• Hello,
    I have created a database of contractors who are members of our website, and they each offer a variety of earth moving services. They have requested being able to search for contractors via keywords, so I created a database field for Keywords with with form element of Text-line. Here is one example of the problem I am having.

    Two of the keywords listed for a contractor are “Land Leveling” and “Brush Clearing”. Each keyword or phrase is entered into the database separated by commas (i.e. Land Leveling, Brush Clearing, etc.) When someone does a search for the exact phrase “land leveling” or “brush clearing”, it works no problem. Also, if they search for “land level” or “brush clear”, still no problem. They can search for and of the words individually, “land”, “brush”, “clearing”, etc., and it still works.

    However, when someone searches for “level land” or “clear brush”, it brings up no results. I have even tried adding these phrases into the keyword database field, and still no luck. Is there something I’m missing?

    Thanks in advance!

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  • Plugin Author xnau webdesign

    (@xnau)

    The search capabilities are not al all sophisticated, so there will be limits to what you can get from it. If a user types in a phrase, the phrase is searched for, so if the words in a phrase are inverted it won’t match.

    Everything makes sense up until you tried to literally add the phrases that wouldn’t match. That I can’t explain, those should be matching.

    If you turn plugin debugging on, you will be able to see the search query that you’re getting for your search tests, this will help you understand the results you’re getting.

    If you’re looking for a more configurable search experience, I have an add-on available on xnau.com that will help a lot.

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