Adding Searcrh Text Functionality

[tlombard +]

What version of 68 Classifieds are you running?
v4.1.6 Designer


I understand the Search Text field only searches the title, short description, and long description.

BUT I have added several extra fields...It seems crazy that the Search Text does not search those.

#1 How can I add the extra fields to also be searched and returned with the search text field?

any ideas how to search the extra fields also...via the search text field?

-Tom

[BigOrange +]

Extra fields are tied to categories. When you select a category (or subcategory) on the search page the extra fields you have associated with the category will appear.

It is best to set up all your categories and subcategories before setting up your extra fields. That way when you setup an extra field you can associate it with the appropriate categories at the same time. IF you setup categories and extra fields randomly it can get very confusing.

[tlombard +]

I understand the advance search feature...BUT I need a single text field that searches it all:...a quick search

Th 68 Demo has this listing


As you can see Sex is an extra field.

When I type in male in the search text field in the header of every page OR in the advance search with all fields set to 'search all'...i get no returns.

I need the text search field to search everything about an ad...including the extra fields of that ad.

-Tom

[Eric Barnes]

With the current extra field setup it is virtually impossible to search everything. That is why we load extra fields after the category has been selected. The major cause for this is the extra fields are stored in several tables and creating a complex join is not something easily accomplished.

[seymourjames +]

A thought but it might be possible to embed the extrafields into the description at checkout like a breadcrumb.

Eric???

[tlombard +]

Great idea...I dont use the shirt description field....how tough would it be to loop through the extra fields for that ad and store them in the short description field.?

[Eric Barnes]

Very interesting idea. I could see that working but from a coding stand point would be tricky to integrate. I would probably look at creating a module for this and tie into the add listing and modify listing hooks.

[tlombard +]

Im new to the 68 structure and flow....

where are the add listing and modify listing hooks.?

...and I assume these are the files that handle inserting and updating the database when adding and editing ads?

-Tom

[Lhotch +]

"hooks" are lines of code scattered throughout the core script files of 68C. They are places where the execution of the code looks for an external (via the module system) function and if one exists it runs the external function.

If you look down at the bottom of the page at the following link you can see some documentation creating a module and module hooks.

68 Classifieds Docs - 68 Classifieds

[tlombard +]

WOW....Lost me already.

To store the extra field values to the description field...how would I even start?

I'm thinking, storing the extra field values in a space delimited string, then have that string saved to the short description database field.

-Tom