Setting up search by portfolio items

Hey Dude!

Thank you for the code snippet :-)

Is there anything else I need to do to implement this portfolio search other than add that to the functions.php file?

I added the code and inserted a Search Widget on a page to test it out but do not get any results when I search for the names of specific portfolio items or the categories or tags set up for the portfolio items.

Thanks!

Awesome!

I got the search up and going with your code snippets… thank you for those I am pretty green when it comes to writing PHP.

OK, last question… I am using Relevanssi and am wondering how to return the featured image with the result. In the relevanssi backend I can edit if I want to show snippets, author, etc etc, but I cannot find where to return the image.

Any tips?

Hey Ismael,

Thanks for the link! I was actually able to figure this one out on my own (and by that I mean looking on StackOverflow haha).

My search is working as I want it, but I have one final question… how can I get the search results to display on the same page that I have the search bar on? As it works now the results are being displayed on a new page. I am guessing I need to do something to the loop-search.php file.

Thank you for your help!

Here are my search.php and loop-search.php files:

<?php
	if ( !defined('ABSPATH') ){ die(); }

	global $avia_config;

	/*
	 * get_header is a basic wordpress function, used to retrieve the header.php file in your theme directory.
	 */
	 get_header();

	 //	allows to customize the layout
	 do_action( 'ava_search_after_get_header' );

	 $results = avia_which_archive();
	 echo avia_title(array('title' => $results ));

	 do_action( 'ava_after_main_title' );
	 ?>

		<div class='container_wrap container_wrap_first main_color <?php avia_layout_class( 'main' ); ?>'>

			<div class='container'>

				<main class='content template-search <?php avia_layout_class( 'content' ); ?> units' <?php avia_markup_helper(array('context' => 'content'));?>>

                    <div class='page-heading-container clearfix'>
                        <section class="search_form_field">
                            <?php
                            // echo "<h4>".__('New Search','avia_framework')."</h4>";
                            echo "<p>".__('Looking for something else? Try searching again','avia_framework')."</p>";

                            get_search_form();
                            echo "<span class='author-extra-border'></span>";
                            ?>
                        </section>
                    </div>

                    <?php
                    if(!empty($_GET['s']) || have_posts())
                    {
                        echo "<h4 class='extra-mini-title widgettitle'>{$results}</h4>";

                        /* Run the loop to output the posts.
                        * If you want to overload this in a child theme then include a file
                        * called loop-search.php and that will be used instead.
                        */
                        $more = 0;
                        get_template_part( 'includes/loop', 'search' );

                    }

                    ?>

				<!--end content-->
				</main>

				<?php

				//get the sidebar
				$avia_config['currently_viewing'] = 'page';

				get_sidebar();

				?>

			</div><!--end container-->

		</div><!-- close default .container_wrap element -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>

<?php
global $avia_config;

// check if we got posts to display:
if (have_posts()) :
	$first = true;

	$counterclass = "";
	$post_loop_count = 1;
	$page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
	if($page > 1) $post_loop_count = ((int) ($page - 1) * (int) get_query_var('posts_per_page')) +1;
	$blog_style = avia_get_option('blog_style','multi-big');

	while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();

	$the_id 		= get_the_ID();
	$parity			= $post_loop_count % 2 ? 'odd' : 'even';
	$last           = count($wp_query->posts) == $post_loop_count ? " post-entry-last " : "";
	$post_class 	= "post-entry-".$the_id." post-loop-".$post_loop_count." post-parity-".$parity.$last." ".$blog_style;
	$post_format 	= get_post_format() ? get_post_format() : 'standard';

	?>

	<article <?php post_class('post-entry post-entry-type-'.$post_format . " " . $post_class . " "); avia_markup_helper(array('context' => 'entry')); ?>>
        <div class="entry-content-wrapper clearfix <?php echo $post_format; ?>-content">

            <header class="entry-content-header portfolio-search">
                <?php
                the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail');
                // echo "<span class='search-result-counter {$counterclass}'>{$post_loop_count}</span>";
                //echo the post title
                $markup = avia_markup_helper(array('context' => 'entry_title','echo'=>false));
                echo "<h2 class='post-title entry-title'><a title='".the_title_attribute('echo=0')."' href='".get_permalink()."' $markup>".get_the_title()."</a></h2>";

                ?>

            </header>

            <?php
                echo '<div class="entry-content" '.avia_markup_helper(array('context' => 'entry_content','echo'=>false)).'>';
                $excerpt = trim(get_the_excerpt());
                if(!empty($excerpt))
                {
                    the_excerpt();
                }
                else
                {
                    $excerpt = strip_shortcodes( get_the_content() );
                    $excerpt = apply_filters('the_excerpt', $excerpt);
                    $excerpt = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $excerpt);
                    echo $excerpt;
                }
                echo '</div>';
            ?>
        </div>

        <footer class="entry-footer"></footer>

        <?php do_action('ava_after_content', $the_id, 'loop-search'); ?>
	</article><!--end post-entry-->

	<?php

		$first = false;
		$post_loop_count++;
		if($post_loop_count >= 100) $counterclass = "nowidth";
	endwhile;
	else:

?>

	<article class="entry entry-content-wrapper clearfix" id='search-fail'>
            <p class="entry-content" <?php avia_markup_helper(array('context' => 'entry_content')); ?>>
                <strong><?php _e('Nothing Found', 'avia_framework'); ?></strong><br/>
               <?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria. Please try another search', 'avia_framework'); ?>
            </p>

            <div class='hr_invisible'></div>

            <section class="search_not_found">
                <p><?php _e('You might want to consider some of our suggestions to get better results:', 'avia_framework'); ?></p>
                <ul>
                    <li><?php _e('Check your spelling.', 'avia_framework'); ?></li>
                    <li><?php _e('Try a similar keyword, for example: tablet instead of laptop.', 'avia_framework'); ?></li>
                    <li><?php _e('Try using more than one keyword.', 'avia_framework'); ?></li>
                </ul>

                <div class='hr_invisible'></div>
                <h3 class=''><?php _e('Feel like browsing some posts instead?', 'avia_framework'); ?></h3>

        <?php
        the_widget('avia_combo_widget', 'error404widget', array('widget_id'=>'arbitrary-instance-'.$id,
                'before_widget' => '<div class="widget avia_combo_widget">',
                'after_widget' => '</div>',
                'before_title' => '<h3 class="widgettitle">',
                'after_title' => '</h3>'
            ));
        echo '</section>';
	echo "</article>";

	endif;
	echo avia_pagination('', 'nav');
?>

Thanks!