Hi Kostas,
Thank you for contacting us and I'd be happy to assist.
Before moving to your specific questions, it is important to explain what the new blocks editor offers. The new Blocks editor is designed to extend WordPress' new Gutenberg editor ( https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ ). The goal behind the Gutenberg and Block is to minimize the need for custom code and reliance on third-party page builders like Divi, Elementor, etc.
The Toolset Blocks is continuously improving based on the feedback and suggestions that we receive and it has in fact grown a lot from its initial release.
The Toolset Blocks and Toolset Views both essentially can be used to achieve the same functionalities, but the workflow is different. This is the reason both of them can't be activated on a website at the same time.
You'll activate Toolset Blocks plugin on a website when WordPress'default blocks based Gutenberg editor is the only page builder plugin that you're using to design your pages/posts.
On the other hand, you'll activate Toolset Views plugin when you prefer the older classic editor from WordPress or some other third-party page builder plugin like Elementor, etc.
I hope the above explanation will make this more clear.
As for your specific questions:
1) Which Toolset plugins should I use for the above described functionality?
- Since your set up includes the Elementor page builder on your website, between the Toolset Blocks and Toolset Views plugins, you'll activate the Toolset Views plugin.
Other than that for registering custom post types, fields and taxonomies, you'll activate Toolset Types.
For front-end user and post forms, you'll also need Toolset Forms.
Likewise, you can keep adding more Toolset plugins based on your requirements:
https://toolset.com/account/downloads/
2) Can I use Elementor in pages which include Toolset elements (search and filtering, results, doctors' pages) or Toolset Blocks is the only way to go?
- Yes, you can use Elementor and Toolset components on the same page and we have a detailed guide on using them together at:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/using-toolset-with-elementor-page-builder/
3) How do I create a Toolset search in the homepage, but display results in a different url?
- When inserting a view that includes front-end search filters, you'll see an option to:
a). show both the search form and the results
or
b). only the search form
or
c). only the search results.
Example screenshot: hidden link
You can also directly insert the shortcode for only the search form from a view:
[wpv-form-view name="slug-of-the-view" target_id="10"]
This will show only the search form and will show the search results on a different page with ID 10.
And on that page, you'll insert the shortcode for only the search results:
[wpv-view name="slug-of-the-view" view_display="layout"]
I hope this helps and please let me know if you need any further assistance around this.
regards,
Waqar
