I am trying to enable my search bar to take the user directly to a post, not the preview. Example: If a post is titled "1-1-2008", when they type this in, they are taken directly to the post instead of the preview page that shows the post. I've searched everywhere, any help would be greatly appreciated.
[resolved] Help With Search (14 posts)
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TM3909
Posted 1 year ago # -
As WP search works - the search results page is a multipost view (using search.php or index.php, according to the Template_Hierarchy), so it never goes to a single post view.
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Posted 1 year ago #Thats correct, but I'm trying to get it to display the first one. All of my posts are a specific item, so none of them have the same title, therefore when a user searches, only one post is displayed on the search page.
I guess I'm trying to get something like Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky", where when you click it, you are taken to the page, not the search results.
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adamrbrown
Posted 1 year ago #Maybe if you stuck something like this at the very top of your theme's header.php?
(Disclaimer: I haven't tested this--I just pulled it out of my ... uh ... whatever.)
<?php // I'm feeling lucky! global $wp_query; // might not be necessary, don't know if (is_search() && 1==$wp_query->post_count){ the_post(); header("Location: " . get_permalink() ); die(); } ?>What it does: If it's a search result page, and there's only one result, then it redirects you to the result. If there's more than one result, then it doesn't do anything--you go to the normal results page.
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Posted 1 year ago #Edit: Adam, your a genius!
I really can't thank you enough, it works perfectly. Instead of sticking it in the header.php, I put it in the index.php. I've tested it with several posts and its exactly what I needed. If theres anything I can do (comment in the code or something) let me know.
Thanks again!
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It works for me on a test install - thanks, Adam!
I added it into the
<head>section, not in the body! -
Posted 1 year ago #Now available as a plugin. I recommend using the plugin instead of the code I gave above--it's more robust, since it combines PHP with JavaScript to make the redirect less likely to fail.
http://adambrown.info/b/widgets/2008/01/08/im-feeling-lucky/
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So, is it a plugin or a widget? Or works in both ways...
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Posted 1 year ago #It's a plugin, not a widget. The URL is misleading. /b/widgets/ is where I installed my plugins blog, since the first few plugins I wrote were widgets.
I guess I could move the blog, but I'm too lazy.
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I see. Yes, the url was the "misleading" part. I am perfectly OK with a plugin :) - not being a widget person.
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Posted 1 year ago #I feel really stupid, but I took out the code you gave me and installed the plugin, and now its not working...Is there something else I have to do?
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Posted 1 year ago #Shouldn't be. Just paste the code into a file, name it "feeling_lucky.php" or whatever, upload it to wp-content/plugins, and activate it.
If that doesn't work... I guess you could go back to the code I gave above.
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Posted 1 year ago #Alright, well I'll keep playing around with it. Thanks again, you solved a HUGE problem for me.
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Posted 1 year ago #I found the problem. Try this version of the plugin:
http://adambrown.info/b/widgets/2008/01/21/im-feeling-lucky-update/
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