Additional Tips & Tutorials

DISCLAIMER: These articles provide additional tips beyond the scope of standard default settings. These articles are intended to assist developers and our support staff may not be able to provide additional guidance or troubleshooting on these topics.

How To Search For Sub Account Members In The Database
To see the list of members who have been added as a sub account, Navigate to Developers --> MySQL Database: Click on the database that end...
Google Location Administrative Levels
Brilliant Directories supports five primary location types, each of which can use either Bounds or Radius searches. This article explains how each search m...
How To Create A Modal - Pop Up Box
This article demonstrates how to create a basic modal pop-up that can display custom content on a website. The example uses a custom widget to define the m...
Displaying Member Sub Level Categories (getMemberSubCategory Function)
The getMemberSubCategory() function retrieves a member's Sub-Level and Sub-Sub-Level Categories in a variety of formats, making it easier to display cat...
How to use Bootstrap
Here on Brilliant Directories we select the very best technologies for our partners. One of this is Bootstrap. Bootstrap is a Front-End Framework that adds ...
Important $w Array Update
As of November 1, 2018, several configuration values previously available in the $w array were moved to the brilliantDirectories::getDatabaseConfiguration()...
Add Custom Tabs to Member Profile Pages Using HTML
Important This article is intended for developers. This method only works when at least one default navigation tab is already displayed on the member pr...
Setting Up Locations For UK Directories
Your Brilliant Directories website is integrated with Google Maps API. This means that your website is powered by the robust functionality of Brilliant Di...
How to Allow Custom Search Query Widgets for Post Types
Important: Contact support to enable the "Allow Custom Search Query Widgets for Post Types" setting to enable this functionality. This settin...
How To Render A Widget In An Email Template
To include a widget in an email template use the shortcode [widget=Name of Widget].   Another option is to have the results of a widget sent to a variable...