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  • October 21, 2014 at 5:57 pm #19036

    execfro
    Buyer
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    What’s the basic functionality of the “Search for” and “Near” fields? I’m not really getting any results when I search for any of my custom fields, place categories, inputed cities, etc.

    Here’s the page that has the search bar:
    http://highway.bigrigmedia.com/explore/

    October 21, 2014 at 6:40 pm #19046

    Simone
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    Post count: 3515

    Hello, I checked and the search for location and its not giving result (for ZIP or city). Could you please give us your login details in a private reply so we can check?
    Thanks
    S.

    October 21, 2014 at 6:49 pm #19049

    execfro
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    October 21, 2014 at 7:59 pm #19062

    Paolo
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    Hi,

    search for only looks in title and taxonomies (categories and tags). The near will look for lat and long of the location entered (looks only in current location, so zip/street if you are in a city, zip/street/city if you are in a region, zip/street/city/region if you are in a country and any locaiton if you are in Everywhere.)

    To filter by custom field you need to use the advance search addon.

    I think your search now isn’t working correctly because you have a blank location as your default location and also you don’t have the location switcher enabled anywhere.

    You should delete that empty default location, set anything else as your default location and enable location switcher.

    Let us know,

    Thanks

    October 21, 2014 at 9:12 pm #19067

    execfro
    Buyer
    Post count: 80

    I created a default location and also enabled location switcher, didn’t get any results though. Not sure if I enabled the proper location switcher though.

    Is the one in the attachment the proper one?

    October 21, 2014 at 9:16 pm #19069

    Paolo
    Site Admin
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    the biggest problem is the blank default location and I still see it there.

    Can I delete it and play around with setting for a moment?

    October 21, 2014 at 9:38 pm #19074

    execfro
    Buyer
    Post count: 80

    Shouldn’t be blank anymore, but yea take a look and see if anything is missing.

    October 21, 2014 at 9:54 pm #19076

    Paolo
    Site Admin
    Post count: 31206

    Seems to be working now.

    http://highway.bigrigmedia.com/?geodir_search=1&stype=gd_place&s=+&snear=moab&sgeo_lat=38.5733155&sgeo_lon=-109.54983950000002

    Remember that ZIP codes and city names are rarely unique, so a search for charleston will return zero results, while a search for charleston, oregon will return Oceanside Beachfront RV Camping.

    This because if you search for Charleston only, Google Maps api will get results near Charleston in South Carolina.

    Hope this helps.

    Thx

    October 21, 2014 at 9:57 pm #19077

    execfro
    Buyer
    Post count: 80

    Was there anything that wasn’t set in the backend?

    October 21, 2014 at 10:01 pm #19078

    Paolo
    Site Admin
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    I only activated and immediately deactivated the location switcher (looks very bad on that theme).

    Ah in addition I deactivated the GeoIp plugin too. Not sure though if that you can reactivate or not.

    If you do, let us know if it was part of the problem.

    Thx

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