The new version brings one of the best updates to the user experience and performance by loading the search results with Ajax and React, the ability for the business owners to invite 3rd party editors to manage their profiles, basic listing creation form, change logs for business profiles and multiple improvements.

A new update on design and usability will follow shortly,

Let's take a tour to showcase some of the major features that have been added or improved.



The complete list of new features and improvements

Below, you can find the full list of new features and improvements that have been developed in the 5.8.0 version.

New features

  • Render the search results for listings, offers, events with AJAX (a new setting "Search results loading" is available)
  • Render the search results filter with React
  • Listing editor - business owners can send invites for 3rd party editors to manage their listings
  • Connect categories module to related search
  • New possibility to switch between basic and advanced on the new business listing edit form
  • Change log for business listings (visible on the listing edit view)

Improvements

  • Improve registration/login form on quote request
  • Improve the user listing creation mechanism
  • Hyperlinks in description should open in a new tab.
  • Address and map improvements
  • Slogan and description counters
  • Add payment step
  • New admin module section that displays the listings that need to be approved
  • Time zone is available on listings import
  • Listing description max length has been added to the package features
  • New design and functionality for the listing contact details
  • Limit number of projects on packages
  • Use the menu item title and meta data on search pages
  • Show suggested categories on the listing search module
  • Regions and cities are available for US and Canada
  • Events - Add a text field to add an external ticketing link
  • Truncate company description on front-end
  • Improve image cropping
  • Vertical filter design improvements
  • Contact form improvements
  • Add pagination for bookmarks
  • Improve cancel on edit forms
  • Replace Contact listing with Request More Info for the listings that are not claimed
  • Added the possibility to display TikTok videos


Bug fixes

  • Shipping methods issue
  • JError has been removed from all places - Joomla 4 compatibility
  • Opening hours display
  • Show correct spacing on payment logs
  • Fixed deprecated functions for MySQL 8
  • Fixed deprecated functions for PHP 8
  • Listing validation


How to update?

At the moment you can only update manually. Download the latest version by log in to your CMSJunkie account and selecting the My Downloadable Products menu item on the left.

Bug reporting

Since this is still a beta version, some bugs may have eluded our QA team but they will definitely not get past you.  
We have created a dedicated section for reporting bugs
https://www.cmsjunkie.com/forum/j-businessdirectory



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