[wp-hackers] Restrict search results?

[Viper007Bond]

Good thinking! Sadly query_posts() doesn't accept meta parameters, but
that's still easier than using parent or whatever in the SQL filters
(post_where, etc.).

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Glenn Ansley <glenn at glennansley.com> wrote:

> You might consider giving them all the same custom_value and create a quick
> plugin that adds that meta value to search parameters... that would
> preserve
> the post_type...just a though.
>
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Viper007Bond <viper at viper007bond.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I need them to be actual pages so I can display them without huge
> hacking.
> >
> > And actually all of these pages will have a common parent.
> >
> > This is the format I'm gonna move to pages:
> > http://www.finalgear.com/shows/topgear/11/4/   That's currently
> > mod_rewrite
> > + a custom script.
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 2:32 AM, DD32 <wordpress at dd32.id.au> wrote:
> >
> > > Just a thought, Would it be possible to assign these pages a custom
> > > taxonomy(like a category or tags), and have your search page limit it
> to
> > > items within that taxonomy?
> > >
> > > Another method i can think of, Which most likely will not work for you,
> > Is
> > > to assign the pages to have a parent page which only acts as a stub,
> > > Allthough it takes a bit of effort to remove the stub from the
> permalink
> > for
> > > the page..
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:25:23 +1000, Viper007Bond <
> viper at viper007bond.com
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >  That opens a whole other can of worms though for what I'm doing when
> it
> > >> comes to displaying and managing the content. I might as well stick to
> > my
> > >> current custom scripts.
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Jason Webster <jason at intraffic.net>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>  I have achieved this by assigning the special pages their own
> post_type
> > >>> field in the database, and applying some filters to the posts_*
> hooks.
> > I
> > >>> can
> > >>> elaborate more, if you'd like, however I'm about to pass out from
> > >>> exhaustion.
> > >>>
> > >>> -Jason
> > >>>
> > >>> Viper007Bond wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>  I'm in the process of converting one of my half WordPress-powered
> > sites
> > >>>> to
> > >>>> be fully WordPress. It currently uses a custom table and custom
> > scripts
> > >>>> to
> > >>>> output Page-like content. I will be transitioning this data to be
> > actual
> > >>>> Pages and meta content.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> However, I want to be able to search these Pages and only these
> Pages
> > >>>> (rather than posts and other Pages). Is this possible? Or do I need
> to
> > >>>> manually query?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> More importantly though, how can I exclude these Pages for when I
> want
> > >>>> to
> > >>>> search the posts (site news)?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Is it just a matter of playing with WP_Query or am I SOL?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
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