search display and sort

Hi Kor,

Thanks for the timely reply. I understand the standard search structure, but in this case the visitor isn’t searching, we create a ‘search url’ that specifically only searches for a term and the url includes the ‘near me’ and ‘lat lng’ info if allowed (like the example I provided), so why can’t it sort by distance?

With such a high percentage of our users on mobile, search based on ‘near me’ is really important. It seems as though we can add info that to the URL structure, but what good does that feature do if the search return gives us listings 10 miles away as the first ones displayed.

Maybe have the search listings page have a shortcode option to display only items within x distance of the lat lng generated in the search?

There has to be some way to get a closer set of marker points for someone searching on mobile.

Thank you.

Hey Alex,

Yes, that’s exactly how I figured out to do a specific search link in a button, copying the URL from a previous search.

But I am trying to make it work as a “Near Me” function, where the geo_lat and geo_lng are determined by the user geolocation.

Using a “Near Me” shortcode/button generates the geo data, but that seems to drop me in to the ‘Location’ page. How do I create a “Near Me” functionality as part of the URL where I have included “&stype=gd_place&s=pizza&snear=”

Thanks!

If I click on a “near me” button, as created via shortcode GD>Near Me Button “gd_location_near_me”, it drops me into the ‘location’ page

(that page has the shortcode)
[gd_map map_type=”auto” zoom=”12″ width=”100%” height=”425px” search_filter=”1″ cat_filter=”0″]
[gd_search]
[gd_listings post_limit=8 add_location_filter=’1′]

which DOES display all markers on map, display limit 8 listed below it that are NEAR ME, and that page has the url = url/location/near/me/actuallat123,actuallng456/

which THEN if I place the search term in the search box on that Location page, it sends me back to the wpgd-search URL – with the expected listings.

I finally get the listings I want, but must take multiple steps to get there.

Why can’t I simply shorten this process? Just be able to add a “&s=pizza” (or coffee, or whatever) search term to what happens when I click the ‘near me’ button?

Thank you.