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The Business Directory (BD) is a service that allows the central management of business listings. It provides a mechanism to collect and store businesses data and then make them available to Publishers (websites). 
A Publisher can open an account with Business Directory and opt to receive catalog data from BD database. The Publisher has the option to define specific query parameters that make the data that he receives to be more relevant to what he needs. 
Publishers can make requests currently based on Business Listing (BL) categories and Registered Cities. 
A Business Listing is actually a record of a company or professional. A company or a professional can register with BD and add his company\’s details (address, contact, photos, etc). A BL does this because they want to expose these information to various Publishers. The advantage that BD provides is that BLs can add their data in one central Database (the BD) and then opt to which Publishers his data can become available. This helps from avoiding to add the same data multiple times with many different catalogs and keeping them updated. 
Business Directory Service provides an API where Publishers can connect and request data. Such a service is provided through the BD for WordPress Plugin.

Business Directory for WordPress

Business Directory Service provides an API where Publishers can connect and request data. Such a service is provided through the BD for Wordpress Plug …

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This is an extension plugin for the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections/" rel="ugc">Connections Business Directory Plugin</a> please be sure to install and active it before adding this plugin.
What does this plugin do? 
It adds an <a href="http://connections-pro.com/documentation/login/#Content_Block" rel="nofollow ugc">entry content block</a>, a <a href="http://connections-pro.com/documentation/login/#Shortcode" rel="nofollow ugc">shortcode</a> and a <a href="http://connections-pro.com/documentation/login/#Widget" rel="nofollow ugc">highly configurable widget</a> which displays a login form when a user is not logged into your site.
Version 3.1 introduced a <a href="https://connections-pro.com/documentation/login/#user" rel="nofollow ugc"><code>[user_]</code> shortcode</a> that allows you to display the currently logged-in user or specified user profile information, including user meta and the user avatar.
Version 3.2 introduced a <a href="https://connections-pro.com/documentation/login/#link" rel="nofollow ugc"><code>[link_]</code> shortcode</a> that allows you to output a login, logout, edit profile, registration, forgot password, or a dynamic login/logout link on a page.
Ok, great, but how does this benefit me? 
Well, if you have the directory setup to require login, you can add the <a href="http://connections-pro.com/documentation/login/#Shortcode" rel="nofollow ugc">[connections_login] shortcode</a> to the <a href="http://connections-pro.com/documentation/settings/#Require_Login" rel="nofollow ugc">login required message setting</a> (or any page you want, the shortcode is not limited to this setting). When it is added and the user is not logged in and visit your directory, they’ll be shown your message plus the login form.
The content block login form and the login widget are best used with <a href="http://connections-pro.com/add-on/link/" rel="nofollow ugc">Link</a> installed and activated. You can set up the login form content block to be shown on a single entry, that way when a user visits the page, and they are not logged in, they’ll be shown a login form right on their page. Alternatively, you could use the widget which will only be displayed on the single entry page when a user is not logged in. It’s your choice, you could use either one or both.
<a href="http://connections-pro.com/add-on/login/" rel="nofollow ugc">Checkout the screenshots.</a>
Here are some great free extensions (with more on the way) that enhance your experience with Connections Business Directory:
Utility
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-toolbar/" rel="ugc">Toolbar</a> :: Provides quick links to the admin pages from the admin bar.</li>
</ul>
Custom Fields
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-hours/" rel="ugc">Business Open Hours</a> :: Add the business open hours.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-local-time/" rel="ugc">Local Time</a> :: Add the business local time.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-facilities/" rel="ugc">Facilities</a> :: Add the business facilities.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-income-levels/" rel="ugc">Income Level</a> :: Add an income level.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-education-levels/" rel="ugc">Education Level</a> :: Add an education level.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-languages/" rel="ugc">Languages</a> :: Add languages spoken.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-hobbies/" rel="ugc">Hobbies</a> :: Add hobbies.</li>
</ul>
Misc
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-face-detect/" rel="ugc">Face Detect</a> :: Applies face detection before cropping an image.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://connections-pro.com/extensions/" rel="nofollow ugc">Premium Extensions</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://connections-pro.com/add-on/authored/" rel="nofollow ugc">Authored</a> :: Displays a list of blog posts written by the entry on their profile page.</li>
<li><a href="https://connections-pro.com/add-on/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">Contact</a> :: Displays a contact form on the entry’s profile page to allow your visitors to contact the entry without revealing their email address.</li>
<li><a href="https://connections-pro.com/add-on/csv-import/" rel="nofollow ugc">CSV Import</a> :: Bulk import your data in to your directory.</li>
<li><a href="https://connections-pro.com/add-on/custom-category-order/" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom Category Order</a> :: Order your categories exactly as you need them.</li>
<li><a href="https://connections-pro.com/add-on/custom-entry-order/" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom Entry Order</a> :: Allows you to easily define the order that your business directory entries should be displayed.</li>
<li><a href="https://connections-pro.com/add-on/enhanced-categories/" rel="nofollow ugc">Enhanced Categories</a> :: Adds many features to the categories.</li>
<li><a href="https://connections-pro.com/add-on/form/" rel="nofollow ugc">Form</a> :: Allow site visitor to submit entries to your directory. Also provides frontend editing support.</li>
<li><a href="https://connections-pro.com/add-on/link/" rel="nofollow ugc">Link</a> :: Links a WordPress user to an entry so that user can maintain their entry with or without moderation.</li>
<li><a href="https://connections-pro.com/add-on/rot13-email-encryption/" rel="nofollow ugc">ROT13 Encryption</a> :: Protect email addresses from being harvested from your business directory by spam bots.</li>
<li><a href="https://connections-pro.com/add-on/siteshot/" rel="nofollow ugc">SiteShot</a> :: Show a screen capture of the entry’s website.</li>
<li><a href="https://connections-pro.com/add-on/widget-pack/" rel="nofollow ugc">Widget Pack</a> :: A set of feature rich, versatile and highly configurable widgets that can be used to enhance your directory.</li>
</ul>

Connections Business Directory Login

Extension for the Connections Business Directory that adds a shortcode and widget to display a login form.

Business Directory for WordPress vs Connections Business Directory Login