[ShaunC]

Hi Ernest,

Ok, thank you for that. You can mark this as closed.

Cheers,
Shaun

[ShaunC]

Hi Ernest, thanks for the reply!

I thought it may be something like this. As the search results open in a new page, is it possible to show both products and normal posts? (My client does want to search posts as well.) Is it possible to show products and posts?

I’m currently using this to output product results:

?s={phrase}&post_type=product

Thanks again!

Shaun

[ShaunC]

No problem, thanks for getting back to me. Turns out it actually works really well with UberMenu so it’s all good!

Shaun

[ShaunC]

Hi Ernest, I have one more question.

I currently have the a compact search button in the client’s main menu in place of the normal WordPress search. The client (gotta love ’em!) has asked me if there’s any way that text input area can open below the main nav bar, as opposed to extending into it. So I said I’d ask the man who knows!

Thanks,
Shaun

[ShaunC]

Perfect! Thank you very much.

Shaun

[ShaunC]

Hi Ernest,

Ok, so I’ve installed the version of the plugin that you sent and it appears to be working fine – thanks so much. I have just tested a very basic search box without changing any options and it works, but I think I need to look at the settings and make some adjustments.

Shall we mark this closed for now? If I run into anything else I can open a new ticket, but hopefully it will all be ok!

Thanks again,

Shaun

[ShaunC]

Okay, that’s great – thank you!

Client has finished for today now so it will be tomorrow before I can get it uploaded and tested. I will let you know how we get on!

Thanks again,
Shaun

[ShaunC]

Hi there,

Okay, so it’s a little bit difficult as I don’t have direct FTP access, but I’ve spoken to a guy at the hosting company and he has amended the plugin code for me as you suggested. But we’re still getting the same thing happening.

They’ve pretty much said point blank that they’re not putting FTP details into the config file so does this mean we’re stuck?

Thanks,
Shaun

[ShaunC]

Hi, thanks for the prompt reply! I’ll attach the screenshot again, and here’s the error messages that we’re getting:

Error #1

The /home/award2/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ajax-search-pro/css/ directory is not writeable!

Possible Consequences

You might not be able to change the search style.

Solutions

Use an ftp clien to chmod (change permissions) the /home/award2/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ajax-search-pro/css/ directory to 666, 755, or 777
Read this siteground article if you need help.

Error #2

The /home/award2/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ajax-search-pro/cache/ directory is not writeable!

Possible Consequences

Images may not show in results, the caching of results may not work.

Solutions

Use an ftp clien to chmod (change permissions) the /home/award2/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ajax-search-pro/cache/ directory to 666, 755, or 777

Error #3

WordPress does not have access to it’s own file system!

Possible Consequences

Images, CSS Files, Cache Files will be included with an alternative inline method, which is slower.

Solutions

You will have to fill in FTP credentials into the wp-config.php file.

define( ‘FTP_USER’, ‘username’ );
define( ‘FTP_PASS’, ‘password’ );
define( ‘FTP_HOST’, ‘ftp.example.org’ );

In some cases more constants might be required.
Please read: WordPress Upgrage Constants
ADVANCED USERS ONLY!

Change ownership of the WordPress directory and all of its contents via SSH for the www-data process.

Changing Ownership if WordPress is in the ROOT directory

Hope that helps!

Thanks,
Shaun

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