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  • Trevor
    #270077

    Ross, our developer, tells me is is due early in the New Year. It has been delayed as we felt it was necessary to develop and add a major new feature.

    Anonymous
    #275907

    Any news regarding V3?

    Trevor
    #275910

    We are back on track now, after taking the decision to unbundle a major feature (the results layout builder) and make that a totally free plugin in its own right:

    http://customlayouts.com/

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-layouts/

    https://searchandfilter.com/documentation/search-results/custom-layouts/

    V3 free version (the core plugin also required for V3 Pro addon) is now in internal testing and we are working hard to finish V3 Pro addon (when that enters internal testing, we will beta test V3 free)>

    I cannot say when, but the end is in sight.

    Anonymous
    #275914

    Thank you that sounds great. I really like the layout builder! I did all the styling via custom code up to now…

    Anonymous
    #276462

    Any update regarding this? When v3 will be available to use?

    Trevor
    #276464

    I am sorry, I have no updates for you. Progress is being made, but it is hard going.

    Anonymous
    #276478

    +1

    Anonymous
    #276480

    Hi Trevor,
    From your last post, I understand that the v3 development has stopped again, or have I misunderstood?

    Trevor
    #276482

    It has not stopped, but we do have competing calls upon our time as developers. Also, as a team, we felt it necessary to reevaluate how our users (site developers) interacted with our plugin, bearing in mind recent developments and directional guidance from WordPress (most obviously seen in Gutenberg and WooCommerce).

    So, we have completely recoded the admin interface of Search & Filter. You can see video snippets of the progress at this twitter account (of the developer):

    https://twitter.com/rossmorsali

    and the associated YouTube account:

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRR3L-wNcREwSjKcj3KaF8A

    We are now in the process of tying this new admin interface (and how and where it saves settings and forms) back in to the already written front end functionality of V3. As such, it doesn’t look like progress, as what you are doing is putting back together what you have torn apart. As we do this, we have to make adjustments to either our new admin side code, or the front end code.

    Our aim is to make this version far, far easier to use to setup, and far easier to style the forms, plus have a much wider range of options. A tough balancing act to perform.

    As we reach the end, progress gets slower.

    Anonymous
    #276484

    I’ve seen the videos, and everything seems very interesting, but I don’t see anything on the frontend side, where the current v2 is very poor in terms of graphic style (at least compared to the others competitors). It is also unclear if it will be possible to upgrade the work done with the current v2.

    Unfortunately, it’s hard to invest money and time for me on a plugin that you work on only when you have free time compared to your main activity. If I remember, the last v2 update is 14 July 2021, and with every WordPress update (such as with 5.9), I’m always worried that Search&Filter will crash and stop working.

    Anyway, I’ve just renewed my license to show you how much I believe in your work, but obviously, such a long wait doesn’t help much (it’s been almost two years since the announcement of the beginning v3).

    P.S. I’m a “Beaver Builder” user, and I don’t use Gutenberg (which I think is rubbish, IMO).

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