{"id":1660,"date":"2017-03-24T11:22:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T10:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nieuwsmarkt.nl\/?p=1660"},"modified":"2017-10-01T09:09:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T07:09:54","slug":"beaver-themer-and-search-filter-pro-makes-wordpress-an-even-more-powerful-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nieuwsmarkt.nl\/nl\/blog\/2017\/03\/24\/beaver-themer-and-search-filter-pro-makes-wordpress-an-even-more-powerful-cms\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaver Themer and Search & Filter Pro makes WordPress an even more powerful CMS"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years many WordPress specialists position WordPress as a true content management system. And for sure that is the case. To extend the row of showcases, we decided to use Beaver Themer and Search & Filter Pro in our latest customer case.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Job done in cooperation with Ren\u00e9 Spijker from Spijker & Co<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The base of the job was making selections of ‘things’ based on various type of search variables. Searching in WordPress is just fine for day-to-day searching in pages and posts. But the basis search field\u00a0is ‘just one’ and does not give any possibilities to make ‘and\/or’ combinations of search arguments. There are some plug-ins which extend the searching capabilities. Relevanssi<\/a> is a great plug-in which also adds\u00a0support to custom post types and custom fields. Both CPT and CF are often used to make great CMS solutions within WordPress. Although Relevanssi extends the basic search filed, it does not offer more fields.<\/p>\n

Search & Filter Pro<\/h3>\n

Search & Filter comes in two versions. You can download<\/a> the free version from the WordPress\u00a0repository and experience the power of using more search and filter criteria. The Pro version offers (among many other features) support for Advanced Custom Fields (Pro). Building CMS web applications will need custom fields, so for most client cases the Search & Filter pro version will be the way to go.<\/p>\n

We did not test FacetWP<\/a> yet as an alternative for Search & Filter Pro<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The case<\/h3>\n

We started this case by studying the previous version of a dedicated PHP built solution. The customer was satisfied with the front-end of the solution, but it was hard to edit the content in the back-end. The data was handled directly in a MySQL database and edited via PHPMyAdmin. In General that is not a very friendly enduser solution. The structure of the database would fit into a\u00a0CPT\/CF structure, so that the back-end of WordPress could be used to add new records or to edit existing records.<\/p>\n

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The workflow<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>To get al list view of the search results we again decided to ask the customer if it would be allowed to use the preliminary version of Beaver Themer, to create the archive page in a fast and efficient way. The workflow to create the solution had the following steps:<\/p>\n