How to Display Additional Member Information in the Member Search Results (Position, Top Category & Sub Categories)

Link: https://support.brilliantdirectories.com/support/solutions/articles/12000082071-how-to-display-additional-member-information-in-the-member-search-results-position-top-category-s

Overview

By default the member search results show:

Star Rating (if applicable)
Short Description or About Snippet*
Phone Number
Badges

*When the Short Description is left blank, the site will display a snippet from the About section. If there is no Short Description or About information saved, nothing will display.

Displaying Additional Information

Within the Advanced Settings there are three settings that can be enabled which will display additional member information within the Search Results.

This additional information includes:

Position
Top Level Category / "Category "
Sub Level Categories / "Specialties"

In order to enable these 3 new fields, go to Settings » Advanced Settings and search for the settings shown below.

Display "Position"

Show Member Position In Member Search Results

System Variable: member_position_in_results

Display Top Level Category

Show Top Category In Member Search Results

System Variable: top_category_in_results

Display Sub Level Categories

Show Sub-Categories In Member Search Results

System Variable: sub_category_in_results

Text Labels

Position

Member Position Label

System Variable: search_results_position_label

Specialties

There are 2 labels, the default ones for sub and sub-sub categories.

Service

System Variable: [service]

Service Plural

System Variable: service_plural

NOTE: If the Search Results are not displaying these new fields, the Search Results code will need to be restored - How to Reset to Default Post Types Code.