How to edit the search results template?

[robertdabarnes]

Hi - I'm trying to use Relevanssi for my site search, but part of isn't working (it's replacing the links for tags with /other which is my 'uncategorized' category).

It looks like it could be because of the following:

In the search results template, avoid get_permalink(), as it doesn’t work. the_permalink() works and returns the correct permalink. You can use relevanssi_get_permalink(), if you don’t want to echo the permalink directly.

Please could somebody tell me how to edit my search results template? I did search for instructions in the forum but no luck.

By the way my site is http://www.superguide.com.au

Thanks in advance

Cheers, Rob

[Brad Dalton]

You should never edit the core Genesis files.

Google custom search is a better solution as its far more accurate and easier to customize and install.

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[robertdabarnes]

Thanks Brad - I've used Google custom search with a different theme but I've had various issues when trying it with Genesis. I don't want to detail them all here because I'd rather just see if there is a way to get Relevanssi to work since it gives me much more control.

So if Genesis does use get_permalink() whether there is any way that I can change it to the_permalink() without editing the core files? Would this be a custom hook or custom function?

Cheers, Rob

[asterbird]

Hi Rob,

I know this is a little late, but I found a solution and wanted to share...

I was able to switch out get_permalink() for relevanssi_get_permalink() by adding the following to my child theme's search.php (if you don't have one, copy the one from Genesis core and paste it into your child theme folder):

//* Modify post titles to add Relevanssi permalink
// help from http://adamcap.com/code/filter-genesis-h1-post-titles-to-add-for-styling/
add_filter( 'genesis_post_title_output', 'child_post_title_output', 15 );
function child_post_title_output( $title ) {	
        // change h2 to h1 depending if you have a search page title or not	
	$title = sprintf( '<h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="%s" rel="bookmark">%s</a></h2>', esc_url( relevanssi_get_permalink() ), apply_filters( 'genesis_post_title_text', get_the_title() ) );
	return $title;
}

I was doing Woocommerce as well, so some of this might not apply...

// Modify content to add Featured Images and Relevanssi permalink
remove_all_actions( 'genesis_entry_content' );
add_action( 'genesis_entry_content', 'child_do_post_excerpt' );
function child_do_post_excerpt() {

	// Get featured image if page or post
	the_post_thumbnail( 'medium', array( 'class' => 'alignright' ) );
		
	// Get featured image if WooCommerce product category
	global $post;			
	$thumbnail_id = get_woocommerce_term_meta( $post->term_id, 'thumbnail_id', true );
	echo wp_get_attachment_image( $thumbnail_id, 'medium', '', array( 'class' => 'alignright' ) );
	
	// Get excerpt rather than the_content() so Relevanssi can grab a snippet and highlight search terms
	the_excerpt();
    
	// Get 'Read More' link with Relevanssi permalink
    echo '<a class="read-more-link" href="' . esc_url( relevanssi_get_permalink() ) . '">View more »</a>';
}

Hope that helps!

[robertdabarnes]

Thanks Asterbird - I've since moved back to Google Custom Search Engine, but thanks for taking the time to let me know.

Cheers, Rob

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