search bringing up wrong places

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  • May 20, 2017 at 1:07 pm #379289

    Scott Macdonald
    Buyer
    Post count: 286

    hi there i’m still not happy with the search results so thinking of removing the option

    heres another example if i put in one of the categories Walking & Climbing i get a yacht chandlery and 4 other places that have nothing to do with Walking & Climbing infact i only get one of the 17 places there could be

    http://217.199.187.194/heartofargyll.com/?geodir_search=1&stype=gd_place&s=Walking+%26amp%3B+Climbing&snear=&sgeo_lat=&sgeo_lon=

    May 20, 2017 at 1:15 pm #379291

    Guust
    Moderator
    Post count: 29970

    All listings returned have “&” in the title, and that is one of the keywords you searched for …

    May 20, 2017 at 2:08 pm #379300

    Scott Macdonald
    Buyer
    Post count: 286

    Hi when I put in the search the category waking and climbing showed below and I klicked on that which I thought would have shown its places

    May 20, 2017 at 2:22 pm #379302

    Stiofan O’Connor
    Site Admin
    Post count: 22956

    & in categories and searches can do funny things, i try to avoid & in cat names, in html they are stored as ampersands which might not match exactly when searching.

    Do you know you can add a category select to the main search bar?

    Stiofan

    May 20, 2017 at 2:55 pm #379311

    Scott Macdonald
    Buyer
    Post count: 286

    add a category select to the main search bar?

    What does that look like ?
    & How do you do it ?

    Cheers

    May 20, 2017 at 3:47 pm #379324

    Stiofan O’Connor
    Site Admin
    Post count: 22956

    Install advanced search addon, then GD>Place settings>Advanced search>
    Add the category to the search and tick “show in main search bar”

    Thanks,

    Stiofan

    May 20, 2017 at 11:35 pm #379351

    Guust
    Moderator
    Post count: 29970

    Adding a category selector is explained here: https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/gd-search/
    Second point.

    Thanks

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