Follow new updates and improvements to eDirectory.
April 7th, 2025
Fixed an error in the daily maintenance cron job when subscriptions are associated with pending invoices.
Fixed an issue where the renewal date was removed from listings not associated with subscriptions after being updated by sponsors.
Fixed an error that prevented site owners from changing the status of subscriptions.
Fixed an incorrect link to the sponsor support page on the checkout payment confirmation screen for suspended subscriptions.
March 31st, 2025
We’re thrilled to introduce a fully redesigned Site Manager Dashboard, packed with powerful widgets to streamline directory management and enhance your workflow. Here’s what’s new:
At-a-Glance Insights: Instantly access key stats, including summarized status of listings and other modules, latest transactions, pending approvals, and incoming leads.
Smart Navigation & Shortcuts: Jump straight to essential admin sections with convenient shortcuts.
Enhanced Activity Timeline: A revamped timeline to keep track of all important actions.
Real-Time Updates from eDirectory: Stay informed with news and updates directly inside the dashboard.
Exclusive Members-Only Pages: Site owners can now create and manage restricted-access pages for members.
Modernized Admin Experience: Enjoy improved colors, fonts, and enhanced UI across the admin dashboard.
MercadoPago + Pix: Seamless support for Pix payments via MercadoPago.
Support for Animated GIFs in Banners: Upload and display animated GIF banners without limitations.
Refined Maintenance Page: A sleek new look for the site’s maintenance mode.
Improved Empty States & No-Results Pages: A better UX when no content is available, making navigation smoother.
Flexible Subscription Management: Site owners and sponsors can now cancel subscriptions for recurring payments via PayPal and Authorize.net.
Powerful New Pricing & Plans Widgets:
Pricing & Plans Comparison: Easily compare different plans side by side.
Pricing & Plans with Full Detail Preview: Provides a live preview of the listing (or other module) that the user can create directly on the page, offering a real-time visualization of their content.
Smarter Subscription Controls:
Transfer items between subscriptions effortlessly.
Remove subscriptions with just a few clicks.
View listing statistics, including clicks, search appearances, and more, now available on the mobile app. All stats that were previously available on the web have now been implemented on the mobile app as well.
Streamlined Checkout Process: Optimized for a smoother and more intuitive experience.
New Onboarding Experience: A guided walkthrough to help new site owners get up and running quickly.
Listing Template Editor: The Associated Articles widget now displays articles by most recent publication date.
Expanded Content Associations: The limit for classified, events, and articles associated with listings has been increased to 999.
Pricing & Plans Widget Enhancements:
Improved clarity on content associations (classifieds, deals, articles, and events).
Highlighted “Ad-Free” feature for plans without third-party ads.
Better Field Explanations:
Added tooltips for listing form fields like keywords and slug URL.
Clarified the OG image’s role in the SEO Center.
Refined Plan Creation Screen: Clearly differentiate available and already-included products when setting up plans.
Smarter Keyword Search: Keyword searches no longer factor in location information for more accurate results.
Fixed duplicate email notifications for invoice-based plan sign-ups.
Resolved “Next Invoice” display issue for inactive subscriptions.
Corrected misleading sign-up prompts for sponsors with available slots of content creation on their active subscription.
Fixed unnecessary line breaks in item titles on the admin edit screens.
Added missing alt attributes to site logos for better accessibility.
Resolved errors when updating classified listings from negative to zero pricing.
Adjusted alignment of the "Edit the Style of Your Invoice" button.
Improved wording and camel case consistency in the Pricing & Plans widget.
Standardized payment gateway name display across admin and sponsor sections.
Fixed banner previews malfunction when multiple Pricing & Plans widgets were on the same page.
Corrected category filter behavior to show only relevant results.
Fixed "View Website" button opening duplicate tabs in some browsers.
Resolved incorrect tax records in payment logs for custom invoices.
Fixed keyword input field height in category creation pop-up.
Adjusted spacing on the subscription component in the sponsors’ dashboard.
Fixed .xlsx file compatibility issues in the import tool.
February 19th, 2025
Added a new help dropdown menu in the Site Manager header, introducing a redesigned UI with enhanced options, featuring Latest updates, Vote on features, Help center and Contact us.
Replaced placeholder.com with placehold.co in the preview screens of modules within the advertise section to ensure proper image placeholder functionality.
Fixed an issue where new payments were not being recorded in the Timeline section.
Updated the subscription exclusion modal on the plan management screen to hide the "disable plan" option if the plan is already inactive.
