Directories

All organizations hold a wealth of information within internal databases. Opening up such information within corporate websites or Intranets can be difficult, time consuming and expensive.

Directories enable the publication of any form of structured data either through entering the information manually within the Jadu Central or importing datasets that may be held within external systems or databases.

Map integrations allow datasets to be coupled with geospatial information where relevant.

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Directories can allow customer generated additions/amendments through a controlled workflow. Customers can manage their own listings - ideal for research, services, local listings or member directories.

Managing directories

Directories are managed via the Publishing menu.

If your account has permission to access directories, you navigate to their management area by the following:

1. Click the Publishing icon in the left navigation bar. The Publishing menu will open.
2. Click the Directories link in the first group of links. A list of directories will now be shown, with links to create new directories if your account has the appropriate access permissions.

Directories fields

The following fields are provided to store data about directories.

Field	Notes	Required?
Title	Title will be used as your directory name on your organization’s website.	✅
Categories	Location of this directory in your site's navigation structure. See Categories for further details.	✅
Metadata	Hidden information about this directory. See Metadata for further details.	✅
Description	A text-only overview of the directory and the data held within it.
Directory admin email	The contact who will receive notifications relating to submission of new directory records.
Public submission	Whether visitors to your website can submit new records to the directory.

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Public submissions are not automatically published and are subject to workflow approval.

Customer Masterclass: Creating & managing Directories in Jadu Central and Connect

With Paul Johnson, Training Manager and Content Strategist, Jadu.

Learn how to:

• Create searchable content Directories
• Use categories to enable Directory record filtering
• Enable postcode based Directory record searching
• Open up Directories to public submission and management of records
• Create Directory records via a Jadu Central form submission
• Pull field values from a Directory record into a Jadu Central form

27 June 2024

See the video: Customer Masterclass: Creating & managing Directories in Jadu Central and Connect.