Splitting Catagories

Anonymous

#51812

Hi, I initially set up my search form with 3 separate category fields – region, topic, resource, and configured the categories under search using the advanced settings excluding function. I had a problem doing it this way, as the form would not recognize a selection from region and also topic, and would only do the search based on the selection in one category field – and ignore the other selections.

1. So first question – is it possible to set up the form this way?

You can have a look at it here. http://www.kallanishenergy.com/advanced-search/

2. Another question – how can I make the search box bigger?

3. Why does the topic box cut off at the end?

Trevor

#51816

1. No. If you have taxonomy terms in the core category/tags taxonomy that requires two form fields to filter as you want, then your site data is not structured correctly. You need to add one or more custom taxonomies, and/or use custom posts, and/or use custom fields (meta data). Using the free plugins CPT UI (Custom Post Type UI) and ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) you can add this structure. Then you can add unique form fields to filter the data.

2. Your theme is doing this. Add this custom css to your theme:

.searchandfilter input[type="text"] {
    width: 100% !important;
}

3. It appears to be because the form is only that long. More content on the page below the form might help.

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