Available units (and options/settings)

Tools unit – Provides the generic functions that any person viewing your page can use (eg add review, send to a friend, etc).  This unit always occupies the top right spot on your page and it cant be moved or removed.

Logo unit – Use a logo unit to upload and display your company’s logo.  Click to add a logo unit.  Once you’ve added the unit you can select it to choose what logo to display, to move it around, or to remove it again.  You can use an image either from your computer or from another website.  You may wish to position your logo at the top of your listing page.  NB: You can have one Logo unit.  If you want to show more images use multiple Image units.

Image unit – Use image units to upload and display images and photos relating to your business.  Click to add a new image unit.  Once you’ve added the unit you can select it to choose what image to display and to move it around.  You can use an image either from your computer or from another website.  NB: You can add up to 99 units on your page, and you can update them or remove them at any time.

Video unit – Use video units to upload and display video relating to your business.

Click to add a new video unit.  Once you’ve added the unit you can select it to choose what video to display and to move it around.  You can use a video either from your computer or from Google Video or YouTube.  NB: You can add up to 99 units on your page, and you can update them or remove them at any time.  TIP: for larger videos is faster to upload them to YouTube or Google Video and we’ll grab them from there.

Text unit – Use text units to add any additional information about your business.  Click to add a new text unit.  Once you’ve added the unit you can select it and use the in-page text editor to compose and update neatly formatted text to describe your business, your services, opening times, special offers, in fact anything you want.  NB: You can add up to 99 units on your page, and you can update them or remove them at any time.

HTML unit – Use HTML units to add HTML or external widgets to your page (advanced users only) such as Meebo’s great instant messaging widget (www.meebo.com).

Click to add a new HTML unit.  Once you’ve added the unit you can select it and paste in your HTML.  TIP: Your Brownbook listing page is divided into two equal width columns.  The optimal width for any external widget is approximately 430 pixels wide, at this width it will fit perfectly into one column width.  NB: You can add up to 99 units on your page, and you can update them or remove them at any time.

The following units are mandatory on the page, they cannot be removed and they have no configuration options.  NB: On some you can change the title:

  • Business details unit – displays your basic business contact details
  • Business tags unit – displays your business tags (keywords that describe your business)
  • Location tags unit – displays your location tags (keywords that describe where you do business)
  • Map unit (Where?) – displays a map of your approximate location
  • Whose business is this? – displays information about the claimant of a business listing
  • Revision history – displays information about the previous versions of this page
  • Reviews unit – displays reviews and allows people to leave reviews of your business