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August 12, 2014 at 8:38 pm #11794

Bobby
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Hi there,

Hopefully this makes sense – I installed GeoDirectory on our site, but the directory has its own main page (“/directory” other than the site’s homepage. However, for purposes of the breadcrumbs and other items, is it possible to somehow have the plugin recognize the ‘/directory’ page as the root page, rather than the site’s main homepage?

Thanks,

Bobby

August 12, 2014 at 11:55 pm #11808

Guust
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So your main site is not a WordPress site, and you have installed GD in a separate WordPress installation at /directory. Is that what you mean?

Because if you use GD not as your homepage, your Home breadcrumb should go to the “root” page as standard.

Can you clarify? A URL might help.

August 13, 2014 at 1:42 pm #11877

Simone
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I think he wants to use the GD in a page which is not the homepage, so for example in /directory. In this page he would have the “standard” GD homepage with map etc, and GD allows to use this page only in the homepage of the website (root). I’m in the same situation, and I’ve set up a page “forcing” the widget to show up only on the /directory page, but I haven’t considered the breadcrumbs. I will see what I can do, and keep you updated

August 13, 2014 at 1:55 pm #11878

Guust
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But that is standard, is it not?
See http://goldroo.net/directory/

Settings:
GD > Design > Home > Geodirectory home page > No
GD > Permalinks > Location url prefix > Directory

The breadcrumbs automatically work correctly.
Bobby wants the breadcrumbs NOT to link to the site’s home page.

Bobby, why do you want a homepage you do not intend to link to at all?
Am I misunderstanding something?

August 13, 2014 at 1:59 pm #11882

Simone
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maybe because he wants to keep things separated (my guess), it’s like having a “blog” on the homepage/root and the directory in the /directory, so if someone will visit the directory and click home (in the breadcrumbs) he will be redirected to the home of the directory rather than the home of the blog

edit: hey Guust it’s like I’m talking alone here 😛

August 13, 2014 at 2:21 pm #11888
John Allsopp
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Maybe you could make use of this filter to put in your new URL
```
apply_filters('geodir_breadcrumb_first_link','<a href="'.get_option('home').'">'.__('Home',GEODIRECTORY_TEXTDOMAIN).'</a>').'
```
August 13, 2014 at 3:43 pm #11904

Bobby
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Thanks Simone, that’s exactly what I’m going after here. Another reason is that the nav item for the Directory should remain “highlighted” (so to speak) on all GeoDirectory pages so the user knows they are still on the directory portion of the website.

John – thanks, I’ll try the filter out and see if that does the trick.

August 13, 2014 at 4:21 pm #11913
Bobby
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I solved the nav issue by adding this function in header.php to add the highlight styling on GD pages:
```
if(geodir_is_geodir_page() ){
echo('<style>nav li:nth-of-type(3) a {border-bottom: 5px solid #ff7900;}</style>');
}
```
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