[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi!

I noticed that I don’t have a multi-select dropdown option though – only multi-select/search option. Is there a way to apply a multi-select dropdown?
It is possible to disable the search feature via a small custom CSS snippet, so the input for the search gets ignored, and with that it stays a multi select without the search feature:

input.asp_select2-search__field {
    display: none !important
}

I also noticed that the main category doesn’t seem to filter back after selecting the sub-category. I only have one item in place now, but I would expect that to show for both the parent and sub selected.

When the item is categorized in the editor, make sure it is placed both in the parent and sub categories, that is the best possible solution and is future proof. Other than that, you can also enable this option. When enabled, selecting a parent will include items from all children, even if the child has no parent category selected.

[Ernest Marcinko]

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[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi,

While currently there is no out of the box filter for that, it is still possible to achieve it via a custom field filter + a bit of a custom code.

Follow the steps below:

1. Create a drop-down custom field filter for a non-existint field custom_order with these values (see this screenshot):

date||Date ASC
date_reverse||Date DESC

2. Add 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_query_args',
	function ( $args ) {
		// The values allowed in the the_ordering variable
		$allowed_orderings = array(
			'relevance',
			'id',
			'id_reverse',
			'date',
			'date_reverse',
			'alpha',
			'alpha_reverse',
			'price',
			'price_reverse',
		);

		$ordering = '';

		foreach ( $args['post_meta_filter'] as $k => $filter ) {
			if ( $filter['key'] === 'custom_order' ) {
				$ordering = $filter['value'];
				unset( $args['post_meta_filter'][$k] );
			}
		}

		if ( $ordering === '' || !in_array($ordering, $allowed_orderings, true) ) {
			return $args;
		}

		switch ( $ordering ) {
			case 'id':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'id DESC';
				break;
			case 'id_reverse':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'id ASC';
				break;
			case 'date':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'post_date DESC';
				break;
			case 'date_reverse':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'post_date ASC';
				break;
			case 'alpha':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'post_title ASC';
				break;
			case 'alpha_reverse':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'post_title DESC';
				break;
			case 'price':
				$args['post_primary_order']          = 'customfp ASC';
				$args['post_primary_order_metatype'] = 'numeric';
				$args['_post_primary_order_metakey'] = '_price';
				break;
			case 'price_reverse':
				$args['post_primary_order']          = 'customfp DESC';
				$args['post_primary_order_metatype'] = 'numeric';
				$args['_post_primary_order_metakey'] = '_price';
				break;
			case 'relevance':
			default:
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'relevance DESC';
				break;
		}

		return $args;
	}
);

This will convert the custom field filter into a sorting filter. In case you need help with it, let me know 🙂

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi,

The most likely cause is that the request is not reaching our remote server. I checked the logs, but there was no attempt of connection to the verification service, so it is likely getting blocked somewhere along the way. The license key is all right, I was able to verify it from test remote locations.

Can you please add temporary back-end and SFTP details? I would like to do a step-by-step debugging session by editing the plugin files to see what exactly happens when the request is sent. There is very likely an underlying error code hiding somewhere.

• This reply was modified 2 months, 2 weeks ago by Ernest Marcinko.

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi!

While currently there is no out of the box filter for that, it is still possible to achieve it via a custom field filter + a bit of a custom code.

Follow the steps below:

1. Create a drop-down custom field filter for a non-existint field custom_order with these values (see this screenshot):

relevance||Relevance
date||Publish date
date_reverse||Publish date descending
alpha||Alphabetical
alpha_reverse||Alphabetical descending
price||Cheapest first
price_reverse||Most expensive first

2. Add 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_query_args',
	function ( $args ) {
		// The values allowed in the the_ordering variable
		$allowed_orderings = array(
			'relevance',
			'id',
			'id_reverse',
			'date',
			'date_reverse',
			'alpha',
			'alpha_reverse',
			'price',
			'price_reverse',
		);

		$ordering = '';

		foreach ( $args['post_meta_filter'] as $k => $filter ) {
			if ( $filter['key'] === 'custom_order' ) {
				$ordering = $filter['value'];
				unset( $args['post_meta_filter'][$k] );
			}
		}

		if ( $ordering === '' || !in_array($ordering, $allowed_orderings, true) ) {
			return $args;
		}

		switch ( $ordering ) {
			case 'id':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'id DESC';
				break;
			case 'id_reverse':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'id ASC';
				break;
			case 'date':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'post_date DESC';
				break;
			case 'date_reverse':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'post_date ASC';
				break;
			case 'alpha':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'post_title ASC';
				break;
			case 'alpha_reverse':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'post_title DESC';
				break;
			case 'price':
				$args['post_primary_order']          = 'customfp ASC';
				$args['post_primary_order_metatype'] = 'numeric';
				$args['_post_primary_order_metakey'] = '_price';
				break;
			case 'price_reverse':
				$args['post_primary_order']          = 'customfp DESC';
				$args['post_primary_order_metatype'] = 'numeric';
				$args['_post_primary_order_metakey'] = '_price';
				break;
			case 'relevance':
			default:
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'relevance DESC';
				break;
		}

		return $args;
	}
);

This will convert the custom field filter into a sorting filter. In case you need help with it, let me know 🙂

[Ernest Marcinko]

I’m not very familiar with themes in general unfortuantely, there is so many of them, but I am more than happy to suggest.

I think you may have it in the right position, it may only need a bit of adjustment. If you turn off the compact layout, then I would change the search bar width to a fixed 230px, and the results width to 320px for mobile and snapping to the right side, and that should give you a layout very similar to this.

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi,

I see you have a compact search box, in most cases that works perfectly fine as it is always at hand and the user can initiate it anytime.

In you case you have a very nice header space, you could also use a full width search bar just between the header and the content. I would probably go with that instead of a compact search.

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi,

Thank you! Unfortunately even after logging in I can’t access the page nor the back-end.

However I know what the issue is. The events manager uses custom fields to store the dates in _event_start and _event_end fields. Please check this tutorial on how to set that up correctly.

If you need help with that, then make sure to check the account permissions and I will do it for you.

[Ernest Marcinko]

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[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi,

The search bar width can be set on the back-end. By default it’s 100%, so it fits the container element, you can change it here.

I hope this helps!

[Ernest Marcinko]

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[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi,

This happens if a very old version is installed, that is no longer able to connect to the secure verification server. Please make sure to manually install the newest update (download it from your purchases dashboard then install). After that it will be able to connect to the verification service.

[Ernest Marcinko]

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[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi,

Thank you for the details, it helped a lot.

I resolved the issue by installing the newest update 4.28.2. The version you had (4.26.6) was over 2 years old, so it was likely due to a bug that was already resolved in a newer version. Everything should be all right now 🙂

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