Grouping custom fields in sidebar and more

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June 13, 2017 at 11:15 am #382962

Nahdi Lazar
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Hey. I’ve been testing GD along side other directory solutions. Architecture-wise – yours seems to be the best, most powerful and most flexible. Respect. However, customizing it can be complicated… So naturally I have lots of presale questions. Hope it’s ok. Here’s the first batch:

My directory is using many custom fields, and I’d like to arrange them in several groups on the sidebar. I attach a mockup:

I already made some progress thanks to your extensive knowledge base – created new locations so I could group custom fields together; called the newly defined location on the theme’s sidebar; replaced some checkboxes with icons. Here’s what I’m missing:

1. Fieldset CSS. Using the fieldset as a title for each group, with its own CSS class & icon as with other custom fields.

2. Adding alt-text to icons. As they’re actully bg images, it’s not possible with CSS. I can do it with title attribute as explained here, but where do I add it?

3. Tweaking the gd-comma-list class. I added it in the custom CSS field of some multiple selection custom fields to get a comma separated list. However, as my directory is RTL, and as GD is not 100% RTL compatible, I need to tweak it a bit (it’s aligned to the left). But where?

4. Multiselect icons & search. I want to have a multiple select field, where each selected option will be displayed as an icon (similar to how Categories are displayed). Is it possible? Also – if I want each option to be seachable as well (Using Advanced Search I assume) – what should I do? Can I use multiselect this way or should I just use many checkboxes instead?

Thanks!

June 13, 2017 at 5:01 pm #383031

Paolo
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Hi,

a developer has been alerted and he’ll follow up with your request asap.

Thanks for your patience,

June 14, 2017 at 1:37 pm #383189

Giri
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Hi there,

Fieldset CSS. Using the fieldset as a title for each group, with its own CSS class & icon as with other custom fields.

We do have filters. You can modify the title html to include icon and custom classes. You can use fieldset custom field only for titles.

https://github.com/mistergiri/geodirectory/blob/master/geodirectory-functions/custom_fields_input_functions.php#L25

Adding alt-text to icons. As they’re actully bg images, it’s not possible with CSS. I can do it with title attribute as explained here, but where do I add it?

Alt attribute is applicable only for img tag. I just discussed with stiofan about the bg alt tag. He told me he added title attribute in last version which serves the same purpose.

Tweaking the gd-comma-list class. I added it in the custom CSS field of some multiple selection custom fields to get a comma separated list. However, as my directory is RTL, and as GD is not 100% RTL compatible, I need to tweak it a bit (it’s aligned to the left). But where?

You need to override CSS styles for that. This is the styles you need to override.

https://github.com/mistergiri/geodirectory/blob/master/geodirectory-assets/css/style.scss#L1880

Multiselect icons & search. I want to have a multiple select field, where each selected option will be displayed as an icon (similar to how Categories are displayed). Is it possible? Also – if I want each option to be seachable as well (Using Advanced Search I assume) – what should I do? Can I use multiselect this way or should I just use many checkboxes instead?

Discussed with stiofan. This is what he said

“U would have to let us know what type of thing it is searching for us best to advise.
for the icon thing it could be done but would require custmoisation which we do not do”
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