David Sirius

I got to work now.. what a long ride. Anyway, here are the steps that I did to make it work and the CSS code for anyone trying to achieve something similar (it’s all about taking AND giving back):

1) in geodirectory -> place settings -> custom fields -> add a checkbox for each category you have
2) within the checkbox settings:
2a) dont enter anything for frontend title
2b) enter HTML variable name which will be relevant for the CSS (e.g. I used parentcategory1)
2c) is active yes
2d) show in listings page
2e) for parent categories that should have text: dont reference a icon link. For sub cats that should have an icon: enter the icon url.
3) add the following code to your child theme style

.geodir_more_info {
    float: left !important;
    clear: both !important;
}

[class*="parentcategory"] {
  clear: both !important;
}

.geodir_parentcategory1 {
  float: left;
  display: inline;
  margin: 0;
  text-align: center;
  visibility: hidden;
}
.geodir_parentcategory1::before {
  content: 'Parent Cat 1:';
  visibility: visible;
}
.geodir_parentcategory2 {
  float: left;
  display: inline;
  margin: 0;
  text-align: center;
  visibility: hidden;
}
.geodir_parentcategory2::before {
  content: 'Parent Cat 2:';
  visibility: visible;

}
.geodir_subcategory1a {
  float: left;
  display: inline;
  clear:none !important;
  margin: 0;
  width: 1.75vh;
  color: transparent;
}

.geodir_subcategory1b {
  float: left;
  display: inline;
  clear:none !important;
  margin: 0;
  width: 1.75vh;
  color: transparent;
}
.geodir_subcategory1c {
  float: left;
  display: inline;
  clear:none !important;
  margin: 0;
  width: 1.75vh;
  color: transparent;
}

.geodir_subcategory2a {
  float: left;
  display: inline;
  clear:none !important;
  margin: 0;
  width: 1.75vh;
  color: transparent;
}

The final result is in screenshot 1

The only problem that remains is that the checkboxes deliver the output “yes”, which is not visible due to the CSS transparent attribute, but its still there (see screenshot2). @guust: is it easily possible to remove the “yes” output?

Ok understood, thanks Guust. I’m not familiar with PHP (only html and CSS) so I wont be able to customise it myself. Shame though as it felt so close. I’ll think of a workaround for now and fix this properly with a developer from your link at a later stage when all road blocks are solved.

Thanks Guust. So far so good on the new plugins, I’m just frustatingly stuck for the second day on implementing the category icons on the search page. I have opened a topic in general discussion. I would really appreciate if you could perhaps have a look (understanding that it falls in customisation)? I’m currently browsing the forum on “category icons” in the hope of finding something that could help..

There is not much point buying lifetime updates if the business has no cash-flow after everyone bought the lifetime updates, they’ll go broke because of lack of funds and you are left with … 🙂

But you would continue to have recurring first time customers that would generate CF? I guess a more balanced approach between 100% repurchase price and 0% = lifetime updates would be best.

Constructive criticism happily accepted, it allows us to explain 🙂

Great, glad it came across the right way.

I have subscribed now for full membership 🙂

I found in listing-listview.php the relevant code for the section on the search page:

<?php
/**
* Called before the post excerpt on the listings view template.
*
* @since 1.0.0
* @param object $post The post object.
* @see ‘geodir_after_listing_post_excerpt’
*/
do_action(‘geodir_before_listing_post_excerpt’, $post); ?>
<?php echo geodir_show_listing_info(‘listing’); ?>

So the action ‘geodir_before_listing_post_excerpt’ is providing all the custom fields which per my screenshot are categories, and two text fields. However, I cannot find the PHP/HTML file that defines the action. I have manually search in all files in the geodirectory plugin folder and subfolders of functions, templates, and widgets.

I havent found the HTML code for the details page either (just the general listing-detail.php file pulling the content via actions).

do_action(‘geodir_add_page_content’, ‘before’, ‘details-page’);

I understand Alex, but honestly there are plenty of files across three folders (GD plugin, directory starter, supreme directory) and it’s impossible to find the right place without any help. I’m no professional but typically do know my way around. There is no supporting documentation available to understand the architecture deep enough (>> no the templates page you may refer to is high level and does not help for such a change) and I have spent hours by now browsing through code, it’s really frustrating to constantly hit a wall with the GD code and then facing limitations in the forum here as well and it’s not practicable to hire a developer for any marginal change. Users of the GD plugin should be really able to make layout changes themselves either via available sufficient documentation or support.

With regards to the question, phrasing it differently: to start making the change (text to icons), I would need to know in which file I have to look to find the code of the details page that calls the icons (screenshot 1). Secondly I would need to understand in which file I have to go to make the amendment by applying similar code from the details page to the search page (screenshot 2).

Found it! Wouldn’t think it would be in the custom field section! Thanks!

I have now the categories in text form shown (see screenshot), but how do I pull the respective category icons? I could dig through the files to search for the icon code on the details page (just under the main picture the icons are listed), but where would I insert the code?