We're seeing some odd behaviour with approvals. Technically they work as expected, however all the records that have been approved still display "Listing awaiting approval" and have an "Approve" button beside them. We know they have been approved, but we set the filter to only show Approved records, and until approved they don't show up in this list (as expected).

So they partly know that they're approved, and partly don't.

http://www.tacf.org/fellowship/business

TACF IT,

Thank you for your question.

Business DIrectory was designed to allow the Admin the choice of setting the listing to a standard or enhanced listing in the Admin panel of the listing form.

The admin panel is revealed when the approver edits the listing.

Until that selection is made the listing will appear as you have stated.

If you decide that all listings should be initially set as standard listings, you can change this behavior by changing the standard selection of the form dropdown box named cboEnhancedListing to the following:

    [select1 ref="cboEnhancedListing" appearance="minimal" class="dnnpSmall" repeatcolumns="1"]
        [label class="dnnpNormal"]Enhanced Listing[/label]
        [items]
          [item>
            [label]-Select-[/label]
            [value>[/value>
          [/item>
          [item selected="true">
            [label]Approved Standard Listing[/label]
            [value]No[/value]
          [/item]
          [item]
            [label]Approved Enhanced Listing[/label]
            [value]Yes[/value]
          [/item]
        [/items]
      [/select1]

Note: Arrows have been replaced with brackets to show code on forum post.

By setting the standard listing selection as selected="true" the listing will default to a Standard listing.

Be safe - when editing a form or template always select the Plain Text editor and save your form or template to NotePad prior to editing.

Buck

I am still having problems with this notification system. I am not getting any notification when some one posts a listing. 

I am with PowerDNN and set the SMTP as stated above.  I checked the settings and The Email was Successful. 

No matter what Admin acct I choose, I get no notification.

I am getting notice when a new user signs up.

Is there a form needed to be configured to do this?

Any other thoughts?  Thanks Stephen

Stephen,

Below is a reference from the Configure Main Form training page.

sEmail - The default value is {XMOD_PortalEmail} and returns the email associated with your portals's Administrator account for the Administrator that is set as the default Administrator on your DNN Admin >> Admin Settings page. This value is the From value used to send emails. You can change this to the email of your choice. This is the email address that will receive emails notices to approve listings.
 
smtpServ - The default value is mail.{XMOD_PortalAlias} and will return mail.YOURDOMAIN.com. You can change this default value to the SMTP server that matches your DotNetNuke portal settings.. Example: This setting may be different for your portal and hosting provider. If your email is working for other areas of your DNN portal, check the Host Tab >> Host Settings >> Advanced Settings >> SMTP Server Settings to discover what SMTP server setting is configured for your portal.

You mentioned that you are hosting at PowerDNN. If you have any doubt as to the value of this SMTP Server setting, submit a ticket to PowerDNN support and they will gladly supply you with the correct value. They have great support.

As referenced in the training, the Business Directory form has a series of parameters that are set for form values.

The sEmail {XMOD_PortalEmail} value can easily be changed to yourname@yourdomain.com.

The value for the SMTP server can be changed to match the value in your host settings.

Here is additional reference in XMod online help to better understand the XMod form email controls.

Email Form Control

The parameters at the top of the Busines Directory form are available to easily add values throughout the form without the need to traverse the entire form to manually find control values and change them to meet your specific requirements.

Buck

 Stephen,

The three form choices are a single category form, multiple category selection form, and Category/Sub Categories form.

The only difference between the three forms is the way a user can associate categories with a listing.

If your category structure is not too complex, the single category form is a good choice.

Hey there, working more on the uploads for xmod.

I need a way to upload near 1000 contacts into the xmod form. Whenever a user uploads it uploads through a BD6 Multiple Catagories No Video Form, I need a way to upload those contacts using that form, that is readable in either excel or access. Is there a simple form that can be filled in and repeated using copy and paste.

I found a way to upload those contacts using a single catagory form but it got messy in the way that I couldnt get anything to look right from just an upload and now there is multiply copies of that one upload all on top of each other.

Thanks

 

The importing of XMod data is referenced in the XMod Online help at:

XMod Online Help

Importing XMod Data