Search result filtering

Anonymous

#8236

Hi,

I’m building a site, with a custom search.php file, where the intention is that people can narrow their search results (through search and filter pro).

An example search is here: http://meridian-trust.co.uk/meridian_site/?s=consectetur&post_type=video

Now, If you click “Refine Search” on the right, there’s your plugin working – However, it’s not ajax loading the results, and even if i disable ajax, it not updating the query – it’just shows the same results. Any help here?

Ross Moderator

#8249

Hi Jan

I’m guessing you have a custom query in your results template? Something like

query_posts, get_posts or WP_Query?

You template must not have a custom query inside as otherwise this query will override the search results.

Thanks

Anonymous

#8261

Hi again,

No, I’m not using a custom query inside mu search.php

My file looks like this:

<?php
/**
 * @package WordPress
 */

get_header(); ?>
<?php
	$total_results = $wp_query->found_posts;
?>

<section class="content search-results">
	<div class="wrapper">

			<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

			<h2><?php echo $total_results ?> Search results for:</h2>
		<div class="query"><?php the_search_query(); ?></div>

		<div class="sort-results desktop">
			Sort results by:
			<div class="sort-links">
				<a href="#">Relevance</a> | <a href="#">Popularity</a> | <a href="#">Name</a> | <a href="#">Date</a>
			</div>
		</div>

		<div class="refine-search">
			Too many results?

			<button class="refine" onclick="refineToggle();">Refine your search</button>

		</div>
		<div class="refine-options" id="refine-options">

			<div class="refine-container">
				<h2>Filter results:</h2>	
				<?php
					echo do_shortcode('[searchandfilter id="44"]');
				?>

				<script>
			
				    $('input[type="checkbox"]').after('<span></span>');
					
					
				</script>
				
			</div>
			

			
		</div>

		<div class="sort-results smartphone">
			Sort results by:
			<div class="sort-links">
				<a href="#">Relevance</a> | <a href="#">Popularity</a> | <a href="#">Name</a> | <a href="#">Date</a>
			</div>
		</div>

		<div class="result-list">

			

			<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

			<?php 
					$related_video_url = get_field('wistia_url');
					$related_video_id = end((explode('/', $related_video_url)));
				?>

			<div class="result-item">
				<div class="video-thumb">

					<span class="likes">
						<?php $post_like_count = get_post_meta( $post->ID, "_post_like_count", true ); // post like count
									if($post_like_count != '0'){
									echo $post_like_count;
									}
								?>
						<svg x="0px" y="0px"
		 viewBox="0 0 15 14.4" enable-background="new 0 0 15 14.4" xml:space="preserve">
	<path id="favorite-3-icon_4_" fill="#ffffff" d="M7.5,14.4C2,9,0.4,7,0.1,5c-0.4-2.5,1.4-5,4.3-5c1.2,0,2.4,0.5,3.1,1.3
		C8.3,0.5,9.4,0,10.6,0c2.9,0,4.7,2.5,4.3,5C14.6,7,13.2,8.9,7.5,14.4z M4.4,1.5C3.2,1.5,2.2,2,1.8,3c-1.2,2.5,1.5,5.1,5.7,9.3
		c4.2-4.2,7-6.8,5.7-9.3c-0.5-1-1.5-1.6-2.6-1.6c-1.9,0-2.7,1.5-3.1,2.2C7.1,3,6.4,1.5,4.4,1.5z"/>
	</svg>
					</span>

					<div class="image-thumb" id="wistia_thumbnail_<? echo $related_video_id ?>">
					<div class="tag-overlay">
						<strong>Tags:</strong><br>
							<?php
							echo get_the_tag_list('',', ','');
						?>
					</div>
					<a class="thumb-play-overlay" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"></a>
						
					</div>
					<div class="video-thumb-title">
						<?php the_title(); ?>
					</div>

					<script>
						getVideoThumbnail ('<?php echo $related_video_id ?>');
					</script>

				</div>
				<div class="video-description">
					<h4>Description:</h4>
					<?php the_title(); ?>

				</div>
			</div>

				<?php endwhile; else : ?>
					<p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no pages matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
				<?php endif; ?>

		</div>
	</div>
</section>		
		
<?php
get_footer();
?>

and my settings are like this: (screenshot)

Any ideas?

Ross Moderator

#8291

Hey Jan

Lets try to get this working without Ajax first – so go ahead and disable that.

Once we get it working without we’ll re-enable it.

Once its disabled let me know and I’ll take a look at what is going on.

Thanks

Anonymous

#8353

Hi again,

OK, ajax is disabled now 🙂

Ross Moderator

#8378

Hi Jan

Can you first, duplicate search.php, and rename it? So we can make customisations specifically for the plugin?

Then, in the settings tick “use custom templates for results”

and then enter the new filename for the template (ie “newsearchtemplate.php”)?

Without specifying a template the we cannot control which template displays the results.

Thanks

Anonymous

#8416

Ok – that’s done now.

Ross Moderator

#8436

Hey Jan

Will check this out tomorrow now, just finishing off a plugin update,.

Thanks

Anonymous

#8497

Hi again,

So, I’ve bee staring at this some more. And here’s what I’ve figured out (I think..)

In my “search and filter” setup I’ve added a search field, to make sure that the search-refinement function includes the original search-phrase (this field is css-hidden).
But when i tick off the categories or tags – that’s what’s not included in the filtering when i press Submit, it just repeats the initial search, without the tag/category filtering..

Hoping to get this fixed soon 🙂

Ross Moderator

#8503

Hey Jan

Any chance you can send me some temp admin details so I can have a look around?

Thanks

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