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February 7, 2017 at 1:25 pm #356336

Gary Jones
Free User

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We did a lot of research on directory plugins before deciding on GeoDirectory. Although a very robust plugin the one issue we have is how boring the listing page looks as opposed to other directory plugins and themes. Without getting into customization is there any way to bring some structure and color to the listing, for example, header tags, different fonts, even more columns?

Appreciate any help.

February 7, 2017 at 2:23 pm #356360

Kor
Moderator

Post count: 16516

Hi Gary,

Everything you see in GD is designed using CSS and the only way to customize it would be through custom CSS. If you wish to create custom templates, here’s the article for your reference https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/customizing-geodirectory-templates/ .

Thanks!

February 7, 2017 at 2:33 pm #356363

Gary Jones
Free User

Post count: 114

Thanks. I’ve read several posts related to this issue. One particularly relevant to us is the idea of having custom listings for different categories, for example, the information required for a hotel is much different than for a restaurant. Given the popularity of GeoDirectory I’m surprised someone hasn’t developed a plugin that modifies the listing template accordingly. I’m no coder so reading what’s required frightens me.

I had run another thread about the issue of having a custom menu for the directory, the end result of which was a clear statement that there was “no way to have a unique menu for the directory”. Not true! More research and I found an excellent free plugin, called Menu Swapper. It worked like a charm to show a completely unique menu for the GeoDirecory. If you click on Business Directory on the site you’ll see how it works.

February 7, 2017 at 4:31 pm #356398

Gary Jones
Free User

Post count: 114

If you can have a look at my revised listing I have some questions.
http://ajijictoday.com/index.php/places/mexico/jalisco/ajijic/hotels-1/hotel-real-de-chapala/

It’s rejecting any styling I try to use in the review, but it also appears to be ignoring the styling that’s already shown. The review is just black on white despite the fact that various fonts and background colors are shown. Is this a bug or am I missing something?

I know we don’t want to talk about customization and I don’t want to get into coding, but I wondered if there is any reference document that would show me what CSS to add for the changes I have made to this one listing? Obviously I don’t want to need to add all this code every time I do a new listing unless that is the only option.

Appreciate your thoughts.

February 7, 2017 at 5:05 pm #356414
Kor
Moderator

Post count: 16516
Hi Gary,

There isn’t an easy way to changed it without using custom CSS. I’ve worked out some CSS code for you and please feel free to use it and change the settings to your liking. Insert into GD > Design > Scripts > Custom Style CSS.
```
/* Change leave a review title */
#reply-title {
    font-size:20px!important;
    color: #000!important;
}

/* Change leave a review description */
p.comment-notes {
    font-size: 15px!important;
    color: #000!important;
}

/* Change review text */
.comment-form-comment label {
    display:block!important;
    font-size:14px!important;
    color: #000!important;
}

/* Change review text */
.comment-form-comment label {
    display:block!important;
    font-size:14px!important;
    color: #000!important;
}

/* Change name text */
.comment-form-author label {
    display:block!important;
    font-size:14px!important;
    color: #000!important;
}

/* Change email text */
.comment-form-email label {
    display:block!important;
    font-size:14px!important;
    color: #000!important;
}

/* Change URL text */
.comment-form-url label {
    display:block!important;
    font-size:14px!important;
    color: #000!important;
}
```
February 7, 2017 at 5:51 pm #356435

Gary Jones
Free User

Post count: 114

Wow! That’s amazing and far more than I expected. Way cool! Thanks!

If I could bug you for just one more tiny thing, if you look at the page you’ll see that I’ve added a booking button. Obviously the URL will be different for every listing but if you could give me the CSS for the button that would be much appreciated.

Thanks a ton!

February 7, 2017 at 6:30 pm #356447

Paolo
Site Admin

Post count: 31206

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February 7, 2017 at 7:12 pm #356459

Gary Jones
Free User

Post count: 114

I would appreciate knowing why the styling that is shown for the review does nothing. The review is black on white with none of the colors shown in the coding.

February 7, 2017 at 7:15 pm #356461

Paolo
Site Admin

Post count: 31206

I don’t understand the question, please be more specific.

Thanks

February 7, 2017 at 7:28 pm #356470

Gary Jones
Free User

Post count: 114

Right at the bottom where the custom fields are shown there are settings for things like wp_review_bgcolor1, wp_review_bordercolor and wp_review_fontcolor, none of which appear to have any effect on the reviews.

February 7, 2017 at 7:51 pm #356480

Paolo
Site Admin

Post count: 31206

I’m still clueless about your question. GeoDirectory doesn’t have any of these settings, please provide a screenshot where I can see what you are talking about.

Thanks

February 7, 2017 at 8:11 pm #356523

Gary Jones
Free User

Post count: 114

So sorry, Paolo. I assumed this was GD but it’s from the WP Review plugin my theme developer said to install. I’ll have to figure out why it’s not working.

Thanks.

February 7, 2017 at 8:13 pm #356525

Paolo
Site Admin

Post count: 31206

Ok thank you

February 8, 2017 at 4:11 pm #357022

Gary Jones
Free User

Post count: 114

Back to my post of February 7th about menus. As I said the plugin Menu Swapper worked perfectly to call up the primary directory home page; however, when a user clicks on a listing the menu reverts back to the site main menu. If I am understanding the structure of GeoDirectory properly is a listing essentially a “post” in the WordPress sense? If so the Menu Swapper plugin should work, but it’s not. I’ve asked them the question but if there is something unique about how GeoDirectory treats a listing that I need to know.

Appreciate any help you can offer.

February 8, 2017 at 9:22 pm #357470

Paolo
Site Admin

Post count: 31206

They are not post, they are custom post types. https://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Types
There is a difference.
We don’t provide support for 3rd party plugins, I’m sorry.
Thanks
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