Search just the "description"

Anonymous

#108338

I am trying to find a way to just search the “description” of my presenter’s content.

I have my content being displayed here: http://onlinelearning2017.ca/en/hidden-presenters/

So, for example, here is one of the presenter profiles:

Title: Salyers, Vince
Content:
Dean and Professor, Faculty of Nursing, MacEwan University
Edmonton, Canada

Track 1 – Emerging Pedagogies and Designs for Online Learning

Meaningful Online Pedagogies and Designs: Learning from Undergraduate Students at Three Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions

There is no better way to know what works and what does not work in an online learning setting than to consult with the learner group. In a study on which this session is based, undergraduate students at three Canadian post-secondary institutions shared insights on the areas of course design, ease of navigation, resource availability and adequacy of support. They also offered general perceptions about online learning and the elements that contribute to a meaningful and satisfactory experience.

This session reviews the findings of that study, shares comments by the respondents and examines themes related to overall experiences of online learning.
________________________________________________________________________________________

So, with the above example, I am using Search and Filter Pro to:

Search by last name (I used taxonomy to do this)
Search by Presentation Title (I used taxonomy to do this)
Sort Presenters by Track (I used categories for this)

The last thing I need to do is Search description by keyword (which would be the last two paragraphs of the above). They are too long to add as taxonomy and I don’t want to search the whole content because I have other searches/filters already in place for that.

Please help!

Trevor

#108371

Is that description in the main content field of the post editor? And only that? If so, then have a normal text search field, and install the free WP Extended Search plugin and in that tell it to search only that main content, or whatever other field it is in (the search plugin is flexible to allow you what to search in). I think that might be what you need.

Anonymous

#109232

No, I have the descriptions as custom fields..

Trevor

#109234

I think you would need to add the WP Extended Search plugin. I think you can then configure that to search only that field, and the S&F Pro will use that in its search.

Anonymous

#109236

I downloaded the WP Extended Search plugin but i dont see how to search my custom fields through Search and Filter…

Also, my custom fields are not showing up in my search results?

Trevor

#109241

Custom Fields should come under ‘Select Meta Key Names’ (custom fields are called Meta Keys in WordPress).

Anonymous

#109244

yes, but my custom fields or meta keys are not displaying on the search results page — can you help with that?

Trevor

#109264

Yes, possibly. Are you using the Shortcode Display Results Method? How did you make the description custom field, for example, with ACF?

Anonymous

#109266

I am using the shortcode display results method. Yes the description custom field was with ACF

Trevor

#109268

OK, what type of ACF field is it? I will find the code to add to the results.php file tomorrow, as it is late here now. Did you follow the customising guide here?

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