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Customizing Location Input for the Ad Add Form in Listivo

Decide how precise Google's suggestions are in Listivo's Location field — full street addresses, businesses, cities or whole regions — using the field's Input Type control.

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In Listivo, the suggestions provided by Google in the Location field dropdown can be tailored to suit your specific needs via the 'Input Type' control. This customization allows you to control the precision of location data that users can input when placing ads. Follow these steps to configure the Location field:

Where the Location field appears

a) Front-end Panel

Front-end Location step with "ne" typed in the box and a Google-powered suggestion list — New York, New Orleans, New Delhi, Newark, Newcastle upon Tyne — over a Google map of the north-eastern United States.

b) Back-end Panel

Back-end Location field with "New York, NY, USA" typed in and suggestions that include venues such as New York LaGuardia Airport, Lotte New York Palace and Warwick New York, above a Google map pinned on New York.

Steps to customize

  1. 1 Open Custom Fields

    Navigate to the Listivo Panel and select Custom Fields.

    Listivo Panel menu in WordPress showing Settings, Design, User Panel, Monetization, Templates and Notifications, with Custom Fields highlighted in white.
  2. 2 Edit the Location field Custom fields table with the Location row highlighted — slug "location", type "Location" — and an arrow pointing at its blue Edit button, with the Attachments row above it.
  3. 3 Find the "Input Type" control

    Take care not to confuse it with "Search Type". Its dropdown lists the options Google provides.

    Setting labelled Input Type with its dropdown currently set to "address".

Options for Location Input

  • Geocode: Allows users to input both general and specific location details. Ideal for precise location pinpointing on maps.
  • Establishment: Optimizes location inputs for specific businesses or institutions. When enabled, this option limits autocomplete suggestions to established business names and notable places. This feature is particularly useful for ads that need to be associated with a precise business location, such as promotions specific to a retail store, professional services in a certain office building, or events held at particular venues.
  • Cities: Restricts input to city names. Suitable for ads intended for broader city-level audiences.
  • Regions: Enables input for larger areas like counties, states, or provinces. Good for ads that target regional audiences.
  • Address: Allows for the most detailed input, including street names and numbers. Perfect for highly specific locations such as real estate listings.

Experiment with these settings to discover the best option that matches your users' needs and enhances the effectiveness of ad placements. Tailoring these options helps ensure that the location data entered is relevant and useful for the ads.

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