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  • Raz Ben Zur
    (Private)  July 28, 2020 at 1:01 pm #254099

    Hello,
    I am using search & filter along with CPT UI and ACF to create a job board.
    For some reason when I create the search engine the dropdown is always emptpy, even though I already have 3 uploaded items (posts).

    Your assistance please.

    Raz

    Trevor Moderator
    (Private)  July 28, 2020 at 1:04 pm #254101

    Are you able to send me a live link/URL to your search page so I can take a look?

    Trevor Moderator
    (Private)  July 28, 2020 at 1:05 pm #254103

    When selecting the meta key, 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.

    Raz Ben Zur
    (Private)  July 28, 2020 at 1:25 pm #254113

    It works, thanks!

    Now I’d like to change the search from to be horizontal (default is vertical) – how do I do that?

    Raz Ben Zur
    (Private)  July 28, 2020 at 1:54 pm #254120

    Two more things:
    A) How can I align to the middle and change the colour of the submit button?
    B) I did the redirect to a new page for the search results and put the following code-
    [searchandfilter id=”360″ action=”filter_next_query”]
    But it won’t show any results. 360 is the id of the search form, when it was redirecting to archive it was working fine.

    Thanks in advance.

    Trevor Moderator
    (Private)  July 28, 2020 at 4:52 pm #254178

    To make the form Horizontal, see here:

    https://searchandfilter.com/documentation/getting-started/display-search-form/#making-your-search-form-horizontal

    There are many other customising snippets in the forums:

    https://support.searchandfilter.com/forums/search/searchandfilter+data-sf-form-id/

    That code you tried will likely not work. Are you able to send me a live link/URL to your search page so I can take a look?

    Raz Ben Zur
    (Private)  July 28, 2020 at 7:40 pm #254221

    Thanks for the reply

    The job search engine is on the main page and the search results should be shown here-
    https://letswork.co.il/job-search/

    I already uploaded 3 posts (job openings) to here-
    https://letswork.co.il/jobs/

    And it’s the same source, once again, when I use the archive (default) search it shows the results properly. only with the custom I can’t see it.

    Trevor Moderator
    (Private)  July 29, 2020 at 11:23 am #254316

    If you want the jobs on this page:

    https://letswork.co.il/jobs/

    To be filtered on that page … AND you are using Elementor Pro, you should really (best) use the free extension that can be downloaded here, and follow this guide:

    https://searchandfilter.com/documentation/3rd-party/elementor/

    Did you use that? The form would then NOT be using the ‘Custom’ method and would not be using the ‘filter_next_query’ shortcode.

    Raz Ben Zur
    (Private)  July 29, 2020 at 8:06 pm #254462

    Thanks a lot for your supports, everything works great! 🙂

    Just one last thing- how can I style just the submit button using CSS? (or any other way)

    Trevor Moderator
    (Private)  July 29, 2020 at 8:11 pm #254467

    This search should give you some ideas:

    https://support.searchandfilter.com/forums/search/data+form+sf+id+searchandfilter+submit/

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