Exhibitor List (web)

Overview

The exhibitor list page provides visitors and buyers with their choice of a card view or a list view of all exhibitors participating in the event. The page provides searching and filtering, allows for interaction with the exhibitors (favorite/meet/message) and also offers several sponsorship opportunities

By default there is pagination in the exhibitors list. The number of items per page can be defined in the admin panel at /admin/general/settings (Event setup > General > Settings) using the setting “Default Number of Items to Show“.

Alternatively, an endless scroll can be enabled in the admin panel at /admin/general/settings (Event setup > General > Settings) in the “Search“ block.

Search

Search can be regular or Elastic. Elastic search can be enabled in the admin panel at /admin/appointments/search (Networking and Matchmaking > Search)

ElasticSearch offers a more comprehensive search functionality, allowing you to search site content that is not covered by the regular search and doesn't require an exact keyword match.

When ElasticSearch is enabled, the numerical values in each box determine the priority of the corresponding field within its group. For example, in the Exhibitor block, the multipliers are as follows: Name - 0, Description - 2, Category - 3. This means that matches in the Category field have more significance than matches in the Description field. In a scenario where two exhibitors have 5 matches each in Description and Category, the one with 5 matches in the Category field will be ranked higher in the search results.

If ElasticSearch is disabled, no prioritization is applied to the search fields. The active toggles indicate which fields should be searched for matches. The search results will then be sorted based on category weight and arranged alphabetically.

Filters

Filters can be set up in the admin panel at /admin/displayFilters/list/exhibitors (Event setup > Display Filters > Exhibitors tab)

System predefined filters are:

New (not a filter but a switch above the exhibitors list)
Hall
Exhibitor categories
Product categories
Countries
Tags
Head Office/Child Exhibitors (for web only)
Meeting availability (for web only. This filter is for events where exhibitors are allowed a limited number of confirmed meetings, allowing visitors to filter to see only those exhibitors who have not yet exhausted their limit.

Any exhibitor registration form field that has predefined options can be marked with the “Use as filter“ checkbox. When checked a new filter will be created and will appear in the filters list on the frontend and in the admin panel at /admin/displayFilters/list/exhibitors (Event setup > Display Filters > Exhibitors tab)

Copy Filters

The “Copy link to applied filters“ button allows users to copy a direct link to the marketplace page with applied filters.

This button is part of the “Favorites Dashboard“ functionality. The link contains data about the filter author and after someone performs the “Add to favorite” action, it will show the organiser the source of those favorite actions. The dashboard can be found under Networking and Matchmaking > Favorites Dashboard

Views

Available views are:

Cards view
List view
Short list view
Custom table view
- Custom table view can be enabled in the admin panel at /admin/registration/esettings (Registration settings > Exhibitor > Additional settings). This view allows you to select and organise all exhibitor data that needs to be shown in the table. The default fields in the table are: Logo, Company Name, Stand(s), Interaction buttons, Country, City, and Activity Categories. When enabled, this view is selected by default

Cards Display

In the card view the exhibitor card can contain:

Logo
interaction buttons (chat, meetings, favorite)
Exhibitor name
Exhibitor Country, Region, City
“New“ ribbon
“Parent exhibitor“ mark
Number of child companies
Location
“Viewed“ mark

In the list view the exhibitor card can contain:

Logo
interaction buttons (chat, meetings, favorite)
Exhibitor name
Exhibitor Country, Region, City
“New“ ribbon
“Parent exhibitor“ mark
Number of child companies
Location
“Viewed“ mark
Products (photo, name, favorite)
Categories
“About” info

In the short list view the exhibitor card can contain:

Logo
Name
“Parent exhibitor“ mark
Number of child companies
“Viewed“ mark
Location
Interaction buttons (chat, meetings, favorite)

In the custom table view the exhibitor card (first column) can contain:

Logo
Name
“Parent exhibitor“ mark
Number of child companies
Location
Interaction buttons (chat, meetings, favorite)

Switch between Objects

From the marketplace page user can switch to:

Exhibitors list
Products list
Brands list
Pavilions list
News list
Events list
On-demand events list

The switch may look different depending on the event’s specific options:

Banner Ad Space

Top banners

Markup can be set for 1 or 2 banners.

Left sidebar banners

Markup can be set for 1, 2 or 3 banners. Banner shape can be default (square) or rectangular.

Interaction Buttons

Interaction buttons are presented on exhibitor cards in any view. Whether the button displays depends on the permission matrix, networking opt-in, connection settings, etc. An exhibitor won’t see interaction buttons on his own card.

PDF exhibitor list download

This functionality can be enabled and configured in the admin panel at /admin/registration/esettings:

The “Download“ button is available between PDF exhibitor list download start and end date.

The file re-builds every 30 minutes, so it can be incomplete sometimes.

Matchmaking sorting on marketplace

Default sorting on the marketplace is alphabetical. When the “Matchmaking sorting on Marketplace“ setting in the admin panel at /admin/registration/esettings is enabled, the exhibitors list becomes sorted in matchmaking order, from higher match percentage to lowest:

Default sorting	Matchmaking sorting for user 1	Matchmaking sorting for user 2