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  • #67789

    garagehound
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    Post count: 35

    So, in a nutshell, what you are saying is that,

    1) If one of our users searches using the ‘text’ or ‘area’ search, the results can’t be sorted.

    2) If one of our users searches using the advanced search to search for example; “audi” from the ‘car manufacturer’ custom field and “body repair” from the ‘services’ custom field – the results ( 7 listings in total [so far] that relate to both of these custom field tags ) – cannot be sorted either.

    Why then can the ‘related listings’ widget tab be sorted by ‘Rating” and relate to “tags” – is this not a similar function that can be added to search results.

    Thanks,
    Craig

    #67805

    Guust
    Moderator
    Post count: 29970

    1. Correct.

    2. Searches cannot be sorted, only category pages can.
    Related listings are not search results, they are a number of listings filtered by some parameters.

    #67982

    garagehound
    Expired Member
    Post count: 35

    2.) An ‘advanced search’ is a number of listings filtered by some parameters…Is there away of getting passed our problem of having so many different categories? Sub categories as an example? We need both categories for car manufacturers and categories for services offered.

    If not, we will post a job in the customization forum, if theres nothing we can do after that, we will unfortunately have to look elsewhere to and re design our site using a different software or get a site built from scratch.

    Thanks,

    #68044

    Guust
    Moderator
    Post count: 29970

    I’ll try to restate your problem as I understand it, correct me if I am wrong.

    Your search is not the problem I think, because your users can already search for whatever they like, you have set that up so they can search the multiselect car make field.
    The only issue you have is that once a visitor has decided to search for something, you want them then to be able to SORT those results.

    Extra categories will NOT solve that, results after a visitor has SEARCHED cannot be sorted.
    Only the category pages can be sorted, but not by all types of fields, for example you cannot sort by a Multiselect field.

    Why do you think your visitors want to sort the search results? If they want a different search, they can always perform a different search? Can you give a detailed example, when that would be a requirement?
    Can you show me a search somewhere, where you can sort the results without performing a new search? I cannot think of any place where I can do that, not at Google, or anywhere else.
    What you often get, is that you BROWSE (not search) the categories, and once you get to the category of your choice, you can sort the results. That is how your site works too.

    #68435

    garagehound
    Expired Member
    Post count: 35

    Guust,

    Thanks for the reply –

    Lets do an example step by step of what users are using our site for and then do a comparison with tripadvisor and yelp.

    So – as you know by now our site is a platform for our users to find a garage/autoshop in the UAE that best fits their needs.

    Example – My friend drives an Audi and reverses into a lamp post. He goes on http://www.garagehound.me to try and find a garage that can repair the damage.

    So he can either choose to type in to the search; “audi” or “dent repair” and “Al Quoz”(Area of Dubai). He searches “audi” and “al Quoz” – This search returns 35 “places”. To scroll through 6 pages of listings that are relevant to his search will take a long time and he notices that some of the garages have been rated by other users, – so he wants to see the “highest rated” garages on the front page, but he cant FILTER THE RESULTS OF THE SEARCH.

    He can then try a different approach, he goes back to the page ‘garage search’ and presses “customize my search” – He picks “audi” from the car brand drop down and “dent repair” Services drop down and types “al Quoz ” again in to the location search. This search returns 19 results but again – he cant filter to see these 19 results in alphabetical order, or which of 19 results are rated highly by other users.

    Lets compare this to trip advisor –

    I go on to trip advisor and click “Hotels” I then search ‘Dubai’ and enter a date – this search returns 525 hotels – I then have the option to filter the results by ‘Ranking’ seeing the best at the top, ‘price high to low’ or ‘price low to high’ or the type of vacation I am having- business, romantic – etc – or the brand of hotels, how many stars it is- (essentially I can sort the results by an endless list of variables and decrease the search results so I find a few that are perfect for me).

    Yelp also allows you to filter any search – For example – ‘Pizza Restaurant’ in ‘San Francisco’ – returns 2212 places – yelp users can then filter results by “Best Match” “Highest Rating” “Most reviewed” along with all the other sorting options of “Price” “Distance from” “Features” and “Category”.

    In any listings business, tripadvisor and yelp included, it is essential that the end user can sort the results of a search…

    Hope this example helps.

    Many Thanks,
    Craig

    #68474

    Paolo
    Site Admin
    Post count: 31211

    Hi,

    as Guust said, at the moment only our category pages are sortable. If you wish to submit a feature request, please do so here: https://wpgeodirectory.com/requests/

    If many other members will vote for it, we will defintely consider it.

    Thank you

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