Directorist Business Hour

Description

The Business Hour add-on displays the operating hours of each Directorist listing, adding a day selector and time ranges to the submission form and rendering the current status (open or closed) directly on the public profile of the listing. Built for local business directories, restaurants, clinics, and service providers, the module gives visitors the practical information that determines whether they should call, visit, or move on to the next result.

Key Features

• Hours field in the submission form: adds a day-of-week selector and time intervals during listing creation.
• Real-time status indicator: automatically shows whether the business is open or closed based on the server time.
• Multiple shifts per day: allows configuring more than one time range per day, covering lunch breaks or split business hours.
• Organized display on the profile: presents the complete weekly grid on the individual page of each Directorist listing.
• Closed marking: identifies full days with no operation without needing to leave the field blank.

Business Hour Benefits

• Reduced off-hours contacts: visitors can see whether the business is open before calling, saving time on both sides.
• More trust in the directory: listings with complete operational information build credibility and generate more clicks.
• Autonomy for the advertiser: the listing owner enters and updates the hours without depending on the admin team.
• Immediate decision for the user: the visual open-or-closed status speeds up the choice between one listing and another.

Who Is It For?

• Operators of local commerce, services, and in-person business directories.
• Segmented portals for restaurants, cafés, clinics, salons, and workshops that rely on visible operating hours.
• Agencies and developers that deliver websites based on Directorist and need ready-to-use operational fields.

The component fills a practical gap in any business directory: turning business hours into structured, searchable, and always-visible information, instead of a standalone text lost in the description. For portals that connect consumers and businesses at the right moment, this is the kind of field that reduces friction on every published listing.

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