Carin Handsun

and I just checked my Place Listings they used to show Linked Events, now they don’t
[gd_linked_posts title=”Current Event Listings” link_type=”from” post_type=”gd_event” sort_by=”az” title_tag=”h3″ layout=”gridview_onehalf” post_limit=”5″]

Thank you, I discovered that sorting by ascending in CPT let me make an Upcoming Events page where the Events ending Soon are shown at the top-its just what we need!! Now I am trying to recreate that in a shortcode to add a few Events that are Ending Soon to the Home Page.

For my shortcode gd_listings, I have Events: Upcoming, sort by Latest (it is forcing me to choose a Sort by, and I want it sorted by Date ascending, as I have selected in Sorting in CPT Settings), but it is not creating the ascending order that my Upcoming Events Page has. Is there another way to add gd_listings to a Page besides the shortcodes?

Actually I got it, I added post meta address to my Archive Detail template, I was trying to create a standalone page with shortcode which is not how the GDirectory works! (slowly getting educated)

So to add Number of Events by Author (Place) to the List I tried using the gd_linked_posts but do not know how to make it display in a number of rather than a layout of actual posts, am I on the right track by trying something like this: (I just want to check with you before I take it to my developer, to make sure I am not overcomplicating it.

<?php
function count_user_posts_by_type( $userid, $post_type = 'post' ) {
	global $wpdb;

	$where = get_posts_by_author_sql( $post_type, true, $userid );

	$count = $wpdb->get_var( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->posts $where" );

  	return apply_filters( 'get_usernumposts', $count, $userid );
}
?>

I made a custom page for Event Details, made sure it is set a GD page, when I add my text widget to GD sidebar it shows on all my GD pages, but if I try to restrict the Text Widget to Event Details page with widget logic then I get nothing. I reviewed the few examples on the page you sent me and tried:

geodir_is_page ( ‘event-details’ ), I also tried is_page ( ‘event-details’ ) , geodir_is_page ( 8538 ) is_page ( 8538 ) and page ids with quotes too just in case, It would seem that this would trigger the widget to show on posts coming from the Event Details page (my custom page for Event Details) but it does not.

I guess what I need to know from you is do I have to add more queries like the categories to force the widget to display. I wanted to start with the basics then work my way into deeper pages, but I cant even get it to display on the basic Details page.

(from codes)
is_page()
When any Page is being displayed.
is_page( 42 )
When Page 42 (ID) is being displayed.
is_page( ‘About Me And Joe’ )
When the Page with a post_title of “About Me And Joe” is being displayed.
is_page( ‘about-me’ )
When the Page with a post_name (slug) of “about-me” is being displayed.