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  • Anonymous
    (Private)  April 16, 2015 at 5:01 pm #15246

    Hi,
    congratulations, this is really a great plugin.

    But: I’ve tried to setup the “Maintain Search Form State” option.
    In my opinion this function should restore search & filter results when i come back from a details page. Right?
    How do I setup this option correctly?
    I’m using ajax for display filter results.
    Regards
    Seb

    Ross Moderator
    (Private)  April 16, 2015 at 7:26 pm #15255

    Hey Seb thanks

    Maintain search form state means that if you click a link from your results, to another page with S&F in it, it will be “pre filled” with teh last search..

    What you want is the “bookmarkable URLs” option – under “display results”.

    Thanks

    Anonymous
    (Private)  April 17, 2015 at 6:46 am #15289

    Hi,

    thank you for the answer.
    It tested it but it didn’t work.
    Ok, the “bookmarkable URLs” changes the URL when I change the filters.
    Then I go click on a search result.
    But when I come back (with the “go back” function of the browser or by a click on my breadcrumb navigation) the filter resulst are not restored. Everything is in initial state.

    Any ideas?
    Regards
    Seb

    Ross Moderator
    (Private)  April 18, 2015 at 9:30 am #15344

    Hey Seb

    Currently, clicking back when browsing search results will only update the URL but not the results – I’m working on this for the next release.

    However, if you click on a result and go through to the results page, clicking back should show the last results?

    Do you have a link I could look at?

    Thanks

    Anonymous
    (Private)  April 18, 2015 at 12:12 pm #15356
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    Ross Moderator
    (Private)  April 18, 2015 at 1:27 pm #15360

    Hey Sebastian, I didn’t login but took a look at the link – to me S&F is working as expected.

    If you go here:

    http://daten.purpix.de/04_hkw/branchen/gewerblich-technisch/?_sft_branchen=mechanik

    And click on “KFZ Mechaniker Industrie Baugruppenmontage München (m/w)”, then click “back” in the browser, you are returned to the correct search results.

    Thanks

    Anonymous
    (Private)  April 18, 2015 at 2:05 pm #15361

    Hi Ross,

    thank you for your response.

    Is it possible to get it working without modifing the URL? Maybe by a cookie?
    Your SEO guys will not be happy with this solution.

    Thanks
    Seb

    Ross Moderator
    (Private)  April 18, 2015 at 2:45 pm #15366

    Hey Seb

    Thats a better idea, I’m certainly planning on improving this so its just a matter of time before I get around to it.

    If you turn off “maintain search form state”, you will still be able ot press “back” to be returned to search results – and your SEO will be unaffected.

    The only reason to have this on is if you also have a search form on your product page:
    http://daten.purpix.de/04_hkw/jobs/teststelle-altenpfleger-mw/?_sft_branchen=cnc-konventionell
    And you want the various filters/dropdowns etc set to the last search.

    Thanks

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