Inquiry about Displaying Listing Owner’s Contact Information

Hi @dillipg

Are you wanting to allow users of listings to edit their own listings, or are you wanting to give one person the ability to edit the listings of other people?

When a user creates a listing, they will be able to edit their own listing. You can provide a page for users to log into your site by using the [businessdirectory-manage-listings] shortcode.

If you want someone on your team to be able to edit the listings of others, you can change their WordPress role to Editor under Users > All Users by editing their profile. I would recommend not giving everyone that access, though.

Hi @bobbied,

Thank you for your response, and I appreciate your assistance. However, it appears there may have been a misunderstanding in my initial inquiry about displaying the listing owner’s contact information.

I was specifically looking for guidance on how to show the listing owner’s name and phone number on the listing page. Could you please provide the relevant information or steps to achieve this? Your help is greatly appreciated.

Best regards,
Dillip G

Hi @dillipg

Thanks for getting back to me on this. Sure thing!

Each field has a setting for where the information should be displayed. You can find the settings for each field under Directory > Directory Content > Form Fields.

The setting is under the Field Display options and you can set the field to show in the listing excerpt, in the listing view, in both, or in neither.

You can learn more about the form fields in our Knowledge Base here: https://businessdirectoryplugin.com/knowledge-base/manage-form-fields/#form-field-settings-and-what-they-mean

Hi @bobbied,

Thank you for your response. I appreciate your prompt assistance. However, it appears there might have been a misunderstanding regarding my initial question.

I was specifically looking for guidance on how to display the listing owner’s name and phone number on the listing page.

This is automatically displayed in the back-end (Directory > Directory Content >Listings >Add New Listing > Author. screenshot: https://prnt.sc/wHBGPJ6Mfg3J) and can be fetched automatically from the users wp profile, and so it should not require any filed on form to show on listing page and so that the listing owner doesn’t have to fill his name on every listing submission.

Can you please provide instructions or details on how to achieve this specific feature? Your guidance in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,
Dillip G

Hi @dillipg

Thank you for clarifying that — the screenshot helped a lot.

The author field uses the WordPress username information and is not designed to be displayed on the front-end of the listing because sometimes it is not a proper name (some users use nicknames or non-professional names when they create an account).

So, if you want a person’s name, be they a contact person or listing owner, you would need to create a field especially for displaying in the listing. If you create a new field for that, the Field Display options should allow you to display the information, just as they do for the phone number.

I hope that helps clarify and answers your question.

Hi,

Thank you for your explanation. I understand that the author field isn’t designed for displaying on the front-end of listings.

However, I have a specific requirement to automatically display the Listing Owner’s name on the front-end. Furthermore, if this field is set as required, it should be pre-filled with the owner’s name and non-editable to ensure consistency.

Is there a code snippet or any additional capabilities that I can assign to achieve these features? Your guidance on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks once again for your assistance.

Best regards,
Dillip G

Hi?@dillipg

Thanks for getting back to me on this. I have verified with our QA team that the listing author field is controlled by WordPress and is not something that can be displayed in the listing. The only way to add this information is with regular form fields and those can be edited by the listing owner.

I’m sorry we weren’t able to come up with a solution for this.