Directories
Directory of stockists, partners or locations
If you have a long list of store locations, people, stockists, suppliers or partners you want to show to customers, in a way that's easy to maintain and update, creating a data-driven directory page is the answer.
Beija Flor florist created a vendor directory for local suppliers of wedding services other than florals. With 4,500 website visitors per month being listed in the directory was an obvious benefit and, as a condition of entry, listed vendors were required to link to Beija Flor's website in return. See it in action →
How it works
Directory entries are stored in a metaobject and categorised to allow grouping entries together, sorting or filtering. Available categories (or location regions) can be auto-generated by looping through entries and generating a unique list of groupings.
Editing and updating metaobject entries is much quicker and easier than having to update details in theme templates. Each entry can also have relevant products or blog posts associated with it.