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  • Anonymous
    (Private)  July 28, 2020 at 8:28 pm #254232

    Hi

    I have a custom post type ‘xxxxxx’
    – each post has several ACF fields for displaying data

    The form and the initial view (of all XXXXX items) is set up on a custom template page

    The results go to the default search.php
    – where I separate out the XXXXX results from all other site’s results

    This works fine

    ——————

    I have now added a new ACF field ‘yyyyy-choice’
    – each xxxxxx cpt will have one of 10 choices
    choice one
    choice two
    choice three
    … etc…

    I now need to change this landing page to have a search/filter tool to combine two tasks.

    The visitor needs to find an item by keyword search from within a chosen selection of values from yyyyy-choice

    Possibly as a set of checkboxes underneath the main keyword search field
    – each checkbox represents one of the 10 values within yyyyy-choice
    – with a submit after this?

    ——————

    I would like search.php to then display all xxxx items that match those yyyyy-choice values

    i.e.
    search for ‘alexander’ within choice one … show 5 items
    or
    search for ‘alexander’ within choice one and choice four … show 10 items

    I have your Search & Filter Pro plugin
    – but I can’t seem to get this set up?

    If you could point me to a demo or information that I can work through

    Trevor
    (Private)  July 29, 2020 at 9:18 am #254272

    So, I expect to see a search form with the search text box and the options for that field, plus maybe a submit button. If this is a Post Meta field, I would expect it to be set like this:

    https://www.screencast.com/t/EqZ7jI4m

    Notice the Search Operator set to OR.

    If this does not work, are you able to send me a live link/URL to your search page so I can take a look?

    Anonymous
    (Private)  July 29, 2020 at 9:45 am #254276

    Hi Trevor

    I have screen grabs, links and a ZIP to help – but how do I get these to you?

    Trevor
    (Private)  July 29, 2020 at 9:49 am #254278

    Upload them to a file sharing site and share the links with me.

    Anonymous
    (Private)  July 29, 2020 at 9:51 am #254280
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    Anonymous
    (Private)  July 29, 2020 at 9:56 am #254284
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    Trevor
    (Private)  July 29, 2020 at 12:07 pm #254332

    I see the error. In selecting the Meta Key name, note a ‘gotcha’ with ACF ….

    … it makes 3 meta keys per field, like this (in this example for a field named ‘land’):

    #1 _land
    #2 field_52f0fc4334f52
    #3 land

    In our Meta Key selection list, you need to use key #3, without the underscore at the start of the key name. If you choose #1 by mistake, in the field choices you will see the name of #2.

    Anonymous
    (Private)  July 29, 2020 at 12:30 pm #254339
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    Trevor
    (Private)  July 29, 2020 at 12:35 pm #254341
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    Anonymous
    (Private)  July 29, 2020 at 12:36 pm #254343
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