Title: Searchable Database development
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Searchable Database development

 *  [danyschimpf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danyschimpf/)
 * (@danyschimpf)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searchable-database-development/)
 * Hello,
    I am very new to WordPress. I need help getting started on a project.
   A client has an existing WordPress website and wants to improve the search options.
 * They have hundreds of articles and presentations.
    How can I create a template
   database for them to input all this materials? Here is a description in the client’s
   request. Thank you soo much
 * Description: Develop a searchable database to encompass the following types of
   materials:
 * 1. Titled works, e.g., published papers and books, videos and other audio-visual
   materials, PowerPoint presentations, unpublished manuscripts and documents, posters
   
   a. Search by title words, author, date, source, page number?, topics 2. Photo
   gallery, e.g., scenes, geology principles, locations, objects, fossils, living
   organisms, topics a. Search by location, topic, common name, scientific name (
   fossils and living organisms) 3. GRI activities, e.g., staff names, research 
   topics, seminar/conference locations, seminar dates 4. News topics from the web,
   other sources a. Search by topics, location, name of organism, date

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