Business Search Directory Subscribers Business Search Directory members may add code to their webpages, so visitors must subscribe to their business before they may access particular webpages. The subscription process uses Facebook's Connect feature, so subscribers must have a Facebook account. A business may require payments for subscriptions, in which case the administrator must enable each subscriber before they may access subscription webpages. The Business Search Directory does not receive payments from subscribers, and is not responsible for payments received by businesses from their subscribers. Visitor Instructions When a subscription webpage is displayed, a link is shown which allows you to connect your Facebook account to the business. Clicking that link displays a Facebook page which requests permission for you to use the Business Directory Subscribers app. If the business has configured their account to automatically enable new subscribers, then you will immediately have access to their subscription webpage. Otherwise, the business must enable your subscription, using the Subscriber ID that is displayed. Administrator Instructions Whether you use subscription webpages to receive additional revenue for your business, or just to receive more traffic, you will want to offer premium content that will cause visitors to subscribe, such as the following: Articles Blogs Forums Gadgets Adding Subscription Code to a Webpage: On your Business Search Directory Administration Page, the Profile tab contains a pink textbox which contains your Subscription Code. After clicking in that textbox, the following key presses will copy the code to your clipboard: [Ctrl+A] [Ctrl+C] You should then paste that code, by pressing [Ctrl+V] at the very beginning of your webpage's source code. It is important that the Subscription Code is the first two lines on your webpage. Your webpage will then operate as described above under Visitor Instructions. Listing Subscribers: On your Business Search Directory Administration Page, the Subscribers tab displays the following data about each Subscriber: Enabled Status Subscriber ID Subscriber Name (links to their Facebook Page) Date Joined # of Visits Date of Last Visit You may Sort this list by any column in ascending or descending order, by clicking any column heading. Store "Enabled" Settings: The leftmost column of the Subscriber list contains checkboxes which indicate whether each subscriber has been Enabled. If you are offering your subscription webpages for free, then you will leave all these checkboxes checked. If you require payments for subscriptions, then you will leave each checkbox unchecked until you receive a payment from each subscriber. After you change the status of one or more checkboxes, click [Store "Enabled" Settings] to store the settings that are displayed on the current page. Other Subscriber Settings: The Profile tab contains the following two additional settings for subscriptions: Subscribers initially enabled (when they connect): If you are offering your subscription webpages for free, then you will leave this box checked, so all new subscribers will immediately have access to your subscription pages. If you require payments, then uncheck this box so visitors will not have access until you receive their payment. URL for your subscription policies: If Subscribers are not initially enabled, then a link to this URL will be displayed after a visitor has connected their Facebook account to your business, so the visitor can view your additional subscription policies. This is an optional field (it may be left blank). Detecting the Subscriber ID from your Subscription Webpage: When a visitor has received access to your subscription webpage, the process will add a parameter named sid to your webpage's URL. For example, if the URL that displays your subscription webpage includes &sid=98789, then the Subscriber ID is 98789. You can then use that Subscriber ID within your own PHP code.