A to Z Filter

Trevor

#144107

If I am to assume that the letter represents the first letter of, for example, a post title, then the only way to do this is to make a custom field and have that letter in that field, and use it that way.

Anonymous

#144109

Oh, I´m not sure if I understand it correctly. Yes, I want to filter the title of the post. I´m using ACF for custom fields. I´m using search and filter as a shortcode in a sidbar widget and I want to add a A to Z filter to the other filter I use there. Is there a possibility?

And I have one more question. When I set up a new serach form and put it on top of the content (with a shortcode), can I so use it together wit the searchform in the sidebar? Do you know what I mean, so that they work (filtre) together? I

Greetings Melanie

Anonymous

#144121

I gave you the link where it is needed and I need a filter like here:

https://www.stellenwerk-hamburg.de/firmenprofile/

from A to Z,
gerretings Melanie

Trevor

#144125

I understand. as I said before, it will require an additional Custom field for the single letter. Then, in the form, Use a Post meta field object for that new field, set as a checkbox. In the options set it to Manual populate the control, and add manually all the alphabet, and use the All Label for the A-Z first choice.

Then you use custom css to hide the checkboxes and show just the labels, and custom css to make the boxed effect. Custom CSS can also have them all horizontal.

Anonymous

#144510

Thank you for your guidance. But I´m not so firm in search and filter now,
so I have one question. I made custom fields for each letter (checkbox and return value: name).
Then in serach and filter I set new field in the form (Post meta), i picked “Choice” (Input type: Checkbox, Get Options: Manual Entry, Order Options by: Label, ASC, Alphabetical), after this I set in the field label every single letter ans for the first label All, but what should I set into value?

When I look at my side I have now checkboxes and letters, but it still is not filtering after the post titel. Or is it like that, I have to pick a letter in every single post, so it shows up? I mean is there no automatically way to filter after the post title. Do you know what I mean? I´m not sure if my explanation is good enough to understand.

Anonymous

#144611

Oh and my second question is also still open, may be you also can answer this for me? 🙂
Is there a chance to get 2 search form work together, like the one in the sidebar (widget) and
the one on the top? So I want to use two search forms but only one result list. Is this possible?

Thank you so much, Melanie

Trevor

#144634

I will get on this in the morning Melanie, but to answer the other question, not now, but in the V3 (due 2018), yes.

Anonymous

#144718

So I have to wait to version 3, I hope it will come soon,
best beginning 2018. 🙂

I´m looking forward to here from you later so,

I have one small problem more beside my A to Z filter, may be you also have an idea here:
I use the filter in a sidebar (widget), and under it also a menue
in a widget. When I make the browser small (like it is on iPad in
the protrait mode), then the elements of the filter are hidden by
the box. The menue is fine, it only happens with the filter elements.

Greetings

Melanie

Trevor

#144823

OK. I have made some changes (please explore to see what I have done), but there are still some issues.

I am not sure what effect having two forms on the same page will have. No issue I hope.

If you go to this post, this is a link and simple instructions to set up our form with Page Builder (AKA Visual Composer):

https://support.searchandfilter.com/forums/topic/can-we-change-template-desing/#post-136727

Anonymous

#144980

Thank you for your help. But I´m still frustated, I thought it would be much easier to set a A to Z listing to the search form.. Yes, I have now all letters from A to Z and I also can hide the checkboxes with CSS, but it is not lokking and working like the picture I want.

1. I´m to stupid to find the special CSS class/id for the checkboxes and the label. I only work with
.sf-label-checkbox and .sf-input-checkbox. But then all checkboxes are gone and I need them still in an other area of the serach form (Easy Finder).

2. “All” is not working like i want it to. I have selected E in a single post, but if i so click on All in the search form it is not shown up.

3. When I hide the checkboxes and then click on E after that on B, both are checked. It is not working like a button, because you have to deselect again, but when I hide the checkboxes you can not deselect it, that is to difficult for me.

4. I think my english is not really good enough to explain my problems very well. My first question from the start was: Is there a possibility to use the first letter from a title of a single post as a value for the search form. So I don´t have to have a field in my single post, where i have to select a letter for every post. I asked after an automatically way without selecting a letter in every single post (admin area). But I guess not. So it is fine for me with the solution , now.

5.) To the two forms on th same page: Sure, I was testing two forms, because I want them to work together ( 2 forms and one result list). That was my second question from the start. In some shops you can have some filter above the list and some filter at the side. i would like to have the days (Messetage) above and the other filter at the side. But you said that is not possible now, so I have to wait. I deleted them, there is only one search form, yet.

Sorry, it is not up to you, it ´s me, who is not firm enough and thought it would be much easier to use this plug-in?.

There is not a possibility to use this plug-in:

https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/a-z-listing/

with your search form?

Thank you for all. Greetings Melanie

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