Thumbnail questions

  • Resolved delvianna

    (@delvianna)


    7 years, 11 months ago

    Hey guys. I want to first start off with, I know nothing about coding. My boyfriend has been helping me build my site but we’ve come to a snag. I’m having trouble finding a plugin that does what I want and its getting frustrating, so I’m here to see if anyone can come up with a solution or know of a plug in that’s so far down in the list I must have missed it.

    I’m doing a website for the game Wild Star’s Decor housing. I’m adding screenshots of items and then each picture opens the pictures attachment page where it has all the information.

    The problem I’m running into is when the search feature comes in. The basic one is horrid as it doesn’t really help you “search” anything but text. I’d like to be able to search, view the search results in a thumbnail format and then click on the thumbnail where it will take me to the pictures attachment page. I though this would be a simple feat but I guess it’s not. I tried using the plug in NextGen with another search plugin. It worked great initially. The search came up exactly how I wanted it with the pictures showing the thumb nail, but when you clicked on the picture.. All it does is bring up the lightbox of the photo. Can’t set it to go to the attachment page. So that’s a useless waste.

    Does anyone know how I can do this?

    To give you a better example… head to https://livinginwildstar.com/decor.php and test out their search feature. I want it to do EXACTLY how they have it. If it wasn’t for the fact that, that website is extremely outdated, I wouldn’t have even bothered to make my own.

    Any suggestions or pointing me in the right direction can help immensely!

    Thank you!

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    I searched the plugin repository on “search” and found this:

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/search-by-algolia-instant-relevant-results/

    Thread Starter delvianna

    (@delvianna)

    Thank you Steve. I appreciate the effort but there’s no way I’m paying 50/month just for more search results.. I’m not making any money off of this site, like I had said before it’s just for a video game. Is this all that’s out there?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/search/search to check the plugins. That was just the first one I ran across and didn’t see it was a free front-end to a paid service.

    Thread Starter delvianna

    (@delvianna)

    Yes, I’ve gone through the list and tried dozens. I’ve been looking for something that would work for what I’m looking for, for a long time and I’m getting really tired of finding nothing. That’s why I asked if someone on here knows of one or knows how to do what I need the search results page to do.

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by delvianna.
    Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    That horrid default search can easily (for coders) be altered to search attachments instead of blog posts, but it still only searches text. What else would one search for? Searching the image file for specific content is a very advanced coding concept that you’re unlikely to find anywhere. After searching for attachments, the results page likely only lists the attachment title and caption, no image thumbnails. The results template can also be easily changed to include thumbs that link to the full attachment page.

    Unless more code is added, the alterations would be applied to all searches and the thumb will be added to all results. Non-image attachments will cause errors. The search will search all attachments, image or not. All images are searched, game component or not. It’s accommodating these tertiary possibilities where a lot of effort is expended. Then all the custom work needs to be wrapped in a child theme or plugin.

    You can hire someone to work something up for you at jobs.wordpress.net. While it will cost some, it’s a one time fee.

    Thread Starter delvianna

    (@delvianna)

    Thank you BCworkz. Sucks I would have to hire someone, but at least I understand why. I appreciate the answer.

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