Posted 6 months ago #
I'm using this plugin for my organization's website, but the search function is a serious problem. It won't allow quotes, or multiple search terms.
Is there a way to get around this? I would really like to use this plugin. Is it possible to use another plugin like Search Everything? We want to avoid paying someone to fix this but will if we have to.
Posted 6 months ago #
Improving the search is not an easy topic since Link Library stores the additional link information in a custom table. Search Everything would probably be able to improve basic link search, but it's results would not be shown in a way that would match the rest of your links.
The best avenue is probably to improve the search algorithm inside of Link Library to support quotes, multiple search terms and search operators (and, or, etc...)
The code for the search is actually fairly isolated in the plugin, so someone with good knowledge of string parsing and SQL could enhance it quickly.
I am personally tied up on a long-term project that is going to be keeping me busy until the May-June 2012 time frame, but I could help someone with the right skills to find their way around the code and integrate their work into the plugin.
Posted 2 weeks ago #
I just realized that I have the same issue. The search works great if you don't have multiple instances of the same keyword.
But I'm not a coder and I can't adjust string parsing. Any solutions? I would really like to use this plugin but given the amount of links I intend to have, it won't work for my intended purposes.
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