Updated the final import screen to replace the term "plan" with "product" to ensure accurate terminology.
Fixed an issue preventing the viewing of Community Forum questions and answers in the Site Manager.
Fixed a display issue where a blue line appeared after clicking "View example" on advertisement banners.
Fixed the layout issues in the FTP import listing/event modal for improved visual consistency and usability.
Resolved floating-point precision issues in the Authorize gateway to ensure accurate payment processing.
Updated AuthorizeService to use the Symfony Request IP, ensuring accurate identification of the user’s real IP address and preventing potential issues caused by proxy servers IPs in payment processing.
Fixed a layout issue that occurred when displaying extra videos in the listing detail sidebar, ensuring proper alignment and visual consistency.
Removed the default limit of 10 cards when selecting individual cards in the Page Editor, allowing for greater flexibility and customization.
Updated exception handling for listings that cannot be claimed, improving error management and user experience.
Ensured AI integration fields are always displayed in Site Manager when the general AI setting is enabled.
Removed the display of the category limit alert when the category limit is set to 0.
January 27th, 2025
Site owners can now define limits for category associations by product type. This feature is available for Listings, Events, and Classifieds.
Removed the requirement for at least one category during listing creation by members.
Optimized the export process for Listings and Events, improving performance.
Fixed layout issue in the Summary and Detail views when exactly the sixth category of a listing is disabled.
Fixed Events export functionality.
Resolved an issue where phone clicks were not being counted for Events and Classifieds.
Fixed payment issues with Stripe that were causing incorrect revenue reflection on the Site Manager dashboard.
Fixed errors preventing subscription cancellation when triggered by site owners.
Resolved an issue with subscription renewal date changes when using the d/m/Y date format.
Fixed subscription IDs being shown incorrectly on the invoice view.
Removed hash symbols before subscription IDs on invoices and in the Site Manager subscriptions list.
Fixed button alignment in the invoice payment tutorial in the Members area (Turkish language).
Fixed scrolling for the "Pick a Subscription" pop-up during the claim process on small screens.
Resolved alignment issues for the "Save Changes" button in the Listing Template editor when the title exceeds the available space.
Fixed spacing between Square Banners on the Blog home page.
Fixed errors preventing site owners from adding or editing locations in the Locations form.
Fixed an issue with date fields displaying entered dates instead of creation dates on the Blog posts page.
Fixed an error when the Site Manager attempts to clone a custom page attached to the navigation menu.
Fixed an error preventing sponsors from creating new banners.
Added missing sample images for Half-Page and Billboard banners in the Pricing & Plans widget.
Fixed errors when adding the "Pricing Plans & Cards" widget to the home page.
Fixed email validation links redirecting visitors to the Members area incorrectly.
Resolved warnings displayed in Cron job logs.
Fixed members-only content being shown for items that do not belong to an account.
December 10th, 2024
Site owners can now clone custom pages using the Page Editor.
Site owners can now clone listing templates.
Clicks on chats supported by the Instant Messaging Plugin are now registered in listing stats reports.
Clicks on phone numbers are now registered in stats reports for listings, events, and classifieds.
Clicks on additional phone numbers are now registered in stats reports for listings.
Listings and events import now supports importing the main image, logo image, cover image, and gallery images.
Two new banner ad sizes added:
Billboard (970 x 250)
Half-page banner (300 x 600)
Improved the subscription box on the Sponsors Dashboard and Subscription Details pages.
Enhanced the Plan Builder screen.
Moved the Page Promotional Codes feature to the Products & Plans section.
Screen to create promotional codes simplified to use a pop up.
Site owners can now view content protected by the members-only functionality.
Listing owners can now view content protected by the members-only functionality when they're visiting their own listings.
Campaign Monitor integration no longer uses Arca's reseller account.
Widgets on the Claim page now support customizable background colors.
The User IP field in the Reviews table now supports IPv6 format.
Fixed an authentication error on the frontend when users change their usernames.
Fixed the Products & Services widget being displayed in the sidebar for listings that don’t support it.
Resolved queries causing slowness on the admin dashboard.
Fixed an issue where listing activation emails were not sent to users.
Fixed an error on the listing sample page when the default template is removed from the system.
Fixed search parameters being lost after a site owner changes a listing’s status.
Fixed an error occurring after updating a deal using the bulk update tool.
Fixed disabled modules being displayed in the frontend navigation.
Fixed an error when creating a redirect that includes special characters.
