1) Custom taxonomy, local-directory, with 2 levels of categories. E.g., Lodging had subcategories for Cabins and Hotels.
2) Custom Post type, listing. Each listing is assigned one or more 2nd level categories, but never a top level category.
We have a Normal View that works to display 1st and 2nd level categories, using a Child View for the 2nd level. All that looks good.
However, when clicking on any category (1st or 2nd level), we go to an Archive View set to display posts and taxonomy. The view showing the postings, using a View Template, looks good, except:
1) We can't figure out how to display any sub-categories that may belong on the page. For instance, if the user clicks on Lodging, we'd like to see Cabins and Hotels appear at the top of the page so the user can drill down further.
2) The listings for Cabins appears on the page for Lodging, as do any listings for Hotels. If we click on Cabins on the home page, we see only the Cabins category listings. We'd like to NOT have any listings show on a 1st-level category view.
We've tried about every configuration we can think of. The Classified and Magazine examples are close, but not enough to steer us in the right direction.
This was the primary purpose of purchasing the toolset, as we wanted to create a robust business directory structure. Thanks for any guidance you can provide.