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June 15, 2015 at 10:52 pm #42626

mrchocolate
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1. How could i change the text that is in the search box by default from Search For and Near to Keyword and Location.
2. Can those 2 boxes be placed on 2 different lines underneath the map instead of on one line.
3.How big is the radius from the place searched and how can that be changed in the front or backend.

June 15, 2015 at 11:35 pm #42627
Guust
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1. GD > design > Search
https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/core-design/#search

2. Add to your CSS something like this:
```
.geodir_full_page .geodir-search input[type="text"] {width: 100%;}
```
Without seeing the site that is the best I can do.

3. GD > General > Search
https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/core-general/#search
June 16, 2015 at 2:31 am #42633

mrchocolate
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1. I cant find that setting in the backend

2. I am using the advanced search plugin and have a widget for the full width on the home page

3. Thanks for that

June 16, 2015 at 4:01 am #42635

Guust
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1. Look again: GD > design > Search tab > then scroll down to “Search form default text settings”. Let me know.

2. Need your URL if you want more.

June 16, 2015 at 4:28 am #42639

mrchocolate
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Thank you for that url is:
http://largefamilyaccommodation.com/

June 16, 2015 at 4:36 am #42640

mrchocolate
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Hi again, for the search radius, if we enter a town in the ‘Near’ (or in our case ‘location’)box, it only returns results within the specified town, not within a certain radius.

Thank you.

June 16, 2015 at 6:21 am #42642
Guust
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Try this:
```
.geodir_advance_search.geodir_custom_posts .geodir_full_page .geodir-search input[type="text"] {width: 100%;}
```
```
.near-compass {margin-top: 99px;}
```
If that does not work, I’ll need your login details.

Re the radius, if for example you set that field to 40 miles, that will limit the search are to 40 square miles, so actually the radius is only about 6.5 miles.
A radius of 40 miles would give you an area of 250 square miles.
June 16, 2015 at 7:13 am #42644

mrchocolate
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June 16, 2015 at 9:27 am #42657

Guust
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Have a look now.

June 16, 2015 at 10:19 am #42668

mrchocolate
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Thank you so much! That is much better.

The only problem seems to be that now, if I put a search in for ‘Melbourne’ (meaning Melbourne, Australia), it comes up with accommodation near ‘Melbourne’ in the USA.

If I change location to Australia, it still comes up with very random listings….., the top one being a property in Tasmania which is over 15,000km from Melbourne, Australia – not any of my Melbourne, Victoria, Australia listings…..

June 16, 2015 at 11:48 am #42670

mrchocolate
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Another example would be Horsham. If I put in a search for ‘Horsham’ (meaning Horsham, Victoria, Australia), it comes up with accommodation near ‘Horsham’ in the UK – the first choice being in ‘Brittany’, France.

Then, if I narrow search via Change Location from Everywhere to Australia, it comes up with accommodation that is over 14000kms away – Margarets Beach Resort

Then, if I narrow search via Change Location from Australia to Victoria, it comes up with accommodation that is over 16000km away (but not really) – HOLIDAY Great Ocean Road

The only way I can get the true ‘Horsham’ I am looking for is if I change the location to everywhere and type in Horsham, Vic

Is there a way to overcome this problem?

Thank you so much for your time and help

June 16, 2015 at 12:28 pm #42674

Guust
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I’ll get Stiofan for you.

June 16, 2015 at 12:47 pm #42683

mrchocolate
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Thank you!

June 16, 2015 at 2:28 pm #42696

Paolo
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Hi,

if you put “horsham” in the near field, it will only earch for places with horsham in the title, category, tags or content.

Location can only be search via the “Near” field.

The only way for that to work is that you wait for the autocompleter to provide it’s suggestion and select the right location before performing a search, otherwise for the system is impossible to determine if you are looking for melbourne in australia or in the US.

In the next update a spinning icon will appear, every time that the system is performing an ajax action, which should make the system more user friendly.

Thanks

June 17, 2015 at 7:30 am #42837

mrchocolate
Expired Member

Post count: 62

Hi Again

Once i turned your caching plugin on again the search box went back to all going back on one line and i turned it off again but that didn’t work. I am wondering if i could get the search box to look like this.

[Post Type] [keyword………………………………………..]
[near…………………………][search……..][reset location]
For the post type i want the box to be the perfect amount of pixels to show Information Centres in it without cutting it off. The keyword box to take up the rest of that bar. The near box is taking up around 3/4 of the second row. Then search and reset location boxes appear after. Reset location would be linking to http://largefamilyaccommodation.com/location/ to clear the location selected.
Also in the widget for the sidebar search can they all be on seperate rows.
Thanks
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