How to limit result of a ‘blank’ search to certain categories only

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  • lmbhousing_2 Friend
    March 27, 2013 at 3:24 am #186233

    Hi

    I am using Joomla 3.0.3, K2 v2.6.5 and JA K2 Filter for Joomla 2.5/3.0 v1.0.4.

    On the website I have K2 items that I want to make searchable with the module and K2 items that do not need to appear in the search results.
    I do NOT want to display the K2 categories as part of the search option in the module so the solution to ‘Enable the Filter by Category’ will NOT work for me.
    I am only using the K2 Filter and search module to search K2 items that have certain extra field values.
    No filter by Keyword (disabled)
    No filter by category (disabled)
    No filter by Author (disabled)

    I expect that the module only looks for the K2 items that are associated with the Extra Fields that I have selected.
    This means that I expect that, if I run a ‘blank’ search in the module (a search where all the criteria are empty) then the K2 items that are NOT associated with these extra fields should NOT appear in the results for such a search.

    Unfortunately this is not the case and when I run a ‘blank’ search then ALL the K2 items appear in the search results, even if they are are NOT associated with the Extra field.

    This used to be possible with older version of the module (JA K2 Filter for Joomla 1.5 v1.0.5, K2 v2.6.1 and Joomla 1.5.26) as seen on this example: http://singapore.lmbhousing.com/.

    I think the behavior in the old version was that if a K2 item was not linked to any of the Extra Fields declared in the JA K2 filter and search module then it will not show up in the search result even if a ‘blank’ search (a search where all the criteria are empty) is done.

    The new version of the module has apparently lost this functionality.
    Am I missing something?
    Can you help me with this?

    Thanks.

    rsystems Friend
    March 27, 2013 at 8:15 am #487968

    Same experience here, I’m waiting 3 months for a solution 🙁

    MoonSailor Friend
    April 1, 2013 at 8:03 am #488427

    Hi lmbhousing_2,

    <blockquote>
    The new version of the module has apparently lost this functionality.
    Am I missing something?
    Can you help me with this?
    </blockquote>

    Old version of extension, it used as plugin search of joomla. In new version, we’re using k2 layout for search result. So, 2 versions are completely different.

    <blockquote>
    I expect that the module only looks for the K2 items that are associated with the Extra Fields that I have selected.
    This means that I expect that, if I run a ‘blank’ search in the module (a search where all the criteria are empty) then the K2 items that are NOT associated with these extra fields should NOT appear in the results for such a search.

    Unfortunately this is not the case and when I run a ‘blank’ search then ALL the K2 items appear in the search results, even if they are are NOT associated with the Extra field.
    </blockquote>

    I think you mean : when you disable filter by category, it still does limited search of the categories you choose?

    If it is, it is updated in svn and waiting release (@rsystems : its not released yet, because we have a serious error that is still open for fixing. )

    I’ll try to update you soon.

    lmbhousing_2 Friend
    April 1, 2013 at 10:07 am #488448

    Friendly bump on this issue

    Thanks

    rsystems Friend
    April 8, 2013 at 2:45 pm #489215

    Please spend some time on this beautiful plugin, that is unfortunately missing 2-3 basic functionalities 🙁

    – Limit results

    – Change search results display / layout options

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    lmbhousing_2 Friend
    April 9, 2013 at 3:01 am #489256

    Hi,

    <blockquote>when you disable filter by category, it still does limited search of the categories you choose?</blockquote>

    This will probably also do the trick so I’ll be OK with this option.

    That being said (and for the records) I still believe that the default behavior should be that the module only looks for the K2 items that are associated with the Extra Fields that have been selected in the search filter.

    In other words, If I want to use the K2 Filter and search module to search only for K2 items that have certain extra field values.
    Then if I run a ‘blank’ search (a search where all the criteria are empty) I expect the plugin to limit the search result to only the K2 items that are associated with these extra fields.
    A K2 item that is NOT associated with any of the extra fields that I have selected when I configured the module should NOT appear in the results for a blank search with this module.

    Thanks for working on this.

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    1. rsystems
    rsystems Friend
    April 15, 2013 at 1:48 pm #489941

    Any news regarding this?

    MoonSailor Friend
    April 18, 2013 at 3:13 am #490246

    Hi rsystems,

    I am sorry for delay. But pls wait.

    I am trying to get an update for you soon.

    Regards.

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    1. rsystems
    rsystems Friend
    May 7, 2013 at 8:53 am #492095

    Again some attention for this, our website is live since 5 months, but K2 filter is not working as desired yet.. please spend more time on this, it is the only/best plugin suitable for our website/environment!

    lmbhousing_2 Friend
    May 13, 2013 at 5:28 am #492549

    Hello,

    Any news on this?

    Thanks

    MoonSailor Friend
    May 13, 2013 at 6:34 am #492550

    Hi all,

    I understand, but there is one problem that the job is not going according to plan. I will try to release updated version soon.

    Regards.

    HeR0 Friend
    May 27, 2013 at 10:03 am #494067

    Hi There,

    The last week, we have released a new version including bug fixes and some new features for this extension. Unfortunately, your request is big task and could not update at the moment. I’m so sorry about that, we will try to work on it next time.

    Here is the release announcement : http://www.joomlart.com/updates/joomla-extensions/k2-filter-version-105-for-joomla-25-31-new-features-improvements-and-major-bug-fix

    Regards

    lmbhousing_2 Friend
    June 28, 2013 at 9:51 am #497281

    Hi,

    Thanks for working on this, any idea on when this functionality will be included?

    We need this info to decide if we wait or if we try to find some other alternative.

    Thanks

    Franck

    HeR0 Friend
    June 28, 2013 at 10:19 am #497284

    Hi Franck,

    Yeah, we raised this featured into this product backlog and will update it in the future.
    You could follow the status of it via http://pm.joomlart.com/browse/JAK2FILTER-54

    Thanks

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    1. lmbhousing_2
    lmbhousing_2 Friend
    July 3, 2013 at 3:28 am #497766

    Excellent, thanks!

    FYI
    The workaround that we’ll use to circumvent the problem (until this functionality is implemented) is to use K2 only for content that have the extra fields that I need to filter on.
    For all other content I will use the core Joomla content component (articles). Not ideal of course but good enough for the site that needs this functionaltity.

    I’ll keep an eye on the tracker, thanks for the link.

    Best

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