Removed a redundant welcome message from the Sponsors Dashboard.
Fixed gallery image limits being miscalculated after changing the listing product type in the listing form.
Resolved an issue with CKEditor not working correctly when the template editor includes a long description widget.
Fixed invoice renewals being set based on the invoice creation date instead of the payment date.
Fixed negative values being displayed on the checkout page when the discount exceeded the payment amount.
Fixed the checkout process failing when a 100% discount is applied.
Resolved an issue with the error message scroll position during the checkout process.
Fixed an error when adding two or more “Featured Categories (Type 2)” widgets to a page.
Fixed the Manage Leads page not displaying lead information.
Fixed plans with weekly renewal periods being displayed as monthly renewals on the checkout page.
Fixed the internal banner name being displayed across the system instead of the site owner-defined name.
Fixed a JavaScript error on the events and articles form when the Listing Association Plugin is enabled.
Fixed the claim process failing when the selected plan does not include a valid listing product for the claim.
Corrected the alignment of the Claim Steps widget.
Fixed past events appearing in search results for specific time zones.
Fixed incorrect tax values displayed in transaction notification emails.
Changed the label “Detail Page” to “View Example” for articles in the Pricing and Plans widget.
Fixed deal information not being sent to the API via the listing detail endpoint.
Fixed events for the following year not appearing in the Events Calendar widget.
Fixed an error when saving product information while the website is loaded behind a proxy.
Fixed an issue where the Products & Services widget limit was not being applied in the listing detail API endpoint.
Fixed issues in Products & Plans Management when managing a domain different from the one in the URL.
Fixed an issue where members-only content remained hidden from users even after disabling the members-only feature.
Fixed the responsiveness of the “Pick a subscription” pop-up during the claim process.
Fixed a database structure issue in item statistics that was preventing new entries in certain scenarios.
Fixed duplicate invoices being generated during the checkout process when users clicked the "Pay by Invoice" link multiple times.
Fixed the checkout process not working properly for free plans.
Fixed spacing issues in the categories list on the Grid View of the "Listing Summary Type Two" for listings with five or more categories.
Fixed an issue where user-defined order for Products & Services items was not being persisted.
Fixed an issue with payment exports failing when at least one subscription existed in the system.
Fixed inconsistencies in the Stripe subscription cancellation process where subscriptions canceled by the site owner were still displayed as active for sponsors.
Fixed an error that occurred when users tried to cancel a subscription that had already been canceled on Stripe.
Fixed the claim process not working with PayPal.
Fixed the checkout process failing when using 100% discount codes with PayPal.
Fixed invalid tax value rounding in certain scenarios.
Fixed an error in the Sponsors Section when editing an item associated with a subscription that was no longer available.
Fixed an error in the checkout process when the first payment of a subscription was free.
Added validation for accepted coupons, restricting their use to the first payment only when paying via Stripe.
Fixed an issue where the checkout process did not create subscriptions when paying by invoice with a 100% discount code.
Fixed slowness on the Advertise Page when the system stored a high number of listing templates.
Fixed the “Detail View” link not working in the “What’s Included” pop-up during the checkout process.
Fixed the “What’s Included” pop-up being unintentionally closed after dismissing the banner preview.
Fixed the guided tour displaying "Level" instead of "Product" in the Listing Form Staging.
Fixed responsiveness issues in the Photo Gallery.
September 20th, 2024
Renamed the "Paywall" feature to "Members-only content".
Added a "Helpful Tips" component on all pages of the Products & Plans section.
Updated the "General Settings" screen in the Products & Plans section to include additional information and tips for each feature.
Applied a new style to the "Preview Listing" button on the content management pages in the Site Manager.
Fixed a fatal error when editing banners in the Site Manager if the subscription ID is not found.
Fixed the sign-up banner not displaying correctly in the Sponsors Dashboard on small screens.
Removed redundant labels from the "Manage Products" screen.
Fixed the members-only blog posts not being properly set in the API.
Corrected the label "Looking for something? Click here or type" on the Site Manager's search bar.
Fixed accounts created via the "Advertise" and "Claim" processes being assigned as visitors.
Fixed PayPal payments working only for one-time payment plans.
Fixed the alignment of the "Testimonial" widget when no title is displayed.
Fixed items from products on the sixth level and above not being synchronized in Elasticsearch.
Resolved an issue where users were logged out after returning from PayPal.
Updated the grid view on the results page to display the "Members-only" tag.
