Customizing search results display not working

Anonymous

#5870

Hi,

I don’t understand how the new Ajax instructions work with the styling of the search display.

If I choose “Load results using Ajax” and “Use a shortcode to display results” the option for Page template disappears. [http://imgur.com/RPYAhp2]

I am using this theme (https://wordpress.org/themes/baskerville). The search results, as well as the posts are displayed in a grid form (masonry layout). This is how I want to display the search results from using the Search and Filter plugin as well.

I understood that I would be able to do this by making the custom template search.php from my theme, but this is not working, even if I have the Ajax option disabled.

I just want the results to appear in the same way search results appear on my theme.

Please help.

Thanks.

Anonymous

#5876

I saw this in the support documentation:

If you wish to customise the display of your results, a template file is included in the Search & Filter folder.

1) Create a folder in your theme folder called search-filter.

2) Copy the file wp-content\plugins\search-filter\templates\results.php from the templates folder in to your newly created folder wp-content\themes\your-theme-name-\search-filter\results.php

Search & Filter will now use this template to display your results 🙂

But I can’t seem to get this working…

If I unzip my theme folder, add a folder called search-filter, and put the results.php in it, and then zip it again, it’s not installing at all when I upload the theme on to wordpress.

Anonymous

#5915

Ok, I changed the theme to something else, but the new theme supports a grid layout as well. In other words, the “posts” section, i.e. the blog section of the website will be displayed as a grid.

This is how I want the search results filtered by the plugin to display as well.

I figured out how to copy the results.php file into the theme folder, but nothing is happening, the results display the same way as before.

I get the feeling I’m missing something important here, but all the posts relating to customization of display predate the Ajax changes, so can’t get much help there!

Please help, thanks!

Ross Moderator

#5939

Hey Manas

I’m away at the moment but will help on my return – it looks like there must be something simple overlooked – and I will also update the docs to be more clear.

Thanks
Ross

Anonymous

#5968

Hey Ross,

No problem, I saw on the forums that there was no support for a couple days. It’d be great if you could have a look when you’re back so I can get this sorted! Thanks! 🙂

Anonymous

#6097

Hello, any updates on this?

Ross Moderator

#6098

Hey Manas just back from hols so playing catchup – I’ll update you later this afternoon.

Thanks

Anonymous

#6103

Great, thanks! Now it’s acting very buggy, in addition to the display problem I mentioned, it’s also not working for anybody except the admin. If I sign in with any other role, it shows the homepage instead of search results! So when you get a moment, I’d really love some help. Thanks again!

Ross Moderator

#6112

Hey Manas

Just realised I don’t have any links to look at? Could you provide a link to your search page and admin login details as well?

Thanks

Anonymous

#6140

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