do_shortcode workaround or rewrite rule support

  • Hi,

    First of all thanks for the great plugin!

    I’m building a members directory with 2 Xprofile custom fields, I have two very important filters on these custom fields:
    -Service
    -Location (state)

    Users can search easily search for a service in their region. So far so good!
    I really, really need static pages / pretty permalinks for SEO purpose, in my case like this:

    https://site.com/service/doctors/
    https://site.com/service/doctors/location/new-york/

    I have been trying for days now, but can’t get it done. Tried several things, without any luck. Any help would be highly appreciated, and if I get it working I’ll be glad to share my code because I think a lot of people would love to have this functionality too.

    ———-
    My first try failed:
    At first sight, I thought that I could fix this relatively easily by making my custom function…
    -Create custom user directory by adding form shortcode to a page.
    -Then I added custom rewrite rules to catch the query variables with pretty permalinks.
    -Wrote a custom function that passed the dynamic query vars to your bps_directory shortcode do_shortcode function.

    But then I found out that the do_shortcode function won’t work on your plugin. So I’m stuck.

    My question:
    Is it possible to call your functions other than with shortcode or do_shortcode form within my own function, so I can pass the variables? Hopefully you can think of something to point me in the right direction?

    ———-
    My second try failed:
    I found this post where you explained how to set default values: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/default-value-14/. I am able to catch custom field values with get_query_var() function and pass it to the form with the function you provided.

    If I visit my directory on https://site.com/custom-directory/, and I filter, this results in this URL:
    https://site.com/custom-directory/?field_36=doctors&filed_37=new-york&bps_form=831&bps_form_page=%2Fprofessionals%2F

    So I was happy and thought it was just a matter of using the add_rewrite_rule() function. add_rewrite_rule(‘^service/([^/]*)/location/([^/]*)/?’, ‘index.php?pagename=custom-directory&field_36=$matches[1]&field_37=$matches[2]&bps_form=831′,’top’);
    However, when I visit the site at https://site.com/service/doctors/location/new-york/, the page loads, and the form is inserted. However, the code for the results is missing.

    After investigating, I found that this is caused by the bps_current_page() function from your script. When using rewrites, this code returns empty $_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’] and $_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’];

    I’ve been trying for hours and been thinking of a way to bypass the bps_current_page function or build in another check and additional function there to determine if we are on a directory page if those variables return empty.

    Do you think there is a workaround to make it work in the above situation? Hopefully you can think of something to point me in the right direction?

    ———-
    The only solution I can think of now to get it working out-of-the-box is by setting hidden fields depending on the page that’s being visited. But then I have to manually create thousands of custom directory pages. I have 12 regions x 250 services, resulting in 3000 pages that I have to create.

    Sorry for the long post ?? and thanks in advance, any help is appreciated!

    Cheers! Bas

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  • Plugin Author Andrea Tarantini

    (@dontdream)

    Hi Bas,

    You worked a lot on this! I am studying your approach and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

    Thread Starter quokka013

    (@quokka013)

    Hi Andrea,

    That would be great. Thanks..

    Bas

    Plugin Author Andrea Tarantini

    (@dontdream)

    Hi Bas,

    For some reason, rewrite rules and the BuddyPress members directory do not play well together, and that doesn’t depend on BP Profile Search.

    You can deactivate BP Profile Search, add a rewrite rule to load the standard BuddyPress members directory, and you’ll see that the directory doesn’t work when you call it via the rewrite rule.

    A possible workaround is to add your rewrite rule:

    add_rewrite_rule ('^service/([^/]*)/location/([^/]*)/?', 'index.php?pagename=custom-directory&field_36=$matches[1]&field_37=$matches[2]', 'top');

    then, for instance on the 'template_redirect' hook:

    1. Catch the two query vars;

    2. Use the wp_update_post() function to change the content of your custom directory to:

    [bps_directory field_36='put the 1st query var here' field_37='put the 2nd query var here']

    3. Redirect to your custom directory, with:

    wp_safe_redirect ('https://site.com/custom-directory/');

    Please let me know if this could work for you!

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