About a year ago I was looking to start a Geo listing directory and while searching for some examples I found templatic.com which claimed to have the solution for me. I figured it would save me some time coding, so I bought the wordpress theme “Geo Places” and after playing with the theme for a few weeks and realising it just did not work, I put it on the shelf and concentrated on other projects (How many people never complained or never asked for a refund?).
A few months later I received an email from Templatic saying V3 beta had been released. I got excited and thought maybe the bugs would be fixed and the theme would finally work. I sadly was wrong, but hey I understand it was in beta and there are always bugs in beta, so I got on their support forums and started listing bugs for them. After about 3 months, nothing but the very basic bugs were fixed, so I began to think they just could not do it, they didn’t have the time or eventaully even the skills! Alot of MAJOR security bugs went unanswered by their staff. There were also alot of very frustrated users that had the same problems as me.
Eventually after about 6 months from when I bought “Geo Places” and the theme had been declared “stable”, I gave up waiting for replies to my bug reports. These were serious bug reports: anyone could add/edit/delete any post or page on the site even if wordpress user registration was disabled… just to name one.
You could just not have made a live site with this.
I started writing my own fixes to the bugs and making a stable site, but there were still lots of unhappy customers on the templatic forums that had the same problems so I shared a few of my fixes on the templatic forums in my bug reports posts that had still not been answered by staff. Users were so happy, that eventually asked for more fixes from me.
I was then horrified to find in templatic’s next Geo Places release, that a few of my fixes had been used, while my bug report was left sitting on their forum, my fix was added in the theme!
(according to people who still visit templatic, some of my fixes with my name and website comments are still in the latest version of “Geo Places” but I’m sure they will scramble to remove my code comments after reading this)
After deciding that I did not want to do bug fixes for them (not for free) I checked the legality’s of modifying the theme and there were no problems as it was sold to me Under GPL licence. I setup a paid members forum where members could download my “fix package” eventually after about 2 months of bug fixes the “fix package” was replacing about 50% of the files and it seemed silly to provide just the fix package and not the whole theme packaged.
Even although at this point I had only allowed to sign up members who had already purchased “Geo Places” theme from templatic, thus not taking away any profit from Templatic, they sent me warnings about my forum.
Several months later, after I had completed bug fixes and added several new features that members had asked for, I decided to start packaging the whole thing as a new theme, no longer just as “fix package” for templatic’s theme and selling it as a beta of “GeoTheme”. Even although the licence allowed me to do what I’m doing, I would normally be against this as it’s just morally wrong.
However I have changed over 90% of all code and added several new features almost another 50% more code, and this is on top of the fact I tried to work with templatic’s support for 6 months and got no where.
Let me just add a little note here:
I think selling an unmodified version of someone else’s GPL theme is wrong and I would just not do it. I did modified GeoPlaces for a templatic’s “job board” customer and fixed all major bugs. This means I do have a bug free version of Geo Places but I would never sell it as only about 15% of the files were changed, while GeoTheme, which is now coded completely differently from Geo Places, has over 90% of the files changed and about 50% more files.
The selling of a unmodified theme versus a “fork” of a theme are two different ball games in my opinion. We are in the latter, we have “forked” Geo Places and made it our own, this has happend with several other GPL projects, namely for one Mambo and Joomla: Joomla is a fork of Mambo and is used by thousands.
What now for Geo Places?
I have not broken any laws or any terms of conditions when the theme was sold to me. They have however changed there T&C’s now but that does not apply to me and the theme is still GPL.
Has their theme been improved since? I’m sure it has, but testing on their latest demo, it appears to still have huge security bugs that would prevent any site from going live. In addition, they still have my code in it which they never asked to be able to use.
What now for GeoTheme?
Well GeoTheme is now on sale for $125. We have written our own api to work with our white label iOS and Android apps which are due out at the start of the new year. These apps can be bought by users, customised and submitted to the respective marketplace and make their site truly mobile ready.
Your thoughts about this?
Stiofan O’Connor
Mate, love the work you’ve done! As happened with you, I purchased the geo places theme and was shocked at how horrendously coded it was! However I didn’t have the time/skills to make all the fixes you did, so all power to you! And good luck with this theme, I’ll most likely be purchasing soon once I have the time to update my community site.
Cheers!
Being one of the members who originally bought Templatic’s version of the theme, I am thrilled that so much progress has been made with GeoTheme. It has some much needed new features and security fixes that I feel confident in going forward with launching the site I intended to launch almost a year ago.
