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Categorized Entries without Detail Pages

kgrote 20 Jun 2012 18:20 question, complete

I'm pretty sure I know what your answer is going to be, but I'll ask anyway:

I have a group of entries ordered by categories, however each entry does not have its own page. The entry content is displayed on a dynamically populated listing page only, like so:


{exp:channel:entries channel="resources" dynamic="no" disable="category_fields|member_data|pagination" {triggers:entries}}
{if count == 1}
<dl>
{/if}

<dt><a href="{resources_link}">{title}</a></dt>
<dd>
{resources_description}
<p><a href="{resources_link}">Learn More</a></p>
</dd>

{if count == total_results}
</dl>
{/if}
{/exp:channel:entries}


So the question is whether or not a user can search the content of the resources fields, but be sent to the category listing page from the search results.

Replies

1. kgrote 20 Jun 2012 19:40

   As a follow-up, I've figured I might be able to modify the results template to link to the category page, but from what I can tell I can't use category variables inside the low_search:results loop...

2. Low 21 Jun 2012 07:48

   Hi Kristen,
   
   You should be able to use category variables inside the low_search:results loop. If you're having trouble displaying those, please let me know.

3. kgrote 1 Aug 2012 15:53

   Hi Low,
   
   I finally got around to messing with this and my category variables aren't working. Here's my template code:
   
   

    
    {exp:low_search:results query="{segment_3}" status="not closed" limit="10" disable="categories|member_data"} 
   
      {if count == 1} 
          <h3>Your search for <strong>"{low_search_keywords}"</strong> returned <strong>{absolute_results}</strong> results:</h3> 
      {/if} 
   
      {if low_search_collection_name == "resources"} 
   
          {categories} 
              <div class="entry"> 
                <h2><a href="{path='resources/category'}/{category_url_title}">{title}</a></h2> 
                <p>{low_search_excerpt}<br /> 
                <a href="{path='resources/category'}/{category_url_title}">{path='resources/category'}/{category_url_title}</a></p> 
              </div> 
          {/categories} 
   
      {if:else} 
          <div class="entry"> 
            <h2><a href="{page_url}">{title}</a></h2> 
            <p>{low_search_excerpt}<br /> 
            <a href="{page_url}">{page_url}</a></p> 
          </div> 
      {/if} 
   
      {paginate} 
        <p>Page {current_page} of {total_pages} pages {pagination_links}</p> 
      {/paginate} 
   
      {if no_results} 
        <p> 
          Sorry, your query did not return any results. 
          Check your spelling or try a different search term. 
        </p> 
      {/if} 
   
    {/exp:low_search:results} 
    

   
   
   With the {categories} tag pair, nothing is output. Without it, {category_url_title} is output as text.

4. Low 1 Aug 2012 16:08

   How about removing "categories" from the disable parameter?

5. kgrote 1 Aug 2012 22:04

   o_o

6. kgrote 8 Aug 2012 22:10

   I'm back!
   
   So, using the template code above (minus the category disabler, of course), what happens now is almost right - except for every search term, the resources results always display first, regardless of relevance (that was a lot of 'R's).
   
   Is there a way around this?

7. Low 8 Aug 2012 22:21

   Quick reply before I hit the sack (it's passed midnight here. Next reply in 8 hours. ;)
   
   Is this the order of the search results? Are they not ordered by relevance?

8. kgrote 8 Aug 2012 22:37

   Ah, ok. They are ordering by relevance, it just seemed like they weren't because the resources entries were always showing up at the top.
   
   Further testing shows that all is well.
   
   I think I finally have this figured out so I can stop bugging you! Hooray!