Can't add listing outside default location

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April 25, 2014 at 12:28 am #735

Guust
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This is from the multi-location add-on info: “As standard, GeoDirectory can be setup from any location and listings can be added from around the world”
But when I try to add a listing with a different address than my default location, I get an error “Please choose any address of the [default location] only.
Feels like I am missing something …

April 25, 2014 at 7:12 am #762

Vikas
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Hi,
FYI, u need to install multiLocation adons to enable this feature. Geodirectory core can be used only for one City.

Thanks

May 14, 2014 at 7:52 pm #2068

Tony Girling
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I’m validating WPGeoDirectory for a business directory in the UK. Looking good until….

My default location is a small town only 2 miles max in diameter. So I can’t add businesses just a mile down the road.

Users are disadvantaged according to their postcode?

May 14, 2014 at 8:44 pm #2084

Guust
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That’s right I think, unless you have the multiLocation addon, your directory is restricted to one postcode/Zip code/town or whatever it is called in your neck of the woods.

May 15, 2014 at 12:30 am #2092

purpleedge
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I believe you can type in any address and save the place. Selecting an address using the map has validation, typing an address does not.

https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/places-functionality-in-gd-core/#post-1976

May 15, 2014 at 9:30 am #2152

Tony Girling
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Sure – I verified I can enter the lat/long values to get the pin in the correct place.

But the address is incorrect. It’s using the Town and County values from the default location. As my default town is on a county border and my village in the adjacent county, just over a mile away, the displayed address shows wrong county. Default Town and County is ‘sticky’.

It really is a postcode lottery for UK users.

I just did a quick test.

If default location is Greater London I can put a pin anywhere between Chiswick (west) and Belvedere (east). That’s approx 28 km scope.

If default location is Tadley, Hampshire, I have at best 5km to play with.

Not fair.

May 15, 2014 at 10:44 am #2159

purpleedge
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Type in the address, forget the map, save the listing.

May 15, 2014 at 11:23 am #2161

Guust
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Are you using the multiLocation addon?
If not, you will be quite restricted.

December 5, 2015 at 11:27 am #62658

Stu
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I experienced the same problem with a small UK town. An address 1 mile down the road in its own village (still technically within the postcode area of the town) was deemed to be outside of the town as far the Add Listing was concerned.

To fix this I installed Locations Manager plugin and set the country, region and city to default only. This appears to have fixed my issue. There is an also option in Locations Manager to disable the repositioning of the map marker – but I didn’t have to use this extra facility.

I’m not using the advanced features of the Locations Manager for anything other than to fix this issue, but it seems to work. Hope this helps.

December 5, 2015 at 11:37 am #62660

Tony Girling
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Glad you might have found a solution. The shortsightedness of the product for use in the UK where a small community can cross a boundary and cause these problems sucks

That’s why I ditched my evaluation of this solution and found a suitable alternative.
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