the wrong URL for the direct download of the PDF

[medentis]

Hi,
We would like to display the files uploaded via Delightful Downloads in the search.

Unfortunately, the wrong URL for the direct download of the PDF file appears in the search results when I enter e.g. product catalog

This would be the correct URL to the PDF
https://medentis.com/?ddownload=3396

But the following appears:
https://medentis.com/dedo_download/icx-systemuebersicht-7-1/

Do I have to change anything here (Custom redirect URL) ?s={phrase}?

Best regards
Stefan

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi Stefan,

I guess that is the media attachment page URL. Make sure the media page URL is set to the file directly: https://i.imgur.com/G6bGVsx.png
I suspect that plugin is hooking into the attachment URL filter, so that should return the URL set by that plugin.

[medentis]

Hallo Ernest,

I have now set it like this. Unfortunately no change.

I would also like to allow only a certain category of PDFs

Greetings
Stefan

[Ernest Marcinko]

Okay!

So on the first screenshot you have the “dedo_download” post type selected. That is probably causing the issue. If the files are already in the media library, then you can deselect that option. It’s probably only a post type for storing the download metadata and it’s non-displayable.

If it’s needed, then I guess the only way to fix that is via a custom code, as it seems like the incorrect url is returned by wordpress.

Try adding this code via the Code Snippets plugin or to the functions.php file in your theme/child theme directory – make sure to have a full server back-up first for safety. For more details you can check the safe coding guidelines.

add_filter(
	'asp_results',
	function ( $results ) {
		foreach ( $results as &$r ) {
			if ( isset($r->post_type) && $r->post_type === 'dedo_download' ) {
				$r->link = get_site_url() . '/' . "?ddownload=$r->id";
			}
		}
		return $results;
	},
	10,
	1
);

To restrict the results to specific categories please check this documentation.

[medentis]

Hi Ernest,
Thank you. It worked like this. I’ll take care of the categories tomorrow.

Best, Stefan

[Ernest Marcinko]

Great!

[medentis]

Hello,

how can I achieve that in the search display (other results) does not appear.
I have already excluded all other categories.

I would also like to change all displays to German.

Best regards,

Stefan

[medentis]

I have now found out for myself

[Ernest Marcinko]

Okay!

[medentis]

Hello again,

Unfortunately, files are also displayed that do not have the name. Here. e.g. Produktkatalog. Other files appear here that should not appear at all.

How can I adjust this?

Best regards
Stefan

[medentis]

Hello,

I have now renamed the category from product catalog to PDF files. Now it works. Apparently the search also included the category name.

Where can I translate ‘no resuls for’ please?

[Ernest Marcinko]

Yes, that explains it.

You can do the translation here: https://i.imgur.com/8mt3H68.png

[medentis]

Thank you!!

Can you speed up the search a little?

The loading process takes quite a long time.

[Ernest Marcinko]

Surely, I recommend the tips from this documentaiton: https://documentation.ajaxsearchpro.com/performance-tuning/fine-tuning-the-search-configuration

Generally the search performance correlates with the overall back-end server performance if configured correclty. I strongly recommend the index table engine from that list, it can make a huge difference.

[medentis]

Are there any more beautiful designs than the default ones?

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