Search within specific category/taxonomy

Anonymous

#168828

Hi guys,

I didn’t find a topic based on what I’m about to ask, but if I’ve overlooked this topic, please post the URL and we can close this one.

Let’s say you have an online study section that has 4 separate areas of study, and within each area of study you have content that is specific to that area of study.

Is there a way to add a search field that will do a keyword search ONLY within a specific area of study? To only return results based on the content available within a single, specific area of study?

If that makes sense 🙂

Trevor

#168829

So, the search form would have just the text search field, and maybe a submit button, but nothing else? It would be on a page for just that area of study?

Anonymous

#168831

It would presumably have…

Search Box
Filter by Writer
Filter by Topic
Submit
Reset

Each of the 4 areas of study would have a similar box. The idea is that the user filters based only on content specific to that area of study.

If we added a Search Box, we’d want the user to get content related only to that area of study, and not get results that are being pulled site-wide.

Personally, I’d rather just keep the filters and not use a search in this instance, but my boss seems to really want a search box capability if it’s easily doable.

Trevor

#168833

Would having a different search form (looking the same but in fact with different settings) on each page be possible? Is the area of study a taxonomy in its own right?

Anonymous

#168835

If I understand, yes to both? In fact, once we nail down the topics within each study, the plan was to filter only on those topics within an area of study and exclude topics from other areas of study.

Trevor

#168837

Then you could set the study area in the form settings tabs, the Categories, Tags and Taxonomies tab, include only the area you want.

Anonymous

#168839

I think I’m starting to see the light.

1. Which is the Form settings tab? I see General, Display Results, Posts, T/C/Tax, Post Meta, and Advanced.

2. In the T/Cat/Tax tab, I would click the magnifying glass and select specific categories from within the pop-up, yeah?

Trevor

#168841

I meant of the tabs, choose the T/C/Tax tab. And yes, click the mag glass and pick one as an include.

Anonymous

#168843

Perfect.

Hey, semi-related question: Where/how do I add a message when a search doesn’t return any results? “No results, try again” sort of thing…

Trevor

#168851

It is dependent on which Display results method you use.

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