Posted 2 years ago #
Hi, I have a little problem with my themes search bar. Since I'm using WP to display just pages, not for blogging. I suppose It may cause the problem.
When I use search box (upper right corner), I always get this 'Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.' even if I'm searching for the same name as a page name.
Could it be possible to reconfigure this search box so it searches through page contents ?
Posted 2 years ago #
Posted 2 years ago #
Thank you,
But I still can't get this to work, after installing plug-in and navigating to options I can choose every option except search every page, despite the fact that there is such section in screen shot of this plug in .
Posted 2 years ago #
What exactly is the search code you are using in your theme? And try switching to the default theme and do a search and see what happens.
Posted 2 years ago #
<!-- begin search box -->
<form id="searchform" action="" method="get">
<input id="s" type="text" name="s" value=""/>
<input id="searchsubmit" type="submit" value=""/>
</form>
<!-- end search box -->
this is the search code
Posted 2 years ago #
I'm sorry for bringing this up again, but I would really like to solve this problem.
I tried various plug-ins but none of them helped. I don't use default theme, and I use WP as a web site not a blog. All I want is for a search bar that just searches keywords through my site's page content. I tried various plug-ins and many settings, but when I try to search something I get "Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here."
I red documentation for plug-ins. But I haven't had luck :(
Theme I'm using isn't nothing special, and I think it shouldn't be hard to make this work, sadly I just don't know how :(
Thank you in advance!
Posted 2 years ago #
<form method="get" id="searchform" action="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px; margin:0px 0px 0px 0px">
<input type="text" name="s" id="s" value="<?php echo wp_specialchars($s, 1); ?>"/><input class="input" type="image" src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/search.png" value="submit" style="border:0px"/>
</form>is my search form code....dunno if any of it helps ya
Posted 2 years ago #
I tried using your code, but I still have the same problem :(
I have a plugin enabled at the moment if you do a search in my search bar, you will get a nothing found error, but if you press "sākums" on upperl left, search results will appear.
You can try doing a search for "mājas lapas" is my site and then pressing "sākums" on upper left, you'll see what I'm talking about.
Posted 2 years ago #
here's a couple things to try
have you tested with NO plugins active?
Also, set your permalinks back to default and test
Posted 2 years ago #
Yes, I've tested with no plugins ,got same nothing found error.
And with permaling back to default, I get exactly the same error :(
Posted 2 years ago #
I tried using default theme, with no plugins and search worked just like I would like it to work :)
But could someone please take a look at my site and tell me what could be the problem with this particular theme and search not working with it ?
Thank you.
Posted 2 years ago #
Do you have anything other than the standard loop:
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?><?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<?php endif : ?>in search.php?
Posted 2 years ago #
Yes, it goes like this:
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();if ($post->post_type=='page') continue; ?>
<?php the_content(__('Read more »')); ?>
<?php the_time('F j, Y') ?> // <?php the_category(', ') ?> // <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment ', '% Comments'); ?> // <?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', ''); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Posted 2 years ago #
What is this for? if ($post->post_type=='page') continue; ?>
Try the standard loop intro
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?><?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>and see if search works.
Posted 2 years ago #
Whoever made this theme I'm using probably added this.
I tried standard loop as you suggested and it works.
I'm very grateful ! Thank you.
Posted 2 years ago #
Glad that works. I made the same mistake once, using a slightly off-standard loop.
Posted 2 years ago #
It seems that I have a new problem now. :(
Search function only works from front page (I have set a static page to display as my front page). I can search any keyword from my content, and It will find results. But If I go to some other page, other than front page I get "Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here." error.
I'm using WP as a CMS and I suppose it has something to do with it.
Any ideas ?
edit: after setting my permalinks back to default search is working from every page. I was using /pagename or /postname. Is there a way that I can use /postname or /pagename permalink and have search function working from every page ?
Posted 2 years ago #
Check the action in your search box; what you posted above is wrong. Should be
action="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>
Posted 2 years ago #
Thank you again for you wisdom !
I can just wonder how's that related to permalinks :p
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