Hi Stiofan, just some quick thoughts.
Your message could be conveyed far more effectively if you make it more succinct – most people won’t read more than a few paragraphs.
Legality doesn’t come into it, you should not keep protesting that you have done nothing illegal – such protests always sound a tad suspect. Rather than even use the word legal, you should calmly, simply state that you were ENTITLED to make changes i.e. “I decided to release a working version, as anyone was entitled to by the license under which it was distributed”.
Morality DOES come into it: they were selling a product that they claimed allowed you to create a certain type of website, it did not. They knowingly continued to market it despite full awareness of all the problems that their customers were having and that was deeply dishonest and immoral. Instead of fixing the problem, they manipulated their private forums and publicly denied that there were any problems – you should link to the boss’ fantastic denials if you can still find them.
You have the moral high-ground because, essentially, you invested the time and talent into creating a working version. This is precisely the sort of thing that the GPL is designed to allow. If what you did was easy, they would, presumably, have done it themselves at any point during this long, drawn-out sage. In truth, all they provided to you was proof that there was interest in the concept, in the form of a community of angry, cheated customers.
The hard stuff – actual code – they have liberally taken from you, so, no-one can claim that they got the shitty end of the stick. More to the point, if they have, as you suggested, changed their own licensing terms, THEY are in breach of the GPL, because they are incorporating your GPL’d code. Technically, too, no theme that depends upon WordPress to create a functioning site can be anything other than GPL.
Keep up the good work, I am very much looking forward to testing your iOS app.
“Someone” raised the issue on twitter instilling suspicion that we were doing an illigal and immoral thing… so we had to go deep into details to make sure people understand…
if they don’t want to read the whole story they can always read you comment!
Agreed, but you shouldn’t highlight those facts / statements here on this page of your website.
This should be short and sweet and only talking about the core fundamentals of why you created the theme. I’m looking for this sort of theme for an Essex Web Design contract, All you’ve done for me is let me know that there is another theme available and tell me yours in your opinion is better.
I would remove all the unnecessary chat, stick to the facts and key points and maybe make it much shorter and a little more interesting…
At SitesLab we would have created a Timeline Infographic or something less “wordy” after all web design isn’t about lots of text right
Great Theme though!! I’m thinking about buying it, but need to explore what your theme can actually do for me as a Web Designer, seems a little expensive as far as all the “extra’s” are concerned, if it was a fixed price for all the options and future updates I would buy without hesitation.
But need to understand what I’m buying before I commit.
Thanks so much for your efforts though, people like you make Web Design more fun and less like hard work!!
John Palmer (Essex Web Design)
Hi Stiofan,
Firstly, thanks for all your hard work on Geotheme.
As Templatic has used some of your code without permission (please copy proof asap if not already done) a lawyer might view this as stealing your intellectual property as they haven’t paid for it. I suggest you send them a bill for the code they have used in Geo Places.
As one of many who purchased Geo places when launched, and with the original GPL licence too, I have wasted much time this year over Templatic themes. I wasn’t happy with any of those I bought earlier (and were unused) after the Geo Places disaster, which has meant starting again with several projects and finding another solution for various new website ideas.
I don’t feel they have a leg to stand on when they refused to fix it properly themselves and we were left with a bad purchase which can’t be used. This experience has also led me to doubt the security of all their other themes. They should have been concerned that their customers might lose confidence in their products through this.
At least now we finally have proper support and a workable theme after the best part of a year.
It is sad that you feel you have to justify yourself in this fashion as you are perfectly entitled to do this and solve the problem for a not insignificant number of people. If Templatic had been concerned about their brand loyalty, they had the chance to rectify this at the time and to retain their customers. They chose not to. A half baked solution is insufficient. It is therefore hardly surprising that someone else (you) rose to the occasion. Well done!
I think these are a good suggestions
The Perfect GeoTheme:
1.Claim your business
2. Easy customization in home page
3. Easy to translate to other language (if not, I can Help you with Spanish language)
4. Splash page ( to select a city) o an easy way to integrate maxmind (Geolocation)
5. Easy upgrade
6. Image Background for each city o category (a.k.a backgrounds ads)
7. Apps for IOS and Android
8. Prints Coupons (option to upload or a plugin to maKe it)
9.Option to upload video ( the video must be on right side bar in listings details)
10. shadowbox-js to watch videos
11. Random Business, feature Business always on top.
12. Some funtions like Yelp ( Price, parking, etc)
13. Facebook connect and Facebook comments.
14. Integrate daily deals or coupons (www.bitehunter.com)
15. Option for upload photos in add listings (example: standard pack 8 photos, Gold pack 15 photos)
Others Things
*Check this website http: // goo.gl/TMsk2, the option to select a city would be great for GeoTheme.
