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1. Treebeard
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   I Activated the plugin across the Network, and using the search form in the template, it returns absolutely no results. I tried hacking the search form, even to include a hidden radio button (checked) but still nothing:

   <form class="ms-global-search_form" method="get" action="<?php echo get_bloginfo( 'wpurl' ).'/'.$page.'/'; ?>">
   <label for "s" class="hide">Search Terms</label><input type="text" value="Search"
   name="s" id="s"
   onblur="if (this.value == '')
   {this.value = 'Search';}"
   onfocus="if (this.value == 'Search')
   {this.value = '';}" alt="Search"  longdesc="Search this site" />
   <input type="hidden" id="searchsubmit" value="<?php _e( 'Search', 'ms-global-search' ) ?>" />
   <div style="visibility: hidden;"><input type="radio" id="ms-global-search_181444722" name="mswhere" value="all" checked='checked' /></div>
   </form>

   We're not using the widget, we have a custom form already styled in the site, so I don't know what I'm missing, but if there is a way to hack the form that's coded in the template that would work.. I just don't know what else to add, to get the form to work. Any ideas?

   thanks!

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multisite-global-search/

2. aliciagh
   Member
   Plugin Author
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   Hi,

   Sorry for the delay.

   The Multisite Global Search form can be put in your site using the widget, inserting the shortcode in a page or post, or putting one of the following lines in the template:
   

   Multisite_Global_Search::ms_global_search_vertical_form(your_results_page)
   
   Multisite_Global_Search::ms_global_search_horizontal_form(your_results_page)

   Later, you can edit the style sheet including in the plugin directory to custom the form.

   Thanks for using my plugin!
   Alicia

3. Treebeard
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   Hi aliciagh,

   thanks for sending instructions. we ended up having to use a different plugin since we launched a month ago, but for future reference I'll keep this on hand. I don't understand the code that's supposed to be added to the template, just that one area where it says your_results_page. Is that supposed to be in quotes? Why isn't it wrapped in a <php> tag? You just add that code exactly as it appears? Or do you need to do anything else? Reason I ask is that some programmers forget to tell you that stuff and assume everyone else is a programmer ;) I'm not, unfortunately, so I would just copy/paste that line above and expect it to work. Maybe that's why people are reporting your plugin as Broken?

   I haven't tried the code above because I thought I could use the built in search form. I'll give it a try next time though.

   Also, I wouldn't recommend updating any styles within the plugin directory, they will be overwritten with the next plugin update, so if anyone else is reading this - it's best to add the styles to your own stylesheet.

   Thanks!~

4. aliciagh
   Member
   Plugin Author
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   Hi @malawimama,

   It's true, I supposed that you had some knowledge of PHP.

   For example, this is my results page for word 'e-learning': http://grial.usal.es/agora/busqueda/?mssearch=e-learning&msp=1&mswhere=all

   In my case, the name of the results page is 'busqueda' so the code that I'll have to put in my PHP template must be:

   <?php Multisite_Global_Search::ms_global_search_vertical_form('busqueda') ?>

   About the style sheet, you are right. You can copy the style from the style sheet in the plugin directory and paste it in your own stylesheet.

   Thanks a lot. I'll update the FAQ section with this explanation.
   Alicia

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