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#13 2013-05-30 20:00:44
- uli
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Re: Search results disappeared
vickilh, there’s something commented out where the search results normally would appear:
Search for <!-- TXP List of articles in this section
and later in the template there’s the closing -->
,
(immediately before a <!-- txp:stw_category_tree prune="true" start="*s" / -->
)
Move the closing part upwards so that it’s
<!-- TXP List of articles in this section -->
Last edited by uli (2013-05-30 20:03:52)
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#14 2013-05-30 20:11:20
- vickilh
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Re: Search results disappeared
Ok, tomorrow!?
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#15 2013-05-30 20:56:13
- vickilh
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Re: Search results disappeared
(criss-crossing in cyber-space) – Uli, I took out all that commented code around search results area earlier today. Now all of that looks like this:
<div id="submenu">
<!-- TXP Section Name -->
<h3><span><txp:page_url type="s" /></span></h3>
</div>
<div id="contenttext" class="searchresults">
<h3>Search Results</h3>
<!-- TXP Article -->
<p><b>
<txp:if_search>
<txp:article pgonly="1" />
<txp:search_result_count /></b></p>
<txp:article sortby="Posted" sortdir="desc" form="search_results" />
</txp:if_search>
</div>
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#16 2013-05-30 21:44:25
- vickilh
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Re: Search results disappeared
What’s interesting is that the search_result_count will produce a number for the count, the article tag just won’t output the articles. Article_custom will output the articles, but will also output unrelated articles.
In the meantime, I’ll change this to article_custom, just so the search sort of works. Thanks & be back in touch tomorrow! Vicki
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#17 2013-05-30 22:09:47
- vickilh
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Re: Search results disappeared
Changing the tag back to article. Article_custom may be too confusing for patrons.
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#18 2013-05-30 22:21:48
- GugUser
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Re: Search results disappeared
I do not understand the problem, but here are a few comments on the following line:
<txp:article sortby="Posted" sortdir="desc" form="search_results" />
As I know, the attribute is only sort
, and the default is “score desc” for search results (<txp.article>). In addition, there’s a searchform=""
attribute for search results output.
I don’t know if that has an influence.
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#19 2013-05-30 22:47:09
- vickilh
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Re: Search results disappeared
Good catch! I made the changes, but problem still there – no output of search results.
<txp:article sort="Posted desc" searchform="search_results" />
But thanks!
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#20 2013-05-30 23:03:21
- GugUser
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Re: Search results disappeared
The if statement shouldn’t be different? Instead <txp:if_search>
better <txp:if_search_results>
?
Which version number of Textpattern are you using?
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#21 2013-05-30 23:18:53
- vickilh
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Re: Search results disappeared
Since the search used to work, I’ve been beating my head against the wall, thinking about changes I’ve made in the last weeks/months.
I made some changes to the stylesheets and templates about two-three months ago, when I made the website wider. Basic code remained the same. I’m almost positive the search was working then. – I tried the search with earlier versions, – same result.
I’d made a small tweak to txp_article.php, commenting out the code for Category2 selection in the Articles edit (to stop folks from specifying a Category2.) – I went back to the old version, it didn’t help.
I understand what Uli is saying about the s=Search, that it should work without that, but it did work with it since just recently.
I made a version of the home page where I removed all other searches (library catalog search, mobile search) in case that was interfering, but that didn’t help.
My head hurts, I will stop for now! Thx, Vicki
I restored the ‘textpattern’ table about 1.5 months ago.
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#22 2013-05-30 23:30:07
- GugUser
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Re: Search results disappeared
vickilh wrote:
I’d made a small tweak to txp_article.php, commenting out the code for Category2 selection in the Articles edit (to stop folks from specifying a Category2.)
For this you better use the bot_write_tab_customize plugin.
I think it is important to know which Textpattern version you are using. See my post.
Last edited by GugUser (2013-05-30 23:30:27)
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#23 2013-05-31 13:50:23
- vickilh
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Re: Search results disappeared
My Textpattern version is 4.4.0. – I can’t upgrade due to the PHP version on the linux box. We’re not upgrading PHP because we’ll be retiring the machine and migrating the website to someplace else.
I made the tweak to txp_article.php via ssh to machine and vi editor. I don’t think this is a problem, – or THE problem.
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Re: Search results disappeared
Interesting. I’ve noticed much-degraded search results — as in, no results for words I know are used plenty throughout my blog — over the last couple of months. I hadn’t changed my search form since I put it in place many years ago. Got so bad that I added a DuckDuckGo search yesterday. I’ll have to troubleshoot this weekend.
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