[gd_add_listing] issue

Hello Mark,

There are a couple ways to achieve custom text through customization of your site.

The least complicated way is to edit the package titles, the next is to translate existing text and change it to what you want.

You can also try the Sidebar, and use widget logic to show a sidebar based on the URL.

The most complex way also gives you the most control, which is to customize the add-listing.php page. You or your developer could modify that template add an extra widget area on top of the add listing page before the ###### MAIN CONTENT ###### section.

https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/customizing-geodirectory-templates/

There are also additional posts in the forum like this one: https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/adding-text-to-the-add-listing-page/

1. Permalink is not required then at GD > Permalinks, because you no longer are using the default Add Listing page. You will need to add all links to the new pages manually.

2. See 1.

3. You will have to give other links, and cannot use the dashboard links anymore. Remove them from GD > Design > Navigation

4. Whatever is added from the system will be the same, it is just that you can add different content above the shortcode.

This may be a simpler solution for you: https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/common-code-snippets/#add-listing

Let us know if I misunderstood anything. Thanks

Why do you not just add the GD Login widget to the author page, then you have all the links as you want them?
I don’t understand the problem about the edit and renew links. Why is a link that works as intended a problem?

Maybe have a look at UsersWP where you have more control over the author/dashboard/profile page.

Hello,

Thanks for writing in with more details now about what you want to do. Now I think we understand what you are trying to do, but it is a customization.

This is not a bug with the add listing shortcode. The plugin is designed to work with the add listing page and the permalink for add-listing is a critical part of the operation.

If you unset the permalink and insist on leaving it that way, then, you must customize more than just the add-listing.php template, you must also open up all the redirection and indeed the entire logic for the add listing process.

This kind of customization is far outside of what we can help you with here in support. What we can do is point out the add listing code snippet, to add custom text based on the CPT type https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/common-code-snippets/#add-listing

As you can see in your examples above, the problem is not just getting a dynamic link into the menu, it is also that the links themselves don’t work without the add-listing page permalink setting. The same applies to the links for renewal and upgrade. Those too are dependant on the add listing page being set.

If you set the add-listing page url, then you can use the snippet to deliver your custom text per CPT, and you can avoid all the work with the customization. You can then either add the navigation menu settings back in to power the widget links, or you can make custom menu links to the individual pages, those are the options available without customization, but they only work if the add listing permalink is set.

If you decide to proceed with the customization, you will still need to set the add listing page and probably alter the template, plus override at least 3 different functions, and for that you would again be outside what we can help you with here in support.