Main
Index 		Search
Posts 		Who's
Online 		Log
In

Home: Discontinued/Classic Products: Listings Manager (Realty Manager & Auto Manager):
Prevent alternate listing from List All Search Results

 
 


ElizaDay
User

Dec 17, 2008, 2:54 AM

Post #1 of 4 (1871 views)
Shortcut
Prevent alternate listing from List All Search Results Can't Post
Hi,

I have an alternative listing for a Featured Restaurant. I use: lfield26 : Restaurant(,Yes,No) to list this different search results page and listing page. Only problem is, when anyone searches All Property Listings it appears under the search results there too. Is there any easy way to prevent it from appearing?

I'm not the best of writing JS but judging by this post it might need it: http://www.interactivetools.com/iforum/gforum.cgi?post=55078;search_string=prevent;guest=32850669&t=search_engine#55078

Thanks in advance!


ross
Staff / Moderator


Dec 17, 2008, 11:05 AM

Post #2 of 4 (1862 views)
Shortcut
Re: [ElizaDay] Prevent alternate listing from List All Search Results [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi

Thanks for posting!

That's going to be a tough one as the search engine isn't exactly setup to exclude listings based on the value in a field. It's setup to include based on a value.

What I am thinking you could do is create one more spare field called "Include in regular search" that has yes as the default option but "no" as the second option. That way, all new listings you create will already be set as yes. Anytime you want to have a listing excluded from the search for whatever reason, just select no in that field.

On your search, you'll be able to say something like, only show me listings that say "yes" in that field you just created.

The only thing is that this means you'll need to go through all your other listings and set them to "yes" or "no".

How many listings do you already have? Let me know what you think :).
-----------------------------------------------------------
Cheers,
Ross Fairbairn - Product Specialist
support@interactivetools.com

Hire me!  Save time by getting our experts to help with your project.
Template changes, advanced features, full integration, whatever you
need. Whether you need one hour or fifty, get it done fast with
Priority Consulting: http://www.interactivetools.com/consulting/



ElizaDay
User

Dec 18, 2008, 1:31 AM

Post #3 of 4 (1855 views)
Shortcut
Re: [ross] Prevent alternate listing from List All Search Results [In reply to] Can't Post
Hmmm. The client has over 100 listings in already - so it's not really ideal. Is there any other way round it at all?

Thanks...


Donna
Staff / Moderator


Dec 19, 2008, 11:22 AM

Post #4 of 4 (1837 views)
Shortcut
Re: [ElizaDay] Prevent alternate listing from List All Search Results [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi Eliza,

100 isn't too bad -- I'd probably go with this route. If you had more like 1000, we'd probably recommend making some modifications to the database itself... but the chance of something going wrong (and the time to set it up) far outweighs the benefit there.

With the default set, you'd basically just need to open up each listing and save it immediately so it would only be a few seconds per listing -- only listings that you needed to change would take any longer.

I hope this helps. : )

Donna

--
support@interactivetools.com