I can't unselect "Auto submit form?".

Ross Moderator

#7355

Hey Philip

This sounds right, but of course if you choose some search parameters these will also be filtered on the results URL?

Basically this just allows you to put the search form anywhere and it will always end up on the results URL.

Thanks

Anonymous

#7408

Hi Ross,
yes, it filters just fine, no problem there.

What I meant was, if i put the search form on my home page, it automatically shows the first 12 (in my case) results out of all the results, complete with pagination, on my home page. This is before you have entered anything to search for.
I was just looking to have the search box there, leading to a results page after you searched for something.

I think I will go back to the non-Ajax set up, it seems more suited to searching rather than filtering.

Regards,
Philip.

Ross Moderator

#7409

Hey Philip sure this is possible.

Create a new page with the results shortcode on, then add the URL of this page to results url.. Then on your home page addnthe regular short code for the form .

This way you can have the search widget on your homepage without any results and submitting the form will take you to the results url.

Just make sure the results short code does not appear on the homepage and tou won’t see results on your homepage 🙂

Does that make sense?

Anonymous

#7411

Hi Ross
yes, that makes perfect sense, because that’s the way I have done it, as per #7351 ↑ 🙂
Honestly it doesn’t matter anyway, I’m not going to use it now, I prefer the non-Ajax way when I compare the two.
Thank you,
Philip.
PS: I still have it up on a test page, let me know if you want a look.

Ross Moderator

#7445

Yeah sure Philip fire over a link, would be good to get confirmation its working as expected 🙂

Anonymous

#7472

Hi,
sorry, I took it down.

The funny thing is, it WAS working as intended when I tried it again after that. Could it have been my cache? I did have the results short code on that page prior to that, then took it off, but nothing changed, hence my post.

So thanks anyway, again!
Regards,
Philip.

Ross Moderator

#7473

Ah yes it could have been a caching issue, always worth clearing cache and refresh after any changes have been made just in case 🙂

Thanks

Anonymous

#7646

Ah, I had hoped that being able to unselect “Auto submit” would mean I didn’t have the default list showing when I go to the page initially.

It would be great if having the “all” results showing initially was an option.

Ross Moderator

#7658

Hey Elvina, why not create a seperate page, with no results shorcode and just the search form, then when a user presses submit they are taken to the search results page?

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