Hi stroudsco
THat’s strange that all the formatting works ok but the shortcodes doesn’t. There must be something in the geodirectory plugin that takes the do shortcode filter out.
If you are using metaslider then you can use the php tag to display the images.
You need to add the template tags to geodirectory-templates > listing-gridview.php and listing-listview.
At the top of the page before the first
<?php echo adrotate_group(1); ?>
This is the test I did – http://naturesites.co.uk/places/national-nature-reserves/
Obviously it is best if the category description works but it is a possible option till the developers have sorted out all the bugs in the plugin.