*Can you a plugin like this http: // adagency.ijoomla.com
*Can you a website like this www. bargainez .com, is made it in WP.
I’m a unhappy GeoPlaces costumer….
You are Awesome man, good job
Thanks jvasquez, most things you mentioned can be done with GeoTheme actual features.
If you find any plugin to extend GeoTheme to sell deals and stuff like that, please share them with everyone!
Just a quick comment for anyone considering purchase. I am and will be going ahead, these guys are awesome and i have just had a fantastic live chat
all my questions answered- friendly advice on wordpress (novice)
Brilliant support- and thanks again
Question:
If I create a custom field, it appears in the public form and the value can be edited from the Admin, but admin cannot ADD any content for that new custom field.
eg: I created a custom field “withDogs” to indicate dogs are allowed (this is in the sandbox) and when adding a listing from Admin, I can’t populate that value in the backend.
I’d also love to see a Dashboard widget for Admin showing new/pending additions/changes/claims etc rather than having to click in, or rely on email.
What’s up next for GeoTheme?
I am confused by this issue as well – seems like a weird oversight by the developers – would love to see it fixed.
Old Stuff. Custom Fields are working on both front and back and the dashboard widget was developed by Jeff himself.
Cheers,
Paolo
Purchased this theme from Templatic and it was as you described. Complete trash and full of bugs. Glad someone worked forward with it, bummed I might have to buy it again if I want to move forward, but then appreciate that you did this.
Hi Stiofan,
first of all: Congrats, very nice looking and functional theme!
I do have one question / point to raise (possibly I just have not found the setting yet):
When searching for a restaurant, say in Glasgow (as this city is existent in the demo version when signing up for the playground) – if I e.g. type “Glasgow” into the search field in the header, then the result list shows all relevant listings for Glasgow, the map on the right hand side however, shows Philadelphia, not Glasgow. I assume Philadelphia is listed as the default map for search results? Can you also get the appropriate map (so dependent on the city/zip code/ country which is searched for? I am very interested in purchasing your theme, perhaps you can let me know if this function is supported.
Thanks a lot,
Sebastian
Hi,
thanks for your interest.
What you are describing is a zooming problem of sidebar maps, that has been solved in GeoTheme V3 which should be released between today and tomorrow.
In GeoThme 3 all maps have been totally rewritten.
Thanks again,
Paolo
Hi Paolo,
great, this is very nice to hear! The support here is great. And I can tell that you guys are always improving the theme and implementing feedback given by users. I have bought quite a lot of themes and normally, from other companies this is not the case
You can be sure to have a new customer
Keep up the good work and improving the theme,
Sebastian
What version of WordPress does theme support up to, and can it be used on multisite WP? GeoPlaces fails on latter.
Hi, up to latest version and yes it’s 100% wp multisite compatible.
Thanks
Is v3 now stable and secure for a live site or is it still in beta?
It was supposed to be released stable today, but it will be released probably tomorrow.
Thanks,
Paolo
Thank you. Will you be posting an announcement somewhere?
Will this be released today, before Easter?
I’m about 93% sure I will be buying this theme
but had 2 questions relating to what I see in the Play area (demo site).
1. When I click on this demo link from your site: http://themetailors.com/?visit=http://demo-geotheme.ghost1227.com/
I really like that city dropdown list. I think it is more effective and user friendly based on experience. Is there a way to implement that as I have not seen so in the playground thus far? I am just looking for an easier way for users to change between cities as I would need this and that solution seems optimal for me.
2. When I search for something like buddakan I see an error on the right sidebar. The search result only shows a couple listings and the map on the right is interfering with the footer. For search results with many listings this is not a problem, but if a user only gets one or two results this is not good. Is there some way to change this setting.
I think you guys have an excellent theme! Like I said I am ready to join your theme family here as this is definitely meeting my needs.
HI,
you have a dropdown available for multicity switch in geotheme. The site you are linking is a custom work from one of our members.
For the search issue I just noticed what you mean and it will be an easy fix for next update.
