{"id":23018,"date":"2016-11-27T00:54:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T00:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/?p=23018"},"modified":"2018-03-19T09:25:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T09:25:15","slug":"gd-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/gd-search\/","title":{"rendered":"The GD Search explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On this page:<\/h4>\n

1. Custom Post Type selector<\/a> 2. Category selector<\/a> 3. “Search for” field<\/a> 4. “Near” field<\/a> 5. The “Near me” compass<\/a> 6. Filtering with custom fields<\/a>\u00a0Adding a Select custom field to the search bar<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Read\u00a0Understanding navigation, searching and browsing \u2026<\/a> to understand the basic search function better.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>1. Custom Post Type (CPT) selector<\/h3>\n

This selector will only be shown\u00a0if you have more than one Custom Post Type<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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  1. The CPT selector defaults to the current CPT of a Listings, detail or search page<\/a>. For example on an Events category page, Events will be listed first in the selector.<\/li>\n
  2. On a location<\/a> page or any standard WP page or post, the order of the CPTs in the selector can be determined by changing the order at GD > Custom Post Types > Choose a CPT > Advance Mode tab >\u00a0Order in post type list\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(Custom Post Types addon<\/a> required).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/a>2. Category selector<\/h3>\n

    \"\"The categories drop down can be set up for each Custom Post Type and the Advanced Search addon is required.<\/p>\n

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    1. Activate the Advanced Search addon.<\/li>\n
    2. Go to GD > Place (or other CPT) Settings > Custom Fields tab<\/strong><\/em>.<\/li>\n
    3. Select Yes to include the categories drop down in the Advanced Search:
      \n\"\"<\/li>\n
    4. Then go to the Advanced Search<\/strong> tab and click on the Category<\/strong> field on the left hand side, that will move it to the available fields on the right:
      \n\"\"<\/li>\n
    5. Now open the Category<\/strong> field there, and select to Show in main search bar
      \n<\/strong><\/em>:
      \n\"\"<\/li>\n
    6. The Search bar priority<\/strong><\/em> setting allows you to move the Category selector left or right in the main search bar.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      <\/a>3. “Search for”\u00a0field<\/h3>\n
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      1. GD will check the\u00a0entry\u00a0titles, description and taxonomies (tags and categories)<\/strong> of the listings.<\/li>\n
      2. The search will not<\/strong><\/em><\/span> check custom fields or locations<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      3. The search will only search one Custom Post type at the time.<\/li>\n
      4. With the Advanced Search addon, you can set this field to auto-suggest listings based on the title of the listings, see Search Autocompleter<\/a> settings.<\/li>\n
      5. You can change the default text at GD > Design > Search<\/strong><\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        <\/a>4. “Near” field<\/h3>\n
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        1. When you enter a location in the Near<\/strong><\/em> field, GD will calculate the center of that location.<\/li>\n
        2. GD then will look for all listings within an area with a\u00a0default that match the Search for<\/strong><\/em> criteria.<\/li>\n
        3. Your default search area is set at GD > General > Search<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
        4. The default GD search is not an IN<\/strong><\/em> search, but a search NEAR THE CENTER OF<\/strong><\/em>.
          \nFor example, assuming your search area\u00a0is set to 40 square miles:<\/p>\n
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          1. If you enter World Trade Center<\/strong><\/em>, you will get listings around that building.<\/li>\n
          2. If you enter United States, you will get listings somewhere around Buffalo in Kansas, because that is where Google situates the center of the United States.<\/li>\n
          3. If you enter California,\u00a0you will get listings somewhere\u00a0in the Sierra National Forest.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
          4. <\/i> Be aware of some issues:<\/strong>\n
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            1. If you enter a ZIP or a postcode, be aware that that postcode might be used by different countries in the world and might return results around the center of a city in a different country.<\/li>\n
            2. A similar\u00a0issue might occur for place names of cities in different countries.<\/li>\n
            3. Please review Add location specific text to (Near) search for Google<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
            4. Although the default search for this field is a\u00a0NEAR THE CENTER OF <\/strong><\/em>search, with the Advanced Search addon, you can set this field to auto-suggest locations\u00a0based on the title of the listings, see Near Autocompleter<\/a> settings.
              \nPlease note that if you have the Location Manager addon activated, the               Near Autocompleter<\/a> will start giving suggestions as your visitor starts searching, which if selected will search IN<\/strong><\/em> the location being entered (ie the city or region in the address of the listing) and will not search an area NEAR THE CENTER OF<\/strong><\/em> that location\u201d<\/li>\n
            5. You can change the default text at GD > Design > Search<\/strong><\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              <\/a>5. The “Near me” compass<\/h3>\n
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              1. This compass<\/strong><\/em> will only show if you have the Advanced Search addon active.<\/li>\n
              2. It allows for the search to be limited or expanded by a radius around the visitor’s current location (if Near me<\/strong><\/em> is ticked) or near the center of the location selection in the Near field (if Near me<\/strong><\/em> is not ticked):
                \n\"\"<\/li>\n
              3. Also review the Geolocation<\/a> settings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                <\/a>6. Filtering with custom fields<\/h3>\n
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                1. This\u00a0will only work\u00a0if you have the Advanced Search addon active.<\/li>\n
                2. Create your custom fields at GD > Place (or other CPT) Settings > Custom Fields<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li>\n
                3. Then navigate to the Custom fields<\/strong><\/em> tab and expand any custom field you would like to filter with search and tick the checkbox Include this field in filter<\/strong><\/em>:
                  \n\"\"<\/li>\n
                4. Then go to the Advanced Search<\/strong> tab and click on the custom\u00a0field on the left hand side, that will move it to the available fields on the right:
                  \n\"\"<\/li>\n
                5. Now open the field by clicking on it, and select the settings:
                  \n\"\"<\/li>\n
                6. Now clicking on the Search cogwheel<\/strong><\/em> will open the custom filter:
                  \n\"\"<\/li>\n
                7. Now\u00a0if your visitors click the search button in the example above, the results will return:\n
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                  1. Listings from the Places<\/em><\/strong> CPT only,<\/li>\n
                  2. that are in the Attractions<\/strong><\/em> category, and<\/li>\n
                  3. have farm<\/strong><\/em> in the title, description, category or tag of the listing, and<\/li>\n
                  4. are around the center of Amsterdam<\/strong><\/em> (depending on the radius set in the system), and<\/li>\n
                  5. will be filtered to only return those listings that have dogs<\/strong><\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    <\/a>Adding a Select custom field to the search bar<\/h4>\n
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                    1. Select<\/strong><\/em><\/a> custom fields can also be added to the search bar – but only Select, not Multiselect or any other, they can only be added to the Customized Search section as explained above.<\/li>\n
                    2. Follow steps 1 to 4\u00a0from\u00a06. Filtering with custom fields<\/a>\u00a0above.<\/li>\n
                    3. Now open\u00a0your Select<\/strong><\/em> custom field\u00a0there, and select to Show in main search bar
                      \n<\/strong><\/em>:
                      \n\"\"<\/li>\n
                    4. That will add the Select custom field to the main search bar:
                      \n\"\"<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      This post explains the different GD Search options and how to implement them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1676,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,34],"tags":[],"amp_validity":null,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1676"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}