States/Cities and Search

[pipelin +]

Is possible in the search form, when the user select State and next select City, the State isn't filtering the cities.

Actually after select State in the city drop down shows all the cities, is a little complicate for the user trying to select into hundreds of cities and in some States have the same city name, for example: the city of Canton is in NY, Illinois, Georgia, Ohio / USA.

[Mike-N-Tosh +]

Please post your 68 Classifieds type (Designer, Developer, hosted), version (4.0.x, 4.1.x) and template in your postings asking for help. This information will help you get better answers for your posts. A great place to do this is in your signature!

The default search (advanced search) which shows the city and state fields actually is filtered. It only shows the cities/states that have actual listings posted. It works like that, because it doesn't make sense to allow a visitor to select a city for search if there isn't any listings for that city.

[pipelin +]

Thanks,

Yes, I understand that, the problem is when select a State and try to select the city, the drop down menu show all cities even the cities from other States, maybe hundreds the cities. I bought the postal code module to try the fix a little bit this problem, the module isn't filtering the postal codes, I sent an email to you asking for support but you never answer me, maybe you can help me with that.

developer V 4.1.5

[Mike-N-Tosh +]

Originally Posted by pipelin

...I bought the postal code module to try the fix a little bit this problem, the module isn't filtering the postal codes, I sent an email to you asking for support but you never answer me, maybe you can help me with that.

First off, The Postal code module isn't for use in the US, it is for international use outside of the US only. Therefore, you couldn't be using the Postal Codes module. Perhaps you are referring to the US zip code module.

Second, neither my Postal Code module nor the US Zip Code modules state or have any features that would affect the search in the way that you describe. These modules add an additional postal code/zip code field within the individual listings that are added to the search template to limit the radius distance from an inputed postal code/zip code. The only drop down menu in either of these modules are for the radius distance (eg. 5 miles/KM, 10 miles/KM, ...).

The search template itself that includes the city and state fields pull information from the sellers profile city and state fields that are tied to the individual listings. From what you are describing would seem as though you are not using the default 68 Classifieds search or that it has somehow been modified. If you indeed are using the standard built in search template, then it would seem that you must have some type of file corruption or other oddity.

Perhaps providing a link to your site may be helpful.

[pipelin +]

Sorry for the confucion.

The US is an example when Im talking about the Advanced Search and the Postal Codes is because Im targeting Canada.

This is an example:

The database has ads from 3 Provinces

1. Toronto - 20 cities
2. Alberta - 6 cities
3. British Columbia - 5 cities

What happen in search form:
When select Province "Toronto",the field city shows all 31 cities. So Im looking for a solution to show only the cities for each Province.

Mike, i sent you an email today with more details about the postal codes module.

[Lhotch +]

Originally Posted by pipelin

Sorry for the confucion.

The US is an example when Im toking about the Advanced Search and the Postal Codes is because Im targeting Canada.

This is an example:

In the database are ads from 3 Provinces

1. Toronto - 20 cities
2. Alberta - 6 cities
3. British Columbia - 5 cities

What happen in search form:
When select Province "Toronto",the field city shows all 31 cities. So Im looking for a solution to show only the cities for each Province.

Mike, i sent you an email today with more details about the postal codes module.

If I am not mistaken, the search dropdown cities field ONLY shows cities that correspond to ads that have been posted on the site.

The 68C system does not do any linking of cities to states so it has no way of knowing what city belongs to what state.

When the city search dropdown is created its done by looking at the existing ads and grabs city data from them. This is done so people dont try and select a city that the site knows has no ads related to it.

[pipelin +]

Thanks Larry,

I know and understand what you say.

Now let me ask if someone has a module like Location System by Maffo, FOR SALE .