{"id":1130171,"date":"2016-06-21T16:45:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T23:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/the-events-calendar-vs-geodirectory\/"},"modified":"2016-06-21T16:45:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T23:45:38","slug":"the-events-calendar-vs-geodirectory","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/the-events-calendar-vs-geodirectory\/","title":{"rendered":"The Events Calendar vs. GeoDirectory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi All &#8211; I recently purchased GeoDirectory, however, I am realizing that there are many limitations with the functionality.<\/p>\n<p>My goal is to create a local directory of events\/specials at restaurants and bars. Checking filters on or near the map would refresh the map pins and corresponding listings, based on the filters selected (using \u201cAND\u201d functionality instead of \u201cOR\u201d for the results).<\/p>\n<p>It is also important for the user to filter events by &#8216;event categories&#8217; (happy hour, live music, etc.) as well as &#8216;venue categories&#8217; (bar, restaurant, pet-friendly, free wifi, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, it is important to be able to manage multiple locations for both back-end admins and front-end users.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to hearing if The Events Calendar is right for my goals.<\/p>\n<p>Best regards,<br \/>\nMike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1130171","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Events Calendar vs. GeoDirectory -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/the-events-calendar-vs-geodirectory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Events Calendar vs. GeoDirectory -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi All &#8211; I recently purchased GeoDirectory, however, I am realizing that there are many limitations with the functionality. 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