Hi Jamal,
I figured out what I was doing wrong and realized that blocks are my friend as long as i set it up right so HTML is not an issue. On to the next part... creating a Search View for finding members when all I know is there name or member number.
Now this one is getting a little tricky. Because all of our member data is sitting in wp_user and wp_usermeta I need to search on and display basic member data so our staff can confirm they have the right person before they place an order from a paper order that is mailed in (I know crazy, right? - well it is money so ...). I can't seem to find any user-meta data for the search fields that could produce the member I need to search on ord display that data. So for example, I need to be able to search for member number, email (which I have appearing from posts) and or the address but the display of that user_meta data is no where to be found. I have created an editable form with much of this data for updating the member's user_meta but those fields are not searchable or at least they don't appear in the default list. It looks like Search only works for Posts or Orders and all the other Post types but not User.
You cannot create Custom Searches for user data.
This is a feature request that is filed, and we will eventually add this in the future, but we have no ETA yet for this.
The solution to the problem is, for example, create a "double" of the users in a Post Type.
This means, you create a Post Type (user-post for example) and in these posts, you add all information about the user, which you want to use the Search in later.
This needs to be populated manually for each user/post, or you can use Custom Code, to create a Post, when a new user is created (or update it, when the user is updated).
These posts should be authored by the user they reflect. This means you should choose the user you are publishing information about as the author fo the post.
Then, those posts can be used in a Post Search. You will be able to search by all post fields and data you added, within this search.
That is the only possible approach with Toolset to have a front end search for your users.
However, for support rules, we are able to handle only one issue at the time. This helps us to bring you a better service and also helps other users to find all the information here exposed. If you believe that the original question of this ticket has been answered, please mark it as resolved an open a new ticket for any other question/request.
My issue is resolved now. Thank you!
