Birgit Wilde
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Hi Alex,
by “all the listings in the loop” do you mean only those listings displaid on the lefthand side (amount depending on page settings)? This is how it is right now.It would be so much better if the visitor/user could see at a glance that there are many more listings in this database and where about in Germany they are.
Therefore I used to have this lovely snippet from the support team (see screenshot) which now with GDV2 doesn’t work properly anymore.
The next step to perfection would be to display the listings currently listed on the lefthand side on the map with map pins and all the other listings as little dots. Thus the user could see where else in Germany the database provides listings and at the same time know the locations of the listings currently shown on the lefthand side. Okay, this might be really a matter of individual customization.
But for now it would be great to be able to just show all listings on the map, resp. to gain back the functionality of that snippet.
Any idea?
Many thanks
BirgitHi Kiran,
sorry, it seems it doesn’t work yet. The map on GD Archive still shows just those listings that are currently listed on the lefthand side of GD Archive.
Any other idea?
Many thanks and best regards
BirgitAh, got it. Now I see how the shortcode builder works.
Thank you!Hi Alex,
I feel we are getting there 🙂 And thanks again for your patience.Just one more question regarding the sorting options on the GD archive page in the frontend.
In the documentation I found that I must insert the shortcode [gd_loop_actions] to the GD Archive page to show sorting options in the front end (if I got that right).In my GD Archive page there is this shortcode (see screenshot). But no sorting options like “Name A-Z” or “Best ratings first” are being displaid in the frontend. I was also looking for that Shortcode Builder, but on the GD Archive page there seems to be no icon to open the shortcode builder.
What am I supposed to do with this shortcode to display sorting options to the user in the GD Archive page?
Hi Alex,
maybe we have been talking about two different things regarding the sorting options. I am always a bit confused with the terminology and not quite sure what is the difference between the listing page and an archive page. What I mean seems to be the archive page – the page where all search results are shown to the user.And I am 100% sure that with GDV1 I was able to add sorting options like price, rating, title to the main search bar for the user to sort his search results accordingly (just like at TripAdvisore etc.).
Is that function gone now?Regarding featured listings: I have got my sorting options set like in the screenshot, with featured listings first by default – on top of all sorting options. Why in the way the search results are displaid on the archive page is anything else (words, distance to near search radius, what ever… ) more relevant than this default sorting option I have put on the very top?
And really, this is an honest question: What is the sense of a featured listing if it cannot be shown by default in a prominent position?
Hi Alex,
wunderful! So quick 🙂
I have been looking in your documentation for some instructions on where and how to use this but couldn’t find anything.
I have also been looking for a new block/function in the GD output Location-Widget, generally GD widgets …. Could you give me a hint (or a link) where I can read up where to find and how to use this new address block?Many thanks
BirgitHi Alex,
see sorting options for users at HRS, Yelp and TripAdvisor in the screenshots attached.
And sorry, both features
1. the sorting options for users as well as
2. the ability to display premium/featured listings on top of the search resultsworked very well with GDV1 and are really basic functionalities.
So how can it be that now with GDV2 you tell your clients that for that basic functionalities we have to pay your experts now?
Hi Guust,
the snippet that broke the pagination is deactivated and I have added the php-code all_posts=”1″ as described (see screenshot) and uploaded it back on the FTP-server.
Now I have my pagination back, but the map does not show all listings of a CPT but only those listed on the left.
Any idea?
Many thanks
BirgitGreat!
I do not get along with the description in the documentation, so I will wait for the new release.
Thank you 🙂
BirgitExcellent – thank you 🙂
Hi Alex,
thank you for your response, I am still not quite sure wether I understand this correctly. So I would be greatful if you answer my questions:
1. Is there really not a single option for a user to sort the search results by title or rating or distance from his location (like with HRS or TripAdvisor)? I remember quite well that was possible with GDV1.
2. I am selling the featured listings (Premium) for a higher price because they will have the pole position in the search results. So in the sorting options I have the following settings to make sure
– the Premium Partners are displaid first in a random order and
– the following listings are sorted by rating (1st level) and title (2nd level)Featured (Premium) – ascending
Random
Title
Reviews
(also see 1st screenshot)However, when a user searches a Venue in Frankfurt the search results are displaid strictly after distance to Frankfurt City Center. The Premium Partner is in the second position behind a free listing which is closer to the city center (see 2nd screenshot).
This makes the Premium package difficult to sell.
How can I make sure that within search near radius of 50 km (this is the distance in my GD search settings) premium/featured listings are definitely on top position in the search results?
Looking forward to your response and many thanks
BirgitAh, I found the snippet.
It is exactly the one managing that even though there are not all listings displaid at once on the lefthand side of the search page, the map on the right shows all listings.This code I got from some entry in the forum (see below).
How to I have to adjust this code to make it work for GDV2?function show_more_posts($query) {
if ( empty( $query->query_vars[‘suppress_filters’] ) ) {
if( geodir_is_page(‘listing’) || geodir_is_page(‘author’) || geodir_is_page(‘search’) ) {
$query->set( ‘posts_per_page’, -1 );
}
}
return $query;
}
add_filter( ‘pre_get_posts’ , ‘show_more_posts’ );Hi Alex,
one more question… you and the documentation say:
Search results are always sorted by relevance.Does this happen automatically?
When is a listing relevant resp. not so relevant?Best regards
BirgitHi Guust,
great, thank you. I will check the snippets.Now the map on the right side shows onlay as many listings as are displaid on the left. How can I achieve it that the map on the right shows ALL listings while on the left only xx listings per page are dislaid?
Many thanks
BirgitHi Alex,
there was indeed a shortcut gd_post-meta referring to businness hours which is not really there, so I deleted that shortcut. However, this has no impact on the look of the page, there is still “field key missing” displayed for every listing of any CPT.There is a second short code [gd_post_meta key=’post_content’ show=’value-strip’]. When I testwise deleted that one, it also had no immpact at all.
Or am I supposed to do something else with those shortcuts referring to non-existant key but to delete them?
