekly opening & closing hours schedule
Currently closed or opening status
Video embed option from youtube, vimeo, html5
Social media sharing option for listing
Customer reviews and rating form
Review summary view sorted by star rating
Report inappropriate listing to admin to review
Contact form for business customers
Listing can be added to wishlist from thumbnail and detail page
Price table for purchasing directory posting package
Company details and legal pages: about, t&c, privacy policy, faq
Dynamic footer
404 error page configuration

Business specific features

Customized directory layout for restaurant, hotel, shop
Food menu showing custom layout for restaurant directories
Table booking custom contact form for restaurant directories
Room detail custom layout for hotel directories
Room booking custom form for hotel directories
Product showing custom layout for shopping directories

Admin features

Easy installation process
Setup guide provided with product documentation
Most flexible listing creation form
Make listing pending/active with just one click
Review inappropriate reported listings
Listing category & subcategory manager
Listing amenities manager
Listing cities manager
Listing rating manager
Pricing package manager
Watch customer’s purchase report history
User database monitoring
Website settings manager
Portal’s terms, privacy policy, faq manager
Payment and currency setup for paypal, stripe
Multi language translation manager
Smtp settings setup
System status monitoring dedicated page

Customer feature

Dedicated user panel to manage account
Purchase package and create listing
Watch package purchase report
Print or download invoice of purchase
Create & publish listing following purchased package limit
Create hotel type directory with room details
Get room booking orders by making hotel directories
Create restaurant directories with food menu details
Get table booking orders by making restaurant directories
Create shopping directory with product details
Add favourite directories to wishlist & browse later
Give rating and reviews to preferred directories

Benefits of Listing Your Business on Atlas Business Directory

Atlas Business Directory offers a wide range of benefits to businesses that choose to list their services on the platform. Some of these benefits include:

1. Increased Visibility

By listing your business on Atlas Business Directory, you expose it to potential customers who may not have otherwise known about your services. As Atlas Business Directory covers a wide range of industries, listing your business on the platform can help you reach a broader audience.

2. Better SEO

Atlas Business Directory has a high domain authority, which means that having a backlink from the directory to your website can boost your website’s SEO. This can lead to increased traffic to your website, resulting in more potential leads.

3. Cost-Effective Advertising

Atlas Business Directory offers various listing options, including a free listing option. This means that businesses can advertise their services without incurring any additional costs.

4. Increased Credibility

By listing your business on Atlas Business Directory, you demonstrate credibility to potential customers. Atlas Business Directory verifies businesses before listing them, which helps to build trust with potential customers.

How to List Your Business on Atlas Business Directory

Listing your business on Atlas Business Directory is a simple process. Follow these steps to list your business:

Visit Atlas Business Directory’s website.
Click on the “Add Listing” button.
Fill in your business details, including name, location, phone number, website, and services offered.
Choose a listing package, such as a free listing or a paid listing.
Submit your listing.

Update History

version 2.12 – 28 November, 2022

- Newly added state feature
- Now, users can filter listings by state.
- Multiple listings add by uploading CSV file.

version 2.11 – 21 August, 2022

- Social sharing content has been improved
- Meta pixel has been added to track website visitors
- Text editor issue fix

version 2.10 – 7 April, 2022

- package_expiry_date added to the listing table for checking the packages expiry date
- Category selection issue (Use jQuery select2 instead) (client)
- Homepage updated with featured listing and popular listing and popular categories.
- Listing page : Grid view [existing one], List view[convert the existing grid view in list view with column management]

version 2.9 – 17 January, 2022

- Latitude and longitude saving from maps. Not needed to enter numeeric value
- Listing ownership assign to another user
- Google Recaptcha added on the signup and login page for security
- Contact message send from system email not User email
- New page for forgot password. Change user password after clicking the valid url
- Addon purchase code verification
- Product about section improved