Thanks,
Paolo
Thanks Paolo! I am looking through the Geotheme settings –> Design Settings and do not see that dropdown option. Could you guide me where that would be? Thanks and Happy Easter!
I was told that the stable version 3 will be release “either today or tomorrow” many times. Will you be posting a reliable release date so we don’t have to keep waiting?
Hi Mike,
I also told you that updates are seamless, if you work with a child theme. Nobody is forcing you to wait, but yourself.
The version avail for download now is 3.0.2_beta which is stable enough for a live site (I’m using it for 1 of mine having no problems) and I’m customizing it thru a child theme, thus when GT3 final will be released, I won’t have any troubles. I’ll just have to rename the GeoTheme folder and upload the latest to be done.
We released about 15 subversions of GeoTheme since V2 and many have used that for sites in production, so GT is ROBUST, SOLID and STABLE since december 2nd.
We’ll keep releasing new updates and subversions, so waiting to buy to have a “imaginary stabler” version would be like waiting for wordpress to stop evolving…
Fortunately that’s not going to happen very soon.
Just my 2 cents!
Thanks,
Paolo
Thanks, Paolo. Yes you mentioned about that during our last chat but you also mentioned stable version 3 will be release “supposedly today but it will be tomorrow” every time I inquire so I kept coming back to check if it’s released.
I understand that WP keeps evolving but it doesn’t remain or stay in beta status. Anyway, I appreciate the reply and looking forward to buy the theme and other plugins from TT when it’s no longer in beta.
Perhaps we’re having a different meaning of “beta” so please allow me to share this link.
“Software in the beta phase will generally have many more bugs in it than completed software, as well as speed/performance issues.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle
Ok if you go by the book, Beta in his early release, can be full of bugs. But many times software released as stable carry more bugs than betas… see GeoPlaces!
The Beta v3.0.2 is already second release in a week of V3, so 99% of bugs found by members are cleared.
V3.0.3 will be release candidate and than we will release it as stable.
I have 3.0.3 and 2 lines of code where changed and probably none will be changed when releasing that as stable.
But as I said…. if you prefer to wait…
Sounds like V3 STABLE is coming out soon so I will wait a week or two. I will also purchase some extensions or plugins from TT to integrate buddypress.
In the meantime, here’s a nice review of geotheme:
http://thereisathemeforthat.com/local-business-directory-themes-for-wordpress
By the way, will geotheme support custom fields for listings?
Hi Mike,
yes it does.
Thanks,
Paolo
Great! I need to have different custom fields (text field, checkbox, drop down menu, etc.) based on listings/categories.
For example, Credit Cards Accepted: VISA, MC, AMEX (checkbox)
Will the custom fields be indexed by the search tool?
Search form looks only in title and description. Custom filed will allow you to make listing sortable by…
Hello from Greece!
I need to create a night clubs directory for a Greek city so I need everything in Greek.
1. Is it possible to translate all UI elements into Greek? If yes, could you please provide me with information?
2. Is it possible to customize appearance of the website?
Thank you again!
Hi there!
yes it is possibile to translate GeoTheme completely and you’ll find docs in the forum on how to do it.
if you know a little css, customizing GT is very easy.
Cheers,
Paolo
Hi Paolo,
I was wondering whether there is a better widget for the change city option available?
I will be setting up a directory for London only. It has over 100 towns or over 100 postcodes and if clicking the change city (or in my case change postcode) button there will be a long list of 100 options. This will be impractical.
Any widget that works the same way as the Groupon.co.uk change city option?
Thanks,
Ajvinder.
Sorry, I have just seen the new version and it has this feature.
Is this theme licensed under GPL3? I do not see it written anywhere.
Also, for maps, do you use google maps which is restricitve or are you using openstreetmaps?
Yes it is. We use gmap as restrictions are 25.000 API call/day for 90 consecutive days before getting charged.
We think it’s high enough for most of our members.
If you think you’ll need more, we will be happy to provide you a quote to add openstreetmaps.
Thanks,
Paolo
I’ve written a full comparison of GeoTheme with the other options out there on the market including GeoPlaces, Vantage, and CityGuide. Of course, GeoTheme is the clear winner. I’d love to get your feed back.
http://thereisathemeforthat.com/local-business-directory-themes-for-wordpress/
Hi Matt,
we loved it… we even posted a link to your article on our facebook page!
Paolo
I appreciate that Paolo. I’ll keep pluggin it as you guys keep making it the best directory theme out there! Glad to hear that you guys have a whole team working on it now as well! I’ll be sure to include that in my upcoming review.
What are the child themes does anyone know how they look like??? I can’t seem to find them
Hi Carla,
please have a look at this tutorial, it will clearify many things.
http://geotheme.com/child-theme-tut.pdf
Thanks,
Paolo
Hi guys,
This just looks like a great site – really impressed with the story as well.
I have a quick question, how many of you are working on this and what kind of guarantees do we have in terms of you staying with this project. I would worry using your template and mobile site only tofind in 6 months you’re off on another project.
Cheers
Nick
Hi Nick,
we have 2 individuals working on this full time, backed up by a team of 5 working on this by the hour and we are increasing the number of people involved day by day .
We the number of members we currently have, my last thought is to start new projects!
Thanks,
Paolo
Hi – I’m ready to buy! just 2 questions please:
1) I want to have the 1 site on 3 URLS, a) Restaurants b) Events c) Places
How can I do this? I don’t want to install 3 geotheme scripts for each thing.
2) I plan on buying your new iphone app as well
So will my geotheme with the 3 URLS work on the 1 app? or do I have to create buy separate apps? I want everything available on 1 app.
Please let me know asap as I plan on either buying Geotheme or Geoplaces. But will most likely buy geotheme
Hi,
You can’t have 1 site on 3 different URLS…
Unless you use categories, so you’d have:
yoursite.com/restaurants
yoursite.com/events
yoursite.com/places
Which is how GeoTheme works…
Here’s a review of GeoTheme for anyone who wants feedback from someone who has purchased and used the theme:
GeoTheme Review
In MarketerMatt’s GeoTheme review, he mentions some add-ins that cost extra. Is there a good list of add-ins and their prices just so I can get a complete picture of the total cost. Also, if you want to add a slightly more robust social community to Geo Themes, is that possible? Thanks.
list of avail addons is on http://www.themetailors.com
First, let me say I’m glad I saw this before buying the templatic version… because I was on the verge of taking the plunge! Secondly, I just have one question about the capabilities of this theme: is there a way to map a route between events and/or places? What I have in mind for the theme requires that a person is able to create driving directions from one thing to another.
Thanks!
Tiffany
Thanks, there is no build in function to achieve that.
Visitors can get directions to a place or event only from the address they type in…
Cheers
Hello there, I looking for a directory listing theme that would modify the details according to packages. Ex. for FREE LISTING – Name, Description, Phone no. only and for PREMIUM LISTING complete details. Do you have that features on your theme.
Hoping for any response
Thanks!
HI,
that’s exactly how geotheme works.
Thanks,
Paolo
hello,
when is the v4 going to be published?
and also the new mobile apps?
i am waiting for a few months now and want to decide.
thanks
georg
Hi Georg,
don’t know where you got that information about V4. We never announced it.
iOs app will be released this week.
Thanks,
Paolo
What is the link for the iOS app?
Thanks
Pol
HI Pol,
not yet released.
Stay tuned….
Thanks,
Paolo
Can you release screenshots or a wireframe of your iOS app, so we know what we’re waiting for?
Hi Dave,
there is a video showing how it works here: http://www.geotheme.com/geotheme-video-documentation/ ( GeoTheme iOS App Beta Preview )
Thanks,
Paolo
I am in the process of creating a new site for which I would like to consider
using the geotheme script.
I have two questions.
1. Is it possible for the design of the site to be made as close to my current
site – greatnewsites.com – or would I have to select the design of the site only
from the existing wordpress themes?
2. I would like to be able to invite the users of the site to register for
multiple special offers from the various retailers on the site and also allow
the retailers to be able to send email notifications etc to the registered users
for any special offers that they may have. Would I be able to use the geotheme script to add such a user-registration/email-notification feature to the site?
Thank you for your time.
Ken
Hi,
this can’t be done by default, but a web designer could arrange that for you.
Thanks,
Paolo
Is it fairly easy to change the font type, color, etc? I am assuming this is a quick style sheet change. Please advise.
if you are comfortable with CSS it’s very easy.
Thank you – another question:
Is there functionality to setup a landing page per region or city?
Nope, there isn’t
Is there a limit to the amount of countries and cities you can have, I have setup a demo site and I have a csv of 1300 cities but when I import it I can only see 83 of them, I have checked the csv file for errors like spaces in slugs etc but its still only 83.
Can you shed any light on this please.
John
Hi,
playrgroud has some limitations for server security reasons. Please don’t try to upload too many records in it.
Once you have your installation there are no limits. Members have uploaded all cities for canada and usa without any problems…
Thanks,
Paolo
Hi Guys,
Is it possible to exclude some custom fields from the post detail page.
I have setup a load of fields in my demo site but I want to exclude some in the content and have others in the sidebar. The sidebar I have done without any problems but cant find a solution to exclude unwanted ones in the content.
Thanks
John
Please post your support requests on forum only.
If you are not a current user, we are sorry, but we don’t provide assistance for the playground.
That is there just for testing and some features are even inactive for security reasons.
Feature inactive on demo for security reason? lol..
Yes, like not possible to bulk upload thousands of listing, install new plugins and more, what’s so funny?
For the current $85 annual fee can we have more than one site or is it a $85 per site fee
Hi,
one licence is enough for unlimited domains.
Thanks,
Paolo
If we have 3 packages
1. Basic
2. Silver
3. Gold
Can the results be displayed so that Featured Gold listing are listed first folled by non featured gold, Then Featured Silver second followed by non-feaured and finally basic last.
I know that Featured listings can be listed first.
So I gues I should ask if
Hi,
no that cannot be done as it would require multiple queries that would slow down the site too much.
Thanks,
Paolo
Let me ask the above again – this time without the featured listing reguest part.
If we have 3 packages
1. Basic
2. Silver
3. Gold
Can the results be displayed so that Gold listing are listed first followed by Silver Listing and finally folled basic listings last.
Hi,
I would like to know if the $85 payment is a one time fee and we own the theme or if we need to pay every year?
Also, can the map on the top page be made to only show a particular city? I would like the map to only show california for instance and not the entire world map.
Sincerely,
Jose
85$ is price of the theme and it includes 6 months of free support and updates. When the 6 months end you are free not to renew and the theme will continue to work. You will only no longer have access to support forum and updates.
Very happy with how my demo is going, there are just a few things I’d like to know,(I’m not a developer “yet !”.)
1. The custom fields/taxonomies/Custom post types confuse me. Ok as I see it Places and Events are custom post types, Custom fields are what every extra fields I want to add to the posts but Taxonomies are a mystery to me.
The reason I ask is because when I buy the theme I would like to add a chain select search based on Place Category – Country – City – Motorway. The motorway field will be a custom field but I’m not sure what the others are.
Can you give me brief run down on how Geo Theme is setup in relation to these types.
2. Dont suppose you are going to include a chain select search in a later version !!!
Thanks
J
Hi,
custom taxonomies are custom post categories and tags.
What you intend to do is a major customization of the search form and require some skills.
We don’t provide support for customizations though and you will probably need the help of an experienced developer to achieve it.
We currently have no plans to add it…
Thanks,
Paolo
hi,
Does geotheme support custom fields for listings based on a category?
for example if the category is restaurants the custom fields would be: atmosphere, cuisine type, credit cards accepted.
for clubs it would be something else.
thanks,
Z
Hi,
yes it does!
and in category listing page you can use them to filter results : http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GSU-3xiD9ZI
Hi – I have a few pre-purchase questions:
1. If I am using the child theme, will design customization such as header image and background colour be accomplished by editing css or is it possible to change these in the admin panel?
2. I notice that a couple of sites in the showcase have a map on the homepage that is not the full page width. This would be a better option for me as well, so I’m curious to know how that is accomplished. Does the area to the side of the map then become a widgetized area?
3. My site will not involve reviews. I assume it is possible to turn off all the review features (such as the stars). Just want to make sure.
Thank you!
Hi,
1) through backend you can only change logo and with Blank child theme take advantage of the default skins. All other changes can only be accomplished through css code.
2) Map is a widget and you can place it wherever, even in the sidebar if you wish.
3) Yes you can close them.
Thanks,
Hello – is it possible to turn off reviews completely, so that nothing related to reviews is visible?
Thank you
Hi,
yes it is…
Hi Paoltaia,
1. When logged into the playground as an end user I couldn’t see how to edit a place I had created, and I couldn’t see how to enable this in the backend. Is this option just disabled in the playground?
2. Is there more printed documentation available, such as the pdf you referred to above?
Thanks
hi, simply click on your name above the main menu where it says welcome, yourname.
There you will be directed to author page, where you find links to edit as a front end user.
Ah! Thanks Paoltaia,
Is there any additional printed documentation?
only in the forum… for the playground only video docs are available.
I’m interested to purchase GeoTheme V3. Do you have plans of releasing V4 soon? If yes, when? I don’t want to have to buy this and then several months (or days!) later, a new version comes out.
It already happened to me once.
Thanks.
it will happen for sure and after gt4, most likely a gt5 will follow. That’s how things work in software development…
The keyword here is *soon*. Do you have plans of releasing V4 *soon*? It’s then followed up by a question, “If yes, when?”.
Hi,
soon should be within a couple of months. V4 is not just an update, but a total rewrite. We can’t really give a release date yet.
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Hi,
Can I integrate a live chat to the GEO Theme? If so, do you provide one or can you recommend one I can use for my site that will integrate easily with GEO theme
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zopim works great.
From v3 TO v4 will it be a free upgrade or a paid update? I dont wanan shell out again and again for updates. If I buy the mobile package will I have to buy the mobile app update separately or will I have to buy that upgrade as well?
Regards
GT4 will cost more than GT3, but only for new members. Current member will upgrade for free. Upgrades are free for 6 months on any product, after that period you can renew or drop the subscription. Software evolves, so there will always be an update…
If I buy the just the theme now and later I would like to get the Mobile App, how much would it cost that Mobile App itself?
Hi, App Upgrade cost 300$
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hello,
i can’t bulk import cities in playground. do you think there is a bug?
thanks
Hi,
did you leave the City ID column blank? If you don’t it will try to update instead of adding. Not finding those city IDs it doesn’t do anything…
hi,
thanks for the answer. it worked. originally i have the city_ids and categories filled in the csv (i thought it was needed).
ciao
a presto
using GeoTheme Is it possible to charge payment in hours basis? because i want user pay per hour and not per days his listing or event is displaing.
Hi,
no, hourly settings for listing are not available. Minimum days
Where can I get the file ready to upload of all US States, Cities with Latitude and longitude. I found a few out there in Google that sell the list in excel format but I am afraid that I may have to do extra work when purchasing from them. You also mentioned somewhere else that it has to be uploaded through openoffice, is this right?
HI,
we don’t provide data, however I can already tell you that any file you find for it, data probably have to be reordered and extra work done.
Thanks,
Paolo
Excellent explanation, forthright and honest, most of us doing some kind of business online had to deal with lousy support from time to time and when it’s crucial for your business you just have to change something. Stiofan not only did you basically created something much better then it was before you have helped the rest of us by doing this. Thanks man, much appreciated.
Hello,
We are considering using this theme for a business directory. I had a question I was hoping you could answer for me. Is it possible to build an API into the site that provides search results via the API’s?. I’m not sure if this is possible with wordpress and before I dig to deep thought you might have some insight. Thanks in advance. I love this theme anyway. Great work with it.
Regards, Scott
Hi,
there is an API already. We ue it to connect the iOS APP with the database.
Thx
Hey
Any update about Android Application? I am waiting to pull the trigger as soon as you can give me specific date for Android App.
Regards
Should be ready by end of february, mid march. Thx
Hi,
Having looked at lots of different themes I am totally sold on GeoThemes, it has some great features. I’m looking to purchase very soon but see that you are working on a v4. Will I be able to move all my content from v3 to v4 with ease? When do you anticipate the new release and are you able to reveal what the upgrades are?!
Many thanks,
Kate
Hi,
Gt4 is a major rewrite of current framework. Features will remain more or less the same, they will only get improved and work better.
We are rewriting the entire code and restyling the db structure to make things faster and work even more efficiently.
We are adding filter and hooks to make it possibile for the community to extend current features through plug and play addons.
We will probably release it as a plugin that will work with any theme.
We will provide a theme built around the plugin, but finally 3rd party devs will be able to build their own.
We will provide all necessary tools for a smooth transition.
It will probably go out in beta end of February.
Thanks!
WHAT?!?! GTV4 as plugin thatl work with any theme and that too with android app support.. http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m60du9NF0Q1qdxccp.jpg
Hi,
it is worth more to Version 3 buy or should I rather wait for version 4?
As the price for the version 4 will be?
Och can be beta tester?
Thank you very much
Bodo
Upgrade for current v3 members will be free. Mst likely the price will be raised for new members. We have +1500 beta tester already
If you subscribe to v3, we will have one more!
i just purchased geotheme but can not get it to upload onto wordpress? i am using gatorhost. Please help!
I have had a horrendous 2-3 years with GeoPlaces trying to get my motivationalspeakershub.com site to function. Aaaaahhhhh! Please tell me GeoPlaces will work and especially that, if I have any problems, someone will be available to help me. Please note: I am not a professional developer but an enthusiastic amateur. Is it simple enough for even me to use? I noted that someone had trouble i.e. ‘but can not get it to upload onto wordpress’ Is there a problem??
Cheers
PS Ready to purchase if you can reassure me. Should I wait for V4? Or just install V3 ?
Hi, sorry for the dealy in getting back to you. GeoTheme works well for a thousands of users, I’m sureit will fit for your needs too. We ahve a dedicated support forum where replies are giving within 24 hours maximum. The upload problem is due to the size of the theme. Most servers allow maximum 2mb upload through regular wordpress uplaoder. Being the theme over 9mb, you may have to upload it through FTP. As easy as that.
As far as going with current version or waiting for v4 is up to you. Beta should be out soon, we will provide conversion tools. But before the new version will be totally stable another couple of months could pass by.
Is Geo Theme of responsive design? I was viewing the showcase site PhillyScene.com from a Galaxy Nexus and the site doesn’t appear to re-format for optimal viewing in a smartphone.
Hi,
Phillyscene is running an old version of GeoTheme. Te owner never updated to responsive design.
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I am glad that I bought GeoTheme, way to go guys! ** Waiting for GT4
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Hi, is there a release date and a possible preview for Gt4 ?
Hi,
not yet. We are doing our best to release an alpha by the end of the month. There is no preview available at the moment.
Thx
Thanks for your recent reply. We’re two days away from month end, can we still expect gt4 during the cause of this week?
Hi, I don’t think so, first we will have to release an alpha, than a beta and than go our with a stable version. We haven’t released an official raod map. We will once we have at least an alpha to start testing. Shouldn’t take much longer though…
Hi,
Is the responsive site customisable in the way it appears and functions?
Cheers
Hi, there isn’t a non responsive version.
Through html and css edits you can customize the look and through php its functions.
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Hi,
I’m trying to set up a playground to check it out before buying it but each time I type in a domain name it says there is an error and I can only enter lower case letters (that is all I am entering). Do you have any ideas why this may be please?
Thanks,
Kate
Hi,
you need to enter only letter and numbers. I guess you are tring to add an entire domain, something like “yoursite.com”. If that’s the case, you should only write “yoursite”. Playgrounds are geotheme.com subdomains.
If you type yoursite, it will create yoursite.geotheme.com. It can’t create yoursite.com.geotheme.com
Hope it’s clear.
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Hi
I want to build a removalists directory for removals companies in Australia and was wondering if Google will charge me for using there maps on your site
Hi,
only if you make more than 25k daily calls to their API for more than 90 consecutive days.
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I am looking for GEO theme API , please tell how i can get
Hi, what do you mean you are looking for the API?
newbie here.. your theme looks great..
would like to find out how do i create multi-language in geotheme?
thank you.
wpml plugin!
Thanks,
Paolo
g’day,
thx for the info, do u mean this?
wpml.org?
yes!
I am working on multiple global directories, for example, green energy suppliers, ice suppliers and so on. I was looking at multiple listing themes including Geo Places, Vantage, eDirectory and finally your theme.
The problem with most of the themes is that they are good only for local directories – one or a few cities. I am looking for something, which would give me more global scale.
My fields would be simple – company name, description, address, website, contact numbers and max 5 images.
Also an end user should be able to search for example – bio diesel (one of the sample categories)supplier in USA, and so on.
Would Geotheme be suitable for this?
Thanks
Hi,
yes, but with GT3 you have to build the location database. The new version (to be released in may) will have a worldwide location database built in.
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Hello,
any update regarding date release of the V4?
Thanks
Very very soon…
I bought your Plug-in but I did not get a download link. Or may be I’m missing something?
Hi,
simply login and click on the account button (top – right green button).
In your account page you will find the download link and access to support forum.
Thx
Hi,
I am looking at using the Geotheme template to support a hotel loyalty program. Will I be able to integrate looking up of point balances and transaction statements into the site…I have the loyalty system API.
Thanks.
Hi,
GT is 100% open source and can be modified to do anything. If you have API specs and you know how to play with php/mysql, I’m sure you can do that…
Thanks