Hi, Eric and team,

Understand Custom Fields are currently not searchable in ED (even though I think it may be in ES). Is there a plan to make these fields searchable (or at least provide an option) because, until search is possible, the usefulness of these fields will be quite limited?

As an alternative for the time being, is there a way we can make Tags searchable in conjunction with Categories, Subjects, and Contents? I'd be happy if we can only filter search results by Tags. This will be a fundamental requirement of my site because it will cover many jurisdictions and my users will need a way to narrow down search results to only items that are relevant to them. This functionality should make ED a much more versatile and valuable product to current and future subscribers.

Many thanks!

Hi,

I am sorry that delay of this reply, unfortunately that was not possible at this point of time, perhaps you can try to use Joomla smart search module?

Because this smart search module can filter the author/category/component for this search engine.

Hi, Arlex, which are the smart search modules you might suggest for use with ED? Thanks!

Hey,

You can actually use the built in smart search module which is included with Joomla

Hi, Mark,

My understanding is that smart search in Joomla only indexes searches and does not actually search Tags or custom fields in extensions. Is that correct?

Thanks!

Hey,

The smart search actually does "suggestions" and based on these suggestions, it'll perform the search. Currently it does not search for custom fields. You should give it a try first

Hi, Mark,

I'd need a search function that can give my members more precise results based on a combination of Tags, Post Types, and Custom Fields.

Do you mean that smart search will include Tags and Post Types in ED, just not Custom Fields?

If I do need to include Custom Fields in ED, what other extensions might you suggest?

Thanks again!

Currently the smart search for EasyDiscuss only searches for the following items:

- users
- category
- posts (including replies)

Hi, Mark,

You did not answer my question about which search extension you might suggest that I use still. I have asked this multiple times since the start of this thread. I'd need your help since your team would (or at least should) be the most familiar with which extension(s) would work best with your products given you do not have a relatively important function natively.

Thanks again!

I really have no idea to be honest. As far as I know, the only search that would work with EasyDiscuss is "Smart Search".

OK. I see that this feature was requested back 1 year or 2 ago by others. It would be helpful if your team can update us on when we might see this being implemented. Thanks!

Hey there,

I can't really give you an exact time frame on when this would be included unfortunately