Strange search results behaviour

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  • June 9, 2015 at 12:33 pm #41885

    tringwebdesign
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    Search results page redirecting to “Popular Places – No listings found which match your selection.” message

    1. Search from homepage, enter nothing (just click search)

    2. displays /?geodir_search=1&stype=gd_event&s=+&snear=&sgeo_lat=&sgeo_lon= I get asked to be geolocated by the plugin and asked to allow by chrome, for about 0.5 second I can see the map and listings, then it redirects to (geodir-location.php), with the “Popular Places – No listings found which match your selection.” message

    3. Clicking back in browser goes to /?geodir_search=1&stype=gd_event&s=+&snear=&sgeo_lat=&sgeo_lon= with my geolocation in the “Near” search box, showing listings near me

    1. Search for something (e.g. title of a listing I know is active AND within 10 miles of my physical location)

    2. displays /?geodir_search=1&stype=gd_event&s=+&snear=&sgeo_lat=&sgeo_lon= I get asked to be geolocated by the plugin and asked to allow by chrome, for about 0.5 second I can see the map and listings, then it redirects to (geodir-location.php), with the “Popular Places – No listings found which match your selection.” message

    3. Clicking back in browser goes to /?geodir_search=1&stype=gd_event&s=+&snear=&sgeo_lat=&sgeo_lon= with my geolocation in the “Near” search box, showing listings near me

    5. then clicking home on nav and home map has geolocated me, zommed in to closest event

    June 9, 2015 at 10:34 pm #41965

    Paolo
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    Hi,

    please provide a link and possibly admin credentials in a private reply and we will do some testing too.

    I think the problem is related to GeoLocation settings.

    Stiofan has been alerted.

    Thanks

    June 10, 2015 at 11:04 am #42008

    tringwebdesign
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    June 10, 2015 at 12:12 pm #42018

    Stiofan O’Connor
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    Hi,

    (you wp-admin details tell me they are wrong)

    It seems there are a few things going on here:
    #1 you have “club” set in the search fields somehow
    #2 You have multilocations enabled but dont show th elocatiosn switcher anywhere.
    #3 You have it set to auto locate users GD>advaced search>Disable geolocate on first load:

    #2&#3 together will endup locking you in one location but you won’t be able to tell what location you are in because you dont have the location switcher widget or shortcode anywhere and you will experience similar to what you are getting now.

    Thanks,

    Stiofan

    June 10, 2015 at 1:51 pm #42040

    tringwebdesign
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    June 10, 2015 at 2:00 pm #42042

    tringwebdesign
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    #1 – “club” is set in search field only in the link supplied to you as an example of what happens when someone searches and the listings this generates and the map which gets shown.

    #2 & #3 – So if we wanted users to be able to add events anywhere in the UK and for people to find those events on their location do we need multi-locations?

    June 10, 2015 at 4:35 pm #42073

    Stiofan O’Connor
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    #1 ok my mistake, thought you had somehow changed the default there.

    #2&#3 It is recommended to show the location switcher so users can switch locations for example to London and be able to see places/events from london only, if you don’t have the locations switcher on the page but you are telling the system to auto locate them, it will set the users location to their nearest city but they won’t be able to tell that the site is only showing things from that city, so i would recommend placing the locations switcher widget soemwhere or the shortcode so users can switch locations and avoid these problems.

    Stiofan

    June 10, 2015 at 4:37 pm #42074

    tringwebdesign
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    Thank you Stiofan, that makes sense now. Will talk to the designer about it. Oliver

    June 10, 2015 at 4:59 pm #42080

    tringwebdesign
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    June 10, 2015 at 5:16 pm #42084

    Paolo
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    Hi,

    the only widget that you have in GD > home content section is the widget to show places and you have no places…

    You will need to remove the current widget and add the GD > event listing widget to show events.

    If you have doubts about GD templates, or you don’t know what the difference is between the location page (GD Home) or the listings pages (archives), I’d suggest to have a look here: https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/layout/

    Let us know if you need further assistance with this.

    Thanks

    June 10, 2015 at 6:01 pm #42088

    tringwebdesign
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    Thanks Paolo, that clears some things up I wasn’t sure of.

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