events search question

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    Kathy Geisler
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    Hi,

    I have a question about events search.

    There are three date fields. Let’s call them 1, 2, and 3.

    If you put a date in 1 that has no events and a date range in 2 and 3 that encompasses that date with events that are around date 1 the result will be zero events. Does that seem right? That means that field 1 supersedes 2 and 3.

    It is confusing I think to the user.

    I am trying to figure out if there is a way to separate the search so that you either use field 1 or fields 2 and 3. So either a specific date or a date range.

    Either that, or is there a way to allow for events within a date range to appear even if there isn’t an event on a specific date within that range?

    Thank you and looking forward to any suggestions.

    #412375

    Alex Rollin
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    Post count: 27815

    Hello Kathy,

    How are you filtering the events? Are you trying to use some custom fields for date filtering?

    GeoDirectory events are usually filtered with ‘upcoming’ or ‘past’, with the assumption that the user is looking for upcoming events.

    Here’s a demo of events using Supreme Directory child theme:

    https://wpgeo.directory/supreme-directory/events/

    #412378

    Kathy Geisler
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    #412383

    Alex Rollin
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    Post count: 27815

    Hello again,

    Did you add “search by dates” as an Advance Search Filter in GD > Event Settings >> Advance search

    It looks like this is referred to as “search within”, and was added some time ago:

    https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/add-filter-to-search-between-dates/

    Does that answer your question, or did I miss something?

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