Hi Raymond,

There is no dedicated view for the list of profile types, but you can still create a module with a list of profile type links.

1. create menu item for each profile type(All Users or Profile Type Layout, depending on which one you want)
2. place these menu item under a menu
3. create a menu module with this menu and place on your desired module position

Ok I get that.

I am building a community directoryof a certain terrotory. Within that terrotory, there about 15 municipalities. I will create a group for each municipality. I then want to display all relevant content to that location in left sidebar (ES) and right column(template right sidebar).

What are your suggestions for accomplishing this. My main concern is pulling in the relevant businesses (ES users) relevant to this municipality.

I could do this via profile types by create like 100s profile types (all business categories) for each municipality, but then I will end up with 1500 profile types. PS What is the maximum numbers of profile type allowed?

I could also use 1) Postal codes 2) Tag on some sort 3) Municipality field in sign-up/profile fields

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Hey Raymond,

Here's what I understand from your description.
- municipalities -> groups, around 15
- business categories -> profile types, around 100s for each municipality/group
- business -> users

What is the maximum numbers of profile type allowed?

There is no maximum for profile types.

My main concern is pulling in the relevant businesses (ES users) relevant to this municipality.

May I know what do you mean by pulling in ES users to the groups? Do you mean getting them to join the municipality(group), as in they having difficulties finding their respective groups?

Quoted from Raymond on Monday, 25 July 2022

Hey Raymond,

Here's what I understand from your description.
- municipalities -> groups, around 15
- business categories -> profile types, around 100s for each municipality/group
- business -> users

What is the maximum numbers of profile type allowed?

There is no maximum for profile types.

My main concern is pulling in the relevant businesses (ES users) relevant to this municipality.

May I know what do you mean by pulling in ES users to the groups? Do you mean getting them to join the municipality(group), as in they having difficulties finding their respective groups?

I mean displaying the businesses that are within the territory of each given town in theses towns groups.

In my opinion, you should create group to manage your current requirement:

1. Create different group categories e.g.
- Territory A
- Territory B
- Territory C

2. Create 15 municipalities in each of the groups under this category "Territory A"
3. Create 15 municipalities in each of the groups under this category "Territory B"
4. Create 15 municipalities in each of the groups under this category "Territory C"
5. You can display a "EasySocial Groups" module, assigned to "Territory A" and set to display on the sidebar left module position, so it will show a list of 15 groups on the left sidebar.

6. If you want the new register user can automatically join to the respected group (municipalities), you need to create multiple profile types e.g.
- Territory A (profile type) - insert the 15 municipalities (groups) into this profile type (screenshot: https://monosnap.com/file/e086nk8khojmouNMnL3qiDfrJeD9dr )
- Territory B (profile type) - same
- Territory C (profile type) - same

7. so when the user register to this Territory A (profile type), this user will automatically join all these 15 municipalities (groups) under this "Territory A" group category.

Thanks for the elaborate response, I really appreciate it!

I will try it our tomorrow & let you know.

Just 1 question.

I was going to put all 12 towns in one exclusive group. And create 1 group for each town.

What is the advantage of repeating 12 time; 12 group categories with the same 12 groups in them.

Is it to do with what modules are available to display this list of 12 towns?
or
Profile types?
or???

I will also be offering a variety of premium packages for most profile types.

So it will be a little complex, thats why I want to do my best to get right from the foundation.

THanks a million!

Ray

Hey there,

I am really sorry for the delay in this reply as it is a weekend for us here.

I was going to put all 12 towns in one exclusive group. And create 1 group for each town.

What is the advantage of repeating 12 time; 12 group categories with the same 12 groups in them.

Is it to do with what modules are available to display this list of 12 towns?
or
Profile types?
or???

If you would like those new registered members to join the specific group automatically under a specific user profile type, then you can try to follow the ideas I suggested in my previous reply.

And yes, you can show a list of 12 towns (groups) under a specific group category you can configure this from the Easysocial group module.

+Thanks for response,

The method you are suggesting would mean creating 100s of profile types because consumer and businesses are different profile types and I have at least 3 categories of businesses I will charge varying amount for a premium account with PayPlan.

I have created a custom field with dropdown, mandatory field, I will see if I can use this field to sort with advanced search and then use the outcome url in a menu for this, using menu item system link.

WHat do think about this?

Hi Arlex,

I think the only way is through custom fields;
1) Locality Business is situated; 1of 12 towns
2) Bus type; over 100 types

Basically what I need is a menu or a module that can select what it display by using
1) Custom field =Locality fo busienss
2) Custom field = type of business
3) Profile type (this exist already)

So its essentially a menu or module that can use custom fields to parse the info and display the correct content.

Does such a thing exist by you or a 3rd party?

If no I will have to use a work-around by using advanced search (which can use custom fields) and do this serach for every bus. type and town and use the search result URL in a menu item. This means 12 towns x 1oo Bustypes =1200 searches and menu items. Then I will create a hidden menu for each town containing links to businesses in that town and 12 different modules to display them for each Town (group). Very long but it should work.

Do you have a better idea?

Once we have achieve this, the Easy social will appropriate to use as a community directory.

Thanks a million!

The method you are suggesting would mean creating 100s of profile types because consumer and businesses are different profile types and I have at least 3 categories of businesses I will charge varying amount for a premium account with PayPlan.

I have created a custom field with dropdown, mandatory field, I will see if I can use this field to sort with advanced search and then use the outcome url in a menu for this, using menu item system link.

WHat do think about this?

I am sorry that I am still not so clear about your current business modal, is your plan to create more than 100 profile types is because to support each of the "Locality of business" (e.g. different states)?

Are you going to charge different prices with the different states?

If this is not, I think you actually can create 2 profile types and enough to different both user profiles on the site.

1. Consumer
2. Businessman

The next thing you need to do is create 2 different user workflows (using different custom fields) to determine the user is under profile type (consumer or Businessman), this can help the user easy to search things from the advanced search page.

So when the user pays for the subscription plan to join this "Businessman" profile type, so these users can able to create a new group in Easysocial.

In the meanwhile, the consumer can able to search the group field data through the advanced search page in order to know which group matches the keyword on the site.

So its essentially a menu or module that can use custom fields to parse the info and display the correct content.

Does such a thing exist by you or a 3rd party?

Yes, you can add a menu item " Easysocial - (Search) Advanced Search Layout" and you can select the preselect filter option as well.

But this preselect filter you have to create yourself from the advanced search page and set it to globally (screenshot: https://monosnap.com/file/ieKMr3hEglEecB1bpbJeiug9dB8Z1F ) so when the user clicks on this menu item, it will show the filtered result to the user.

Excellent, yes I think this is the best workaround. Thanks a lot!

You are most welcome.

Just for your information, I have locked and marked this thread as resolved to avoid confusion in the future. Please start a new thread if you have any other issues in the future so it will be easier for us to manage your inquiries.

Thanks for understanding.