Shortcodes

I am able to get the [gd_listings], pulling names of Places, but what is not working is post meta to pull in address, I guess that only works on the Template pages, that was my original question, how else could I have an alphabetical list of Places with addresses?

Actually I got it, I added post meta address to my Archive Detail template, I was trying to create a standalone page with shortcode which is not how the GDirectory works! (slowly getting educated)

So to add Number of Events by Author (Place) to the List I tried using the gd_linked_posts but do not know how to make it display in a number of rather than a layout of actual posts, am I on the right track by trying something like this: (I just want to check with you before I take it to my developer, to make sure I am not overcomplicating it.

<?php
function count_user_posts_by_type( $userid, $post_type = 'post' ) {
	global $wpdb;

	$where = get_posts_by_author_sql( $post_type, true, $userid );

	$count = $wpdb->get_var( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->posts $where" );

  	return apply_filters( 'get_usernumposts', $count, $userid );
}
?>