Fixed the position of the "Save Changes" button on the Home screen configuration within the Site Manager.
Updated the placeholder for the "Footer" widget to match the new layout structure.
Fixed input alignment on the "Locations" configuration screen in the Site Manager area.
Fixed horizontal scrolling on the "View Subscription" page in the Sponsors section.
Fixed the date format in the transaction history on the Sponsors Dashboard to a human readable format.
Adjusted scroll position when sponsors click the "Stats" link on the Dashboard.
Corrected some translations for Portuguese.
Fixed PayPal functionality in production environments.
Updated the "Change Status" button on the invoices management screen to align with standards used on other pages.
Added a trash icon to the review management screen, consistent with other pages.
Fixed the cursor style for the "Members-only access" product on the "Pricing & Plans" widget cards.
Fixed spacing between inputs on the "Additional Settings" page in the Products & Plans section.
Corrected card alignment on the "Claim Steps" widget.
Fixed the mobile app banner not displaying correctly in the "Build Your App" section.
Removed HTML tags from blog post indexing in Elasticsearch to prevent incorrect results on the frontend.
Updated the "Pricing & Plans" widget cards to improve rendering during page loading.
Fixed the "Contact Information" block not showing in the tour guide for event forms in the Site Manager.
Fixed the product list on the "Manage Products & Plans" page being hidden when using Safari.
Fixed the claim process not working for one-time payment plan sign-ups.
Fixed invalid leads being displayed on the Sponsors Dashboard when the "Enhanced Leads" plugin is enabled.
August 7th, 2024
Fixed the renewal date being shown incorrectly for plans offering trials during the checkout process.
Fixed the renewal date on the checkout process to consider the date format defined in the system.
Fixed "too many redirects" error in the site manager section after logging in.
Fixed timezone issues on the site manager timeline.
Fixed "Browse by Category" widgets not listing Deals as an option in the pop-up edition.
Fixed the "Products & Services" widget not scrolling on the sidebar when special characters like "&" are included.
Fixed error in the mobile app when a custom image is added to the slider.
Fixed the path of icons used in Google Maps integration when the Real Estate theme is used.
Fixed imported items being created without the default level.
Removed payment cycle and next invoice information for free subscriptions in the subscription component within the sponsors area.
Fixed several layout issues in the checkout process and sponsors area on small screen resolutions.
Fixed error in the "Pricing & Plans" widget edition after deleting a plan previously added to the widget.
Fixed error on pages using any of the "Pricing & Plans" widgets after deleting a plan previously added to the widget.
Fixed the checkout process not allowing new sign-ups when the "Visitor Profile" feature is disabled.
Fixed the "Paywall Call to Action" widget not being translated in the mobile app.
Fixed the "Testimonial" widget not being translated in the Page Editor.
Fixed payment cycles being duplicated after updating a plan.
Removed the limit of 30 products of each type when creating a plan.
Fixed invoice notification emails not being sent for new checkouts using the invoice option.
Fixed the number of images, deals, and classifieds available in the product not displaying properly in the "Pricing & Plans" cards widget.
Fixed sandbox mode for payments using Mercado Pago.
Fixed blog posts not being shared properly.
Increased spacing after the list of products and the "more" button in the subscription component within the sponsors area.
Fixed layout issue preventing the "Pricing & Plans" widget from updating properly depending on the length of the plan name.
July 8th, 2024
Added validation to redirect users to the sponsors or site manager dashboard when they are already logged in and access the login page.
Fixed share options not being shown at some resolutions.
Fixed the "Hours of Work" widget displaying the current time after the label "Closed now."
Fixed a warning message from CKEditor.
Fixed an error when updating one-time payment subscription statuses.
Fixed listing reviews page being available for listings that are not activated.
Added a line break in the "Call to Action" widget from the Page Editor.
Fixed Campaign Monitor integration, which was not allowing users to create accounts and lists.
The button link is no longer required in the "Call to Action" widget from the Page Editor.
Fixed a line break on the modules sample page in some languages.
Fixed the "Start Today" button on the modules sample page not redirecting to the checkout page from the selected plan.
Fixed an error that occurred after deleting two plans consecutively.
Fixed validation to check if a listing is available for claim with a subscription that includes unlimited listings.
Added validation on the manage content pages within the site manager to prevent a fatal error in case of an inconsistency between the listing (or other modules) and their subscription ID.
Made several improvements to confirmation messages, labels, and strings that were not fully translated.
Replaced all references to Twitter with X.
Fixed labels of the Paywall Call to Action widget not being sent correctly to the API.
June 19th, 2024
The combination of modules (listings, events, classifieds, banners and articles) and levels are now called Products.
Admin section Manage Levels & Pricing fully updated to Products & Plans
Manage Products
Ability for site owners to create up to 10 types of products for listings, events and classifieds.
Ability for site owners to define products that will be available for subscribed members only (paywalled content).
Manage Plans
Ability for site owners to create unlimited plans to advertise products on the website.
Plans can be defined with a free trial. (available for Stripe only)
Ability for site owners to define up to two pricing models per plan, with several renewal cycles, including:
Weekly
Biweekly
Monthly
Quarterly
Semiannual
Annual
One time payment
Plans can offer different combinations of products, including the ability to offer unlimited products and specific listing templates per plan.
Plans can give access to paywalled content.
Additional Settings & Payment Gateways
Simplified interface to manage additional settings related to payment gateways, currency, tax, and more.
Ability to enable the usage of the Paywall functionality on the website.
Blog posts can be set as paywalled individually when the Paywall feature is enabled.
Promotion codes can be created to be available for specific plans.
New page Subscriptions under Revenue Reports section where site owners can manage subscribed members.
Checkout process completely redesigned and simplified on three steps (user identification, checkout form and payment confirmation)
Pages for each step are available on the Page Editor for full customization.
Claim process completely redesigned to fit the new process of subscriptions sign up.
The page that starts the process is available for edition on the Page Editor.
Email notifications updated to reflect the new approach of subscriptions and plans
Renewal reminder emails updated to work with subscriptions instead of individual listings.
New email notifications included
Subscription sign up
Subscription activation
Modules preview on the site manager updated
Pop up Change status replaced by a dropdown, simplifying the process of changing the status.
The plan assigned to the product is now listed.
Categories of the product are now listed.
The renewal date for products is inherited from the subscription to which they are assigned, but can be customized individually by the site owner.
Site owners are able to activate products, including defining a renewal date, even though they are not assigned to a subscription.
Five new widgets available on the Page Editor to promote plans
Single plan Card
Pricing & Plans Cards
Pricing & Plans cards with custom description
Pricing & Plans cards with topics (Type 1)
Pricing & Plans cards with topics (Type 2)
Sponsors dashboard updated with new user flow for users to sign up for plans, manage their subscriptions and add content.
Site owners will no longer be able to charge for individual products. A plan should be created offering the product, or a combination of products.
Popular plans (previous levels) are now configured per widget basis on the Page Editor.
Site owners will no longer be able to define prices for additional categories for listings. All listings can have up to 20 categories.
Site owners will no longer be able to define different prices for listing templates.
Payments with 2CheckOut and PayFlow Link are no longer available.
Approval requirements options on the General Settings section updated with new options to control how the status of products will be updated according to the subscription they belong to.
Simplified interface for Administrator E-mail under E-mail Sending configuration section.
Feature Packages, previously available under the Promotions & Packages section are no longer available.
The following E-mail notifications were removed
Listing Signup
Event Signup
Banner Signup
Classified Signup
Article Signup
Promotional codes are no longer available for individual products. They are now applied on plan subscriptions only.
Product type upgrades are no longer available.
May 13th, 2024
Fixed case issue that was preventing admin login in some scenarios.
Fixed cache not being updated after changing the default date and time format in the admin section.
Fixed checkboxes being displayed on the left side of the category names in the parent category selection dropdown.
Fixed JavaScript error that was preventing the associating classifieds and deals to a listing page from working properly.
Fixed newsletter sign-ups not working.
Translation to Portuguese of the button 'Search' on the Search widgets changed to 'Buscar' instead of 'Busca'.
Fixed bug on the event page that was preventing the end date from being displayed.
Fixed HTML tags being shown on the Associated Events widget when the HTML Editor plugin for events is enabled.
Fixed 'Log in with Google' button not being shown on the Sign-up tab when only Google login is enabled.
Fixed error that was preventing the header and footer widget editor from opening.
Fixed error that was preventing the newsletter configuration page in the site manager from opening.
Real Estate fields are now displayed in a more user-friendly way on small screen resolutions.
Fixed query on the admin dashboard that can cause slowness depending on the number of user accounts.
Advanced Reviews plugin updated to work properly when the pop-up is opened through the results page.
Traffic reports page in the admin section updated to remove the charts after the API was sunset by Google.