Starting 1.30 theme update, for Advanced Search and Location there are 4 possibilities.
Location options apply to all the search types supported:
- Search Type 1 – vertical with default fields
- Search Type 2 – horizontal with default fields
- Search Type 3 – horizontal with custom fields
- Search Type 4 – horizontal with 3 default fields (title keyword, first and 2nd category) + custom search fields).
1. Location as input style with theme auto-complete
Data from autocomplete sums all details saved for each listing in these fields:
- City,
- Area,
- County,
- State,
- Country
Demo: https://demo1.wprentals.org/
NOTE:
Due to speed reasons, the data for NON-Google autocomplete is generated 1 time per day.
Remember that if you want to manually generate the data, go to map section – Generate Data&Pins.
2. Location as drop-down showing all cities, areas, countries, states, and counties from properties published in theme database
Data from dropdown sums all details saved for each listing in these fields:
- City,
- Area,
- County,
- State,
- Country
Demo: https://santorini.wprentals.org/
NOTE:
Due to speed reasons, the data for NON-Google autocomplete is generated 1 time per day.
Remember that if you want to manually generate the data, go to map section – Generate Data&Pins.
3. Location as input style with google places auto-complete
Demo: https://main.wprentals.org/
Check places type you have setup in Theme options – Map and add API KEY for it as explained in this help: https://help.wprentals.org/article/google-maps-settings/#places_type
- If use Google places as places type in search form user will have to select the city based on Google Places auto-complete list as displayed on this screenshot.
For this option to work Google API key must be set correctly – see here the help https://help.wprentals.org/article/google-maps-api-unable-to-load-the-map-and-shows-error-this-page-didnt-load-google-maps-correctly-see-the-javascript-console-for-technical-details-2/
- If in Theme options – Map for Places option is setup to use algolia in search user will have to select the city based on algolia auto-complete list as displayed on this screenshot:
For this option to work Algolia API key must be set correctly – see here the help : https://help.wprentals.org/article/how-use-algolia-places/
4. Cities and Areas as independent drop-downs
The last option applies only for search type 3 or type 4.
Cities and Areas can be added as separate dropdowns in admin and they show as an independent dropdown in the search form.
Search type 3 example:
Search type 4 example with the above fields configuration from admin:
