XF 1.5 Create a link that points to a search with this criteria?

[Ludachris]

I'm looking to create a text link that points to a search result with the following criteria:

• specified node IDs
• no keyword
• display threads sorted by highest views

I have several "article" style sub-forums and I will be posting a link in the description of the category pointing to the "most viewed" articles across all sub-forums in that category. I figure the link will be structured like this, but don't know how to handle the sorting:

search?&user_content=thread&nodes[]=XX

 

[Mike]

First, the search doesn't support sorting by thread views, so that would scupper using the search for that. Beyond that though, I don't think the search would actually allow you to complete the search in this context without a keyword.

Thus this would require custom development.

 

[Ludachris]

First, the search doesn't support sorting by thread views, so that would scupper using the search for that. Beyond that though, I don't think the search would actually allow you to complete the search in this context without a keyword.

Thus this would require custom development.

Well, assuming I've already done custom development so that the search does function without a keyword, it sounds like I wouldn't be able to force the sorting by a formatted text link. Well that sucks. I suppose I could create a widget page since I'm using 1.5 still, but I'm not sure how that would translate to 2.x, and I'm trying hard not to implement anything I can't migrate to 2.1.

 

[Mike]

You can make a link that goes to a particular search -- just that out of the box, there is no search criteria that does what you want. Even with a modification to skip keyword restrictions, you still can't sort the threads by views as that's not exposed.

I believe the closest you can get in 1.5 is something like this (untested): <url>/search/search?type=thread&nodes[]=1&nodes[]=2&nodes[]=3&order=date

 

[Ludachris]

You can make a link that goes to a particular search -- just that out of the box, there is no search criteria that does what you want. Even with a modification to skip keyword restrictions, you still can't sort the threads by views as that's not exposed.

I believe the closest you can get in 1.5 is something like this (untested): <url>/search/search?type=thread&nodes[]=1&nodes[]=2&nodes[]=3&order=date

Thanks Mike. What is the closest I can get in 2.1?

 

[Mike]

The URL would be different, but the available constraints are roughly the same.

 

[Ludachris]

So the only thing that prevents me from doing what I need is really the inability to use "&order=views". Thanks again Mike.

 

[Joe Link]

The URL would be different, but the available constraints are roughly the same.

What would the URL be in 2.1?

 

[limboclub]

The URL would be different, but the available constraints are roughly the same.

Hi Mike - Did you ever find out what the string would be in 2.0?

 

[Mike]

This won't work out of the box because of the keyword/user limit, but the equivalent would be <url>/search/search?search_type=post&c[content]=thread&c[nodes][]=1&c[nodes][]=2&order=date

 

[limboclub]

This won't work out of the box because of the keyword/user limit, but the equivalent would be <url>/search/search?search_type=post&c[content]=thread&c[nodes][]=1&c[nodes][]=2&order=date

Not sure what you mean there.

 

[Joe Link]

This won't work out of the box because of the keyword/user limit, but the equivalent would be <url>/search/search?search_type=post&c[content]=thread&c[nodes][]=1&c[nodes][]=2&order=date

Not sure what you mean there.

Me either

What would it take to make it work @Mike?

 

[Joe Link]

@Mike? The