Hi Lisa
You can also let them search, but show them nothing (or a custom message) using this type of PHP code (change the number 1234 for the ID number of your search form and change the line echo '<div>Nothing to see here folks!</div>'; for whatever you want before the filter is used instead of the results – or remove for nothing at all):
global $searchandfilter;
$sf_current_query = $searchandfilter->get(1234)->current_query();
if ((!$sf_current_query->is_filtered())&&($sf_current_query->get_search_term()=="")) {
echo '<div>Nothing to see here folks!</div>';
} else {
// your theme template code here for the part that runs the loop, e.g. if ( $query->have_posts() ) .....
}
For example, if you were using the shortcode method. OK, if you have followed the documentation to make a copy of the results.php into a new folder called search-filter in your child theme or theme folder, then replace the contents of that template file with this:
<?php
/**
* Search & Filter Pro
*
* Sample Results Template
*
* @package Search_Filter
* @author Ross Morsali
* @link http://www.designsandcode.com/
* @copyright 2015 Designs & Code
*
* Note: these templates are not full page templates, rather
* just an encaspulation of the your results loop which should
* be inserted in to other pages by using a shortcode - think
* of it as a template part
*
* This template is an absolute base example showing you what
* you can do, for more customisation see the WordPress docs
* and using template tags -
*
* http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags
*
*/
global $searchandfilter;
$sf_current_query = $searchandfilter->get(1234)->current_query();
if ((!$sf_current_query->is_filtered())&&($sf_current_query->get_search_term()=="")) {
echo '<div>Nothing to see here folks!</div>';
} else {
if ( $query->have_posts() )
{
?>
Found <?php echo $query->found_posts; ?> Results<br />
Page <?php echo $query->query['paged']; ?> of <?php echo $query->max_num_pages; ?><br />
<div class="pagination">
<div class="nav-previous"><?php next_posts_link( 'Older posts', $query->max_num_pages ); ?></div>
<div class="nav-next"><?php previous_posts_link( 'Newer posts' ); ?></div>
<?php
/* example code for using the wp_pagenavi plugin */
if (function_exists('wp_pagenavi'))
{
echo "<br />";
wp_pagenavi( array( 'query' => $query ) );
}
?>
</div>
<?php
while ($query->have_posts())
{
$query->the_post();
?>
<div>
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<p><br /><?php the_excerpt(); ?></p>
<?php
if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
echo '<p>';
the_post_thumbnail("small");
echo '</p>';
}
?>
<p><?php the_category(); ?></p>
<p><?php the_tags(); ?></p>
<p><small><?php the_date(); ?></small></p>
</div>
<hr />
<?php
}
?>
Page <?php echo $query->query['paged']; ?> of <?php echo $query->max_num_pages; ?><br />
<div class="pagination">
<div class="nav-previous"><?php next_posts_link( 'Older posts', $query->max_num_pages ); ?></div>
<div class="nav-next"><?php previous_posts_link( 'Newer posts' ); ?></div>
<?php
/* example code for using the wp_pagenavi plugin */
if (function_exists('wp_pagenavi'))
{
echo "<br />";
wp_pagenavi( array( 'query' => $query ) );
}
?>
</div>
<?php
}
else
{
echo "No Results Found";
}
}
?>
.
