Thread: Can the search be modified to search categories?

Can the search be modified to search categories?

Hi,
I was looking the classipress demo on this site. I noticed that the search doesn't seem to search categories. For example, I typed in 'software' and software is listed as category under computers, but the search results don't return anything.

Can you tell me if the searching can be modified to include categories?

Thank you.

Re: Can the search be modified to search categories?

It searches the contents of ads so the category wouldn't be included. If the word software was in an ad then it would return that.

You could create a sort of advanced search add a dropdown listing all the categories and restrict the search to the selected cat. That would be some additional development work though.

Re: Can the search be modified to search categories?

Thanks. Does the search include the tags on the ad?

Re: Can the search be modified to search categories?

Yes, it should. You can try the demo and see how it works. :-)

http://wpclassipress.com/demo/