I just created a custom search function for my site: hidden link
It was working great until I added the "Religion" choice.
This is based on a "Select" custom field: hidden link
I tried adding an "Any" option and making it the first selection so "Any" would appear when the user first hits the page.
But it looks like Toolset is now looking ONLY for entries tagged with ANY - which none of them are - it is just a stand-in selection. So the search results are always blank unless I hit the reset button.
Is there a workaround for this? I would like the Religion field to have no effect on the search results unless the searcher specifically sets the option.
Also
After scouring the support forums I'm pretty sure the answer to this is "it is not possible" but I'll ask anyway.
Is there a way to set a default view for when the user first hits the custom search page. Currently, all my profiles are displaying - which makes the page load slow.
Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.
Well - first of all, if you want to display the default option what if you try to set radio button available with the "Any" row and set it to default (checkmark) it.
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Is there a way to set a default view for when the user first hits the custom search page. Currently, all my profiles are displaying - which makes the page load slow.
==> Sorry, I do not get your question. Do you mean that you do not want to display any results when page loaded first and only display results when user click search button?
Setting the default option is not the issue. If I set "Any" as the default option for the Religion field Toolset will still be looking for Profiles that have the "Any" choice selected for the Religion field.
There are 0 profiles with the "Any" checkbox selected - the only reason I created this option is so the word Any will show when the searcher comes to the page.
To demonstrate the problem
Go here - hidden link
Now type "gym" in the search by keyword field
You will get 0 results because toolset is looking for profiles with the keyword "gym" and that also have the "Any" checkbox checked. There are 0 profiles with "any' checked
Now hit reset and type gym again in the search box
You will now see many results because Toolset is not using Religion to filter the search.
I don't want the religion field to have an effect on the search results UNLESS the user selects a specific religion.
As for the second question - I would like to have some results displayed - but not ALL of my profiles - that is about 700 images that the page needs to load. Is there a way to limit the number of profiles the page loads to begin with? I don't see any pagination options for the search function.
That means that you should remove the "Any" option from your custom field options list and when you try to add a new filter from "Search and Pagination" section or edit the existing filter, it will allow you to set the default option for your select dropdown.
