Pepita Bos

OK was too rushed writing that. Did not explain that correctly at all! Sorry.

Say you have a CPT with books and you want to recommend books (on Marketing for instance) (so it is a link to the same CPT) that are about the same topic (RELATED) but you also want to recommend books that are about another topic (Business Strategy for instance) (CROSS-SELLING). The first category you could name Top 5 Alternative Books. The second one you could name Other relevant books. Except that you can only name the Linked CPT once and you cannot set up the link twice.

So if you could link to the CPT twice (or perhaps even more), the option I am describing would enrich the content. Within the CPT you could give alternatives, or within the CPT you could cross-sell. You could then see that in the Detail Listing Side Bar for instance

Hope it make more sense now.

Hello Alex,

Thank you once again for your time and effort.

1. There is a default image that can be set for the CPT in the CPT setings-> General – Default image. However that image is only for listings that do not have an image. You can access that image with the gd_post_images shortcode on listings Detail and Archive pages for listings that do not have an image. However the Supreme Featured Image Area at the top does not use fallback images. I have created a task to look at that for future versions of Supreme.

Yes I have found that, but it doesn´t solve the problem for the Supreme Featured Image Area/Parallax image at the top. Thanks for making that a task.

2. I do not understand this one. To be clear, the slider and the featured image area (with parallax effect) are two different features. The sider is created with the gd_post_images shortcode, whereas the Featured Imaged Area (Settings) is part of the theme and only shows the listing featured image. You can move the gd_post_images shortcode around in the GD Detail template to change the order if you like, but the Featured Image area could only be moved with a customization to the theme.

Confusion explained. I used the wrong term for the Featured Image area with parallax effect. I understand now.

Would like to request that the Featured Image Area could be managed without customizations, and could be set per CPT.

Suggestion form my side is to make a visual glossary for the templates that you use. Screenshot, with the names of what you call each area.

As a reminder, you can create a separate template for each CPT. The setting to choose the template is in the advanced CPT options. To make a duplicate, you would create a copy of the GD Details template and edit that as you like. When we do that we usually name them like GD Detail – {CPT NAME} so we can find them easily.

Yes, I have been playing with that. Thank you for the suggestions.

And in general, thank you for being so patient with me, Alex!

Thread can be closed.

Hello Alex,

Thank you once again.

I read through the links that you posted and they give explanation on how certain things work and it is very insightful.

It however, does not solve the problem at hand. With the page you are looking at as an example, it is not what I want it to look like.

Let me ask 3 questions about options that could perhaps be solutions:

(1) Is there an option to set the slider/parallax image on the details page per CPT? So all listings within a CPT have the same image?
OR
(2) Is it possible to show the featured image in the slider/parallax on the details page and on the archive page BUT NOT below the slider/parallax on the details page?
OR
(3) Would this problem of not being able to switch the image, be solved by using another theme?

Thank you once again.

Alex, thanks.

But if it is a text can it be searched for, or sorted on? I would not think so.

I think that if a field is blank, it should not be populated automatically.

Hello Alex,

I have studied this, looked at it, played with it and I am not sure if I understand it, but what I think I understand does not make a whole lot of sense to me.

You said: The idea is not to use the slider on the Detail template, or to put it further down the page.

What I don´t understand is:
– Why would you present a template and theme with a slider in it, if is not GD´s intention that it is used?
– Why would you put a slider further down the page?
– Why can´t users decide if we want to use it? I really like the slider image. I want one, but a different one.
– If there is an image, it should be somewhere in a database or library, and if so, why can´t we replace it? And do that the easy way, not with customizations. I am sure I am not the only one.
– If I wanted to customize it, where would I do it? And can it be customized for each CPT.

The other thing that I do not understand:
– Why would you have a featured image appear in three places? Why isn´t is possible to have a feature image and check in which location you would want it to appear. So I would be able to set it to Archive page and Details Page slider.
– So if I add the feature image, on the Details page it appears twice. In the slider and right below. If I check Disable theme feature image output? the image disappears from the slider, and reverts back to the image of the hand on the map.

If I would want to change the size of the featured image on both the Archived and Detail page, it is not clear to me where to do this. I would think this is defined in the respective templates, but those codes have no meaning to me. I do not know what is responsible for what. I read this https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs-v2/integrations/images/#gd_post_images. It didn´t help me much.

All in all the easiest solution would be to have the featured image appear in the slider on the Details page, as well as on the Archive page, and turn off the one under the slider. Is is possible to remove the featured image under the slider, from the page template? If so, how?

If not…

– Where can I customize the slider? For each CPT?
– Could you please develop the flexibility to select featured images and sliders and which image to use where?

Thank you.

Gentlemen,

Just to make sure that this is the same issue or that I need to set up a different post….

I have run into a new issue though that a field that is not required, does show in the sidebar while left blank. Will the patch help with that too?

To elaborate. I have two custom fields with price in one CPT. One is price in $ other is in €. They are both not required. With a new listing I have filled out a price in Euro, and left the Dollar one blank. When I update the listing, 0.00 is automatically added to the Dollar Price Custom Field. As a result, it shows a price of zero dollars in the Details page Sidebar. Same issue as the one I started out with, or new one?

Hello Kiran,

OK now you scared me 😉 I am working on building a WP site for the first time in years, so this comment has got me bamboozled.

Are there instructions for how to go about this? I will try anything once, but here I need some help.

I have run into a new issue though that a field that is not required, does show in the sidebar while left blank. Will the patch help with that too?

And when will the new release be?

Thanks for your help 🙂