How do I set up a directory of members products and services BUT NOT an ecommerce site

[thomami244]

Hi,

I have set up the basics of my KLEO theme fine by working through all the tutorials. However, I want to create a separate directory where members can list the products and services they provide (but no store where people can buy). In other words, when you scroll at the top of the screen you can see a heading something like “Products & Services Offered by our Members”. When you go into the directory, there is an alphabetical list of the products and services offered by our members.

I don’t know whether there is a way to create a directory on Kleo, or whether I need to create a new group for members who offer products and services to add, or maybe have a very simple store but no option to buy (because I can’t manage the ecommerce side yet).  Can you advise on the simplest way to go about creating a directory of products and services?

Thank you,

Michael

 

 

[Kieran_SQ]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for reaching out about a custom product directory. This is not included in the theme but here are some ways you could achieve that.

1. WooCommerce and a Vendor plugin with no payment gateway configured. This will allow your members add products via the front end, organize them into categories and archives as well as display them in a theme supported way. With no payment gateway configured and no cart or checkout pages no member or visitor will be able to purchase any products and when you’re ready to accept payments they can simply be enabled.

2. Create a custom post type and taxonomies either by hand, generator or plugin. Copy the single.php file from the theme into the child theme and rename it to single-my_post_type.php (where my_post_type is the name of your custom post type) and change the code to suit your needs – you will need to do this for archive and category templates too.

By far the easiest option, with little to no coding involved, is option 1. Option 2 allows you far more options but will take longer and requires a good level of PHP, HTML and CSS knowledge.

Thanks,

Kieran

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