advanced search radius of city

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  • #419875

    Joanna
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    Is it possible to enable searching within the distance of a specified city exactly as can be done with near me?

    i.e with near me, i can set a distance from me to search for things

    i would like to be able to enter a city in the near field and also use the distance selection bar activated from the compass icon

    #419941

    Kor
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    Hi Joanna,

    That’s how the “near” field works. Check out this article https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/gd-search/#near . Am I misunderstanding your question?

    Thanks!

    #420361

    Joanna
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    #420386

    Alex Rollin
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    Hello,

    as explained at the link Kor sent, ‘near me’ will return results from the ‘center’ of the location selected from the dropdown, using either the radius set by the user or the default radius.

    Please send over the URL of a listing detail page, and then the URL of a search where you think the listing should be shown and we can see if there is a bug.

    You can also include site details in case you would like us to look at the settings:

    Listing detail URL that should show in search:
    Search URL that should show the listing:

    WordPress Credentials
    WP Admin Login URL:
    WP Admin Username:
    WP Admin Password:

    FTP Credentials
    FTP Host:
    FTP Port:
    FTP User:
    FTP Password:

    #420394

    Joanna
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    #420401

    Alex Rollin
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    Set the default near me distance at GD – Advanced Search – Geolocation – Default Near Me miles limit (1-200)

    Please review this page for more details about how the search fields work: https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/gd-search/#near

    The search for ‘diesel’ returns no results either 1) because the word ‘diesel’ is not in the title or description or 2) the post types select drop down is not set to a post type that includes any posts that include the search term in the title or description.

    #420402

    Alex Rollin
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    #420424

    Joanna
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    The free text search box only looks for words in either the title or the description? it doesn’t search any of the other fields?

    #420428

    Joanna
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    Would be be possible for it to search for any custom fields generated for a cpt?

    If the free text search field only searches for words in either the title or description then each custom field option i have created for things to be found by (that do work with the advanced search tick box and drop down list options) will also need to be entered into the title or description so that those listings with specific options chosen to be found using the free text search.

    people will use both methods to search by.

    #420472

    Alex Rollin
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    That is correct, custom fields can only be searched with advanced search filters.

    The search for field search looks into title, description, category and tags.

    #420608

    Joanna
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    #420621

    Alex Rollin
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    Hello,

    when I type in ‘diesel’ i get 2 results, and one is the expected result.

    #420635

    Joanna
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    The problem is when i search near to a city using the scroll bar. That doesn’t work/generate results as it should.

    #420700

    Alex Rollin
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    Did you click the checkbox to enable the near me results?

    #420723

    Joanna
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