URL changing Problem

Anonymous

#12871

Hi, I need to change search urls from this ?_sft_category=category1,category2&_sft_post_tag=tag1,tag2
to this /categry1,category2/tag1,tag2,tag3/

What can I do?

Ross Moderator

#12900

Hey Rudi – there is no option to change the URLs – please see the demos for further examples – I’m assuming you are coming from the free version – this is because as searches get more complicated, that URL structure simply cannot handle the data and additional functionality we need.

Thanks

Anonymous

#12969

why? not possible to change somewhere in the code + htaccess? not a good practice to change plugin code, but we need to find solution

Ross Moderator

#13001

Hey Rudi

For complex search queries it is just not possible to simplify the URL – taking in to consideration the URL structure must be capable of handling all kinds of data and must be flexible enough to cater for all users of this plugin and all search forms created by them.

You mention a htaccess rewrite – I think this would be possible but only in specific use cases – you would have to map the fields you are using in your particular setup – but this is custom work and out of scope of support for the plugin.

There are plenty of resources out there – if you want I can point you in the right direction.

Thanks

Anonymous

#13003

I know how to do it in htaccess, but you change urls with javascript, I need to change/override somehow that code as well

Ross Moderator

#13015

Ah jeez yeah sorry – I was up late last night and not thinking straight.

Yeah the reason we change the URLs with JS is so that we don’t have to do another http request/redirect – which makes searches a lot faster.

I’m afraid you’d have to do some serious hacking of the JS – I can point you to the right areas of JS to modify if you like? But you’re going to have to do a lot of hacking.

Thanks

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