Listdom Slider Skin Documentation

The Slider skin displays listings in a responsive carousel slider. It’s ideal for showcasing listings with eye-catching featured images. This skin offers five style variations and several settings to control which elements appear on each slide. Note: Listings without a featured image are automatically excluded from the slider.

Skin

Selecting the Slider skin will create a slider of your directory listings in the shortcode output. Only listings that have a featured image will be included. The slider automatically cycles through listings (if enabled) and can display navigation arrows and pagination dots depending on your settings. You can place a Slider shortcode on any page to highlight listings in an interactive slideshow.

Achtung

Only listings with a Featured Image will be included in the slider. Listings without an image are omitted from the slider display.

Style

Under the Style tab, you can choose a style variation for the Slider and toggle the visibility of various listing elements on the slide cards.

Style Variation

Select the Style: Choose one of the available style presets for the Slider layout. Options: Style 1, Style 2, Style 3, Style 4, Style 5. This determines the design of each slide (e.g., arrangement of text and image). Default: Style 1.

Elements

After selecting a style, use the Elements settings to show or hide specific components on the listing slides. Some element toggles apply only to certain styles, as noted below:

• Labels: Toggle to display listing Labels (from the Labels taxonomy, e.g., “Featured” or custom tags) on the slide. This option is available in Style 3 and Style 4 only. If enabled, any labels assigned to the listing will appear as a badge on the slide.
• Location: Show or hide the listing’s Location name. (Styles 3 & 4 only.)
• Address: Show or hide the listing’s full address. (Styles 1, 2, and 5.) Requires the Map component to be enabled in Listdom.
• Read More Button: Toggle a “Read More” button on each slide that links to the full listing page. (Styles 1 & 2 only.)
• Categories: Show or hide the listing’s Categories. (Style 5 only.)
• Share Icons: Show or hide social share buttons on the slide. (Style 5 only.) Requires the Socials component.
• Review Rates: Toggle the display of the listing’s star rating (average review score). Appears only if the Reviews add-on is installed.
• Slider Arrows: Toggle the navigation arrows on the slider. When enabled, left/right arrows allow users to manually cycle through slides.
• Title: Show or hide the listing Title on each slide. Enabled by default.
• Claim Status: Show a “Claimed” badge on listings claimed by their owners. Available only if the Claim add-on is active and Title is enabled.

Hinweis

The Review Rates toggle appears only when the Reviews add-on is installed, and the Claim Status toggle appears only when the Claim add-on is installed. These features require their respective add-ons to be active.

Map

If you want to display an accompanying map for the listings shown in the slider, configure the Map tab (visible only if Map functionality is enabled in Listdom’s global settings).

Settings

• Show Map: Enable or disable the display of a map alongside the slider. If enabled, the map will pinpoint all listings included in the slider.
• Map Position: Choose where the map appears relative to the slider. Options: Above Listings or Below Listings. Default: Above Listings.
• Map Height: Set the height of the map display (in pixels). Default: 300px.
• Map Zoom Level: Optionally set an initial zoom level. If left blank, the map will auto-fit to show all listing markers.

Google Maps Controls

If using Google Maps as the map provider, you can toggle various map controls:

• Zoom Control: Show or hide the zoom buttons.
• Map Type Control: Allow switching between map types (Roadmap, Satellite, etc.).
• Street View Control: Show or hide the Street View (Pegman) control.
• Fullscreen Control: Enable or disable the fullscreen toggle.
• Scale Control: Show or hide the scale indicator.

Tipp

Listdom supports both Google Maps and OpenStreetMap. The above controls apply to Google Maps. For advanced map features like clustering, custom markers, or additional map styles, consider the Advanced Map add-on.

Layout

The Layout tab contains settings related to how the slider behaves and what happens when users interact with it.

• Autoplay: Toggle automatic sliding of the carousel. When enabled, slides advance automatically.
• Limit: Specify the number of listings to display in the slider. Default: 6.
• Listing Link: Choose how the listing detail page opens when a user clicks a listing in the slider. (Available only with Pro.) Options include:
  • Same Window – Open the listing in the current tab.
  • New Window – Open in a new browser tab.
  • Open in Lightbox – Display the single listing in a lightbox overlay.
  • Right Panel / Left Panel / Bottom Panel – Open in a slide-out panel.
  • Disabled – Make listing slides non-clickable. If a Lightbox or Panel is selected, you can choose the Single Listing Style to display in that view.

Hinweis

The Listing Link options (Lightbox and Panels) require Pro. Without Pro, clicking a listing opens the detail page in the same window.

Sort

Define how listings are ordered in the slider and which sort options are available to users.

Default Sort

• Default Sort: Select the sorting criterion applied when the slider loads (e.g., List Date, Title). Default: List Date (Newest first).

Sort Options

Enable or disable the following options to let users change the listing order:

• List Date: Sort by publish date. (Enabled by default.)
• Listing Title: Sort alphabetically. (Enabled by default.)
• Last Update: Sort by last modified date.
• Comments: Sort by comment count.
• Listing ID: Sort by listing ID.
• Author: Sort by author name. (Enabled by default.)
• Random: Randomize listing order.
• Price: Sort by price (requires pricing enabled).
• Most Viewed: Sort by view count. Requires the Stats add-on.

Enable only the criteria you want to offer; disabled options won’t appear in the sort control.

Search

The Search tab allows you to embed a search form above the slider so users can filter listings directly on the page.

• Select Search Form: Choose a search form to display with this slider. If selected, the form appears above the slider and filters the listings shown.

Filter Options

The Filter Options tab lets you predefine criteria to limit which listings are shown in this slider, even before any user search or interaction. These filters work behind the scenes to include or exclude listings based on taxonomy terms or other attributes.

For each filter type below, you can configure an Include list or Exclude list of terms. “Include” means only show listings that have those terms. “Exclude” means hide any listings that have those terms. If you leave a filter category blank, it imposes no restriction on that aspect.

• Categories: Filter by listing categories.
  • Include Categories: Choose one or more categories; only listings in those categories will appear in this slider.
  • Exclude Categories Pro: Choose categories to omit; any listing in those categories will be left out.
• Locations: Filter by location taxonomy.
  • Include Locations: Only show listings that are in the selected location(s).
  • Exclude Locations Pro: Omit listings that are in the selected location(s).
• Tags: Filter by listing tags.
  • Include Tags: Show listings that have at least one of these tags.
  • Exclude Tags Pro: Do not show listings that have any of these tags.
• Features: Filter by features (these are like amenities or boolean attributes of a listing).
  • Include Features: Listings that have any of the selected feature(s) will be included.
  • Exclude Features Pro: Exclude listings that have any of the selected features.
• Labels: Filter by label terms.
  • Include Labels: Show only listings that have one of these label(s) (for example, only “Featured” listings).
  • Exclude Labels Pro: Hide listings that have any of these labels.
• Author (Listing Owner): You can restrict by listing author (the user who posted the listing).
  • Select one or more authors under Include to show only listings by those user accounts.
  • Or select authors under Exclude Pro to hide listings by those users.
• Custom Fields: If you have custom fields associated with listings, they appear here for filtering based on the field type. Use these to include listings based on custom metadata (exclude options are not available for custom fields).
  • Checkbox: Enter the checkbox value to match.
  • Time: Pick a time value.
  • Date: Select a date.
  • Tel: Enter a phone value.
  • Textarea: Enter text to match the textarea content.
  • Text: Enter text to match the field value.
  • Number: Set a minimum and/or maximum range (two numeric inputs).
  • Dropdown: Choose one or more values from the dropdown list (multi-select).
  • Radio: Enter the radio value to match.
  • Datetime: Select a date and time value.
  • URL: Enter a URL value.
  • Email: Enter an email value.
  • Image: Image fields are not available as filters in this section.
• Rank Addon Rank: Added by the Listdom Rank add-on. Filter listings by rank using minimum and maximum values, or leave them blank to skip ranking filters.
• Memberships Membership: Added by the Listdom Membership add-on. Filter listings by membership packages using checkboxes.

You can combine multiple filters. A listing must satisfy all the Include filters and none of the Exclude filters to appear. Within a single filter type, if multiple terms are included, a listing that has any one of those terms will pass (logical OR for included terms within one filter type). Exclusions work similarly: if a listing has any one of the excluded terms, it will be filtered out.

If no Filter Options are set, the shortcode shows all eligible listings by default. These pre-filters form the base dataset for the shortcode. If you also attach a search form, that search refines this pre-filtered set rather than replacing it.

Achtung

Very narrow include filters combined with exclude rules can leave you with no results. Exclude rules also take precedence for listings that match both your include and exclude selections, so always test the shortcode after saving.

Tipp

For very advanced filtering logic (for example, if you need complex AND/OR conditions or more dynamic filtering), consider using the Advanced Portal Search (APS) add-on. APS enhances how searches and filters are processed, allowing more granular control over which listings show up. It’s useful when the built-in include/exclude filters are not sufficient for your needs.

Using Filter Options, you can create a slider shortcode that is targeted to a specific subset of listings. For example, you might include one category and one location, or exclude one tag, label, or author, to keep the output focused on exactly the content you want.

Examples

Homepage Featured Listings Slider

Scenario: Showcase top listings on the homepage. Create a Slider shortcode, set Default Sort to List Date so newest listings appear first, and enable the Featured Only filter. Mark key listings with a “Featured” label. Result: The homepage slider highlights only featured listings, giving prominence to important items.

Visual Category Showcase

Scenario: Display listings from a specific category, such as “Beach Resorts.” Configure the Slider shortcode to filter by that category, and enable Share Icons and Review Rates for engaging slides. Result: A slider presents all resorts in the category with rating stars and share buttons, letting users browse visually and share their favorites.

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