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  • January 8, 2016 at 9:09 pm #67501

    Hefin Dsouza
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    When I enter “New York” , “New Jersey” or any Region or City Name in the “Near field” on the Search Widget the search results act funny it just shows 1 listing when there are more listings in the given city or region..is there a setting im missing? or is it designed to do that?

    How can I make it such that if someone enters anything a City Name, Region or a Zip Code the results should show accordingly?

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    Thank You

    January 8, 2016 at 9:09 pm #67502

    Hefin Dsouza
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    January 8, 2016 at 11:11 pm #67504

    Guust
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    When I search for (near the centre of “New York”) I get 4 listings.
    /?geodir_search=1&stype=gd_notary&s=+&snear=new+york&sgeo_lat=40.7127837&sgeo_lon=-74.00594130000002

    I have enabled GD > Advanced Search > Enable Near autocompleter: YES
    So visitors can now choose to search NEAR the centre of New York, or choose to search IN New York State or New York City.

    See also https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/core-design/#how

    January 10, 2016 at 6:36 pm #67728

    Hefin Dsouza
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    The results are still not accurate i think…

    Since the Location Page has 2 Entries with Brooklyn and Farmington (New York) under the region New York but when I search “New York” in the Near Field it is not displaying both the Records from the New York State…that is what im finding strange..

    Same goes for New Jersey it shows some weird results..there too…

    January 10, 2016 at 6:39 pm #67729

    Hefin Dsouza
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    The same is happening on the ClownDirectory example too

    This Page has results (California)
    http://clowndirectory.com/clowns/united-states/california/

    But from the home page if u enter “California” in the Search it will not show u the desired results..

    January 11, 2016 at 11:28 am #67792

    Guust
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    When I search IN New York, I get the 2 listings – see image:

    /?geodir_search=1&stype=gd_notary&s=+&snear=&set_location_type=2&set_location_val=1&sgeo_lat=&sgeo_lon=

    They are the exact same two listings as at /notary/united-states/new-york/ [which is the main category page for the CPT]

    When I search NEAR the centre of New York, I get different listings because the search is restricted to listings within a 40 mile radius from whatever Google considers to be the center of New York. I do not know what Google thinks when you put in “New York”. Google will make up its own mind whether it looks for the center of NY state or NY city. It seems to think you mean NY city because that will give you the same results. See other image which gives the results for NEAR the center of NY city.

    January 12, 2016 at 3:54 pm #67994

    Hefin Dsouza
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    Hey Guust,

    Thanks for replying, can u attach the screenshots and also

    when u say ur searching

    IN New York.. where exactly are u entering the search term “New York”

    January 12, 2016 at 5:48 pm #68013

    Paolo
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    Just Type new york in the near field and wait for the autocompleter to serve the suggestions and select New York (City).

    Let us know,

    Thanks

    January 12, 2016 at 10:26 pm #68046

    Guust
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    Can’t you see the screenshot I attached to my last post?

    https://wpgeodirectory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/13.png
    https://wpgeodirectory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/22.png

    January 13, 2016 at 8:23 am #68082

    Hefin Dsouza
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    @guust..

    Thank you for attaching the screenshots.. I was not able to see any screenshots in ur previous post…

    @paolo
    I understand now that it has to wait for autocomplete to get the city or region, is there a way that the auto complete is more faster..it takes time for it to load…is it my Server or is there something we can do for real time auto complete?

    Also if possible can that Near Field change to a Drop Down where only the Cities, Region which are in the database appear?

    January 13, 2016 at 9:36 am #68096

    Guust
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    The speed of the suggestions is purely server related.

    To get the list of locations, add the location switcher to your menu:
    GD > Multilocations > Show location switcher in menu
    Make sure you first add a menu at GD > design > navigation
    https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/core-design/#navigation

    January 13, 2016 at 2:57 pm #68141

    Hefin Dsouza
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    Hey Gusst,

    what i meant is the Near Field (text box) in the search widget should be a dropdown? is something like that possible?

    January 13, 2016 at 6:38 pm #68234

    Paolo
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    Hi,

    the near field is a text field. Not a dropdown. Making it a drop down would require a complex customization.

    Thanks

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