Prioritise a certain category

[bellyfeelParticipant]

Hi ,

I am testing your plugin on a new site (having bought it previously and found it to be excellent!)

I want to know if I can prioritise a certain category to appear before all other categories – I can see that i can set individual posts to be prioritised: https://wpdreams.gitbooks.io/ajax-search-pro-documentation/content/priority_settings.html – this would take me some time as there are very many posts to amend.

So is there a way to simply promote one category’s relevant posts to appear before all others in the results?

Thanks,

Krish

[bellyfeelParticipant]

Hi Again,

I really want to rebuy this plugin – any chance of finding our if I can prioritise a certain category to appear before all other categories – I can see that i can set individual posts to be prioritised: https://wpdreams.gitbooks.io/ajax-search-pro-documentation/content/priority_settings.html – this would take me some time as there are very many posts to amend.

So is there a way to simply promote one category’s relevant posts to appear before all others in the results?

Thanks,

Krish

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi!

I’m sorry I have forgot to reply to your ticket on friday.

I have been trying to figure out a solution yet, that does not involve too much coding, but I couldn’t. The current state of the priority code does not work this way.

What I do in this case, is suggest a modification to the actual search code part. That solution would completely ignore all priority settings, and give a higher priority to the given category ID. I don’t know if that would solve your problem, because every other priority setting would be ignored. Let me know if that would be ok, and I will put together a modification.

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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[bellyfeelParticipant]

Hi Ernest,

Thanks for getting back to me – that would be a perfect solution. If it’s possible I would be super pleased.

Thanks,

Krish

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

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Ernest Marcinko
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[bellyfeelParticipant]

thanks- we will give this a go and let you know how we get on… much appreciated for your help!

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[bellyfeelParticipant]

Hi Ernest!
Hope you’re well. I looked through the files in plug-ins folder and couldn’t find the code that you showed me. I really hope we can make it work..

Cheers,
Bellyfeel

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi!

Sorry, I did look at the code but it seems like it might be an older version of the plugin. It’s going to be a bit more difficult, but try locating exactly this code:

CASE WHEN " . $_prefix . "ajaxsearchpro_priorities.priority IS NULL
       THEN 100
       ELSE " . $_prefix . "ajaxsearchpro_priorities.priority
END AS priority,

and then replacing it with this one:

IFNULL((
  SELECT 1000
  FROM $wpdb->term_relationships as xt
  INNER JOIN $wpdb->term_taxonomy as tt ON ( xt.term_taxonomy_id = tt.term_taxonomy_id AND tt.term_id = 99999)
  WHERE
      xt.object_id = $wpdb->posts.ID
), 100) AS priority,

and replace the 99999 with the category ID you want to prioritize. ( end of 4th line in this code )

I’m not sure if this is going to work, but give it a try.

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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[bellyfeelParticipant]

Will do, thank you!

[bellyfeelParticipant]

Hello Ernest,
I tried it and it didn’t work. What do you think is the way to achieve the priority categories goal?

PS.
Thanks for all your help, you have a very reliable support.

Bellyfeel

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi,

I think this is the best and easiest way. If you can provide temporary FTP access and the category ID in question, I can try to make the modification for you and see if that works.

Please note that I will be unavailable in the next 5 days, so my answer might be delayed to 29th of february.

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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[bellyfeelParticipant]

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[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

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