Configuration

The Configuration menu will give you the tools you need to manage and configure your locator system. Use any of the various tool to do anything from configuring the General Setting to editing template files.

General Settings:
The General Settings page allows you to make system wide changes and enter your own settings for the program.

Categories & Products:
You can view, add, edit or delete any categories or products that you have setup within your program. If you allow 'category searches' then your users will be able to select from a drop-down list when they perform a search, which will filter their results. You can then assign your locations to the categories and products that you have setup.

Note: You must have MySQL v4.1.2 or higher in order to use Categories and Products simultaneously. This is an advanced feature to use both at the same time. If you just wish to use categories, then earlier versions of MySQL should suffice.

Field Settings:
You can setup which fields are Required, which fields are Hidden and also give labels to the 10 User Fields that are available.

Required Fields - Means that when a user or admin adds a new record to the database, that field must not be blank. It's a good way to insure data quality. Example: Every use must supply a phone number while adding a new record if the Telephone field is checked here.

Hidden Fields - This allows you to deactivate any field. It will keep it from showing on the front-end.

User Fields - This allows you to assign field labels to any of your extra 10 user fields.

Note: If you wish to use any of the 10 user fields to hold extra data, then you must give a user field a label here. Giving a user field a label activates that field throughout your locator.

Search Page Settings:
The search page is the first screen your website visitors see. You have many options on which search elements you wish to offer your visitors. Select YES next to the ones you want active, and select NO for the ones you want to disable.

State/Province List:
This page allows you to view/edit all the states and provinces that are loaded in your system. You can also add new if needed. All states/provinces in this list are what's available to your users in the drop down list while searching.

It is safe to remove any state/province that you do not wish to be on the list.

Country List:
This page allows you to view/edit all the countries that are loaded in your system. You can also add new if needed. All country codes/names in this list are what's available to your users in the drop down list while searching.

It is safe to remove any country that you do not wish to be on the list.

CSS Editor:
The CSS Editor allow you to open the CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and edit them. The CSS file is the single file that will allow you to make design changes, that are system wide, such at Font Color, Font Size, Table Properties, Background Colors, etc...

Select which css file you wish to edit from the list.

Tip: Ranked Location's Background Color is stored in the front_end_layout file.
Look for the line: table.results tr.rank_bg {background-color:#feffcb;} and edit it to change the background color for your ranked locations.

Template Editor:
There are many templates that you can edit, and add your own code. Such as HTML and Javascript. The Template Editor will allow you to manage your templates and edit them.

The single most important template in this list is the index.tpl template. This is the template that encompasses all output of the locator. This templates allows you to add your own html and graphics to the header (top) and footer (bottom) of the templates. Once you add your own html to the header section and the footer section, your custom code will wrap the output of each and every page of the locator.

Language Editor:
There are many words that are used in the system and you can edit these words with the Language Editor. English is the default language but you can change the words to anything you need.

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