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How to set up, run and grow your Directory Theme site, one guide at a time.

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Start guideFrom installing the theme to a site that is ready to launch.Theme InstallInstalling and activating your theme.Templates & DesignChoosing how your site looks.Payment GatewaysTaking money on your site.

Getting set up

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What the Directory Theme can doThe Directory Theme is the PremiumPress core itself: every other PremiumPress theme is built on it. Its listings, members, checkout, payments, credits, memberships and designs are covered by the guides in these docs, topic by topic.RequirementsWhat you need before installing a PremiumPress theme. There are only three things, and most hosting plans already cover all of them.Theme InstallInstalling and activating your theme.UpdatesKeeping your theme current.

Design & look

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Templates & DesignChoosing how your site looks.Fonts & ColorsBrand colours and typography.Logo & BrandingYour logo and brand colours are set in one place and used across the whole site.Site GeneratorThe Site Generator is the visual editor for your homepage and your other main pages.

Listings & content

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Fields & Default ContentThe data your listings hold, and the fields people fill in.Add Listing FormHow listings get created and edited.Managing ListingsHow to add, edit, approve and moderate the listings on your site.Media, Expiry & MapsThe site-wide rules for photos, videos, expiry, maps, bookings and ratings on your listings.

Members & accounts

Sign-up & LoginHow people join your site, what they are asked, and how they sign in.Members & MembershipsHow to look after the people who use your site: their accounts, their plans and your newsletter list.

Payments & money

Payment GatewaysTaking money on your site.MonetizeThe ways your site can charge money.Checkout: Tax, Shipping & DiscountsHow to set up prices, discount codes, tax, shipping and the other checkout extras.Orders & PayoutsHow to find and update orders, and how to pay the sellers on your site.

Settings & admin

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Admin AreaFinding your way around the theme's admin screens.Site SettingsHow to set your business details and the site-wide switches under Settings.SEO in your themeHow to set the title, description and focus keyword that search engines see for each of your pages.Your sitemapWhat a sitemap is, where to find yours, and how to give it to Google.