Newbie Install Questions (WordPress/Divi)

Anonymous

#260917

Hi Trevor,
I’m about to transition from Search and Filter (free plug-in) to Search and Filter Pro.

The reason we’re upgrading is because with Search & Filter, the search was returning Pages as well as Posts, and I didn’t know how to fix that. Also, with no search parameters selected, if you clicked the Search button,things went wonky. S&F Pro seems to have fixed those issues.

So I have some basic questions…for a WordPress site running Divi 4:

1. Do I need to deactivate or delete Search and Filter before I install Search and Filter Pro?

2. Do I install BOTH Search and Filter Pro AND the Divi S&F Pro Extension, or only the Divi S&F Pro Extension?

3. Will all those lines of CSS I wrote to style the Divi Blog Module (Grid format) still work?

Thanks!!

Anonymous

#260938

Or, we could just stick with our installed WP Search & Filter free plugin if I could figure out how to get this additional piece of the shortcode to work!

empty_search_url

All URLs I have tried, don’t seem to work…

I’ve tried copying the URL straight out of the browser window (no luck).

I tried omitting https:// from the URL (no luck).

If it’s like the rest of the shortcode, I believe the format should be empty_search_url=”(insert url here)” so I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong.

Thanks!

Trevor

#261043

To answer them in turn:

#1 No
#2 Both
#3 Our plugin does not affect the style of the Divi Blog grid, so that should not be an issue.

Note that, when using this integration method, it needs to be used on a real page in WordPress, not an archives page.

I do not support the free version, but I would have guessed that it should be something like:

[searchandfilter empty_search_url="http://mysite.com/blog/"]

This option was added at v1.2.11, so I assume you have that or later installed?

Anonymous

#261309

Thank you Trevor, for all the information!

I am now set to give everything a try.

Trevor

#261313

Great. Do let me know how you get on, and remember, we are happy to help.

Anonymous

#261315

Let me give you a laugh.

So the empty search URL kept loading a blank webpage, despite what I thought was perfect syntax…
Do you know what the issue was?

Somehow my computer (too smart for its own good) had inserted “smart quotes” around the URL!
I noticed that those quotes looked different than the other quotes when peering closely at the code. When I converted that pair of quotes to plaintext, then the empty search redirect worked perfectly.

I’ll leave my working code here (with the URL replaced) for future reference.
For Search Filter free plugin 1.2.12 using a page redirect for empty search parameters:

[searchandfilter fields=",category,post_tag" order_dir=",asc,asc" order_by=",slug,slug" types=",checkbox,checkbox" headings=",Choose Care,Location" empty_search_url="https://thandohealth.com/"]

Trevor

#261317

Ah yes. Most software programs convert quotes into curly or smart quotes. Especially email software.

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