Setup a Front Page

Creating a Front Page

NOTE/WARNING: DO NOT set the WP Front Page to the GeoDirectory V2 Location page or Search page. Doing so will break search and other GeoDirectory functionality.

Every site needs a Front page, but GeoDirectory V2 does not provide a home page.

Here is what most people do to create a new Front page.

First, create a new WP page

Call the page “My New Home Page” and then Publish it.

Now set the new page as your site Front Page at:

Now you can do anything you like with your new home page, but here are some shortcodes you can copy and paste there to display some GeoDirectory content.

[gd_map width="100%" height="425px" maptype="ROADMAP" zoom="0" map_type="auto" post_settings="1"]
[gd_categories title="Popular Categories" title_tag="h3" post_type="0" hide_empty="1" sort_by="az" max_level="1" max_count="all" max_count_child="0"]
[gd_listings title="Featured Places" post_type="gd_place" sort_by="az" title_tag="h3" layout="gridview_onefifth" post_limit="5" show_featured_only="1"]
[gd_listings title="Popular Places" post_type="gd_place" sort_by="az" title_tag="h3" layout="gridview_onefifth" post_limit="15"]

To add more yourself, open up your new home page and use the shortcode builder or the GD Blocks to add more GeoDirectory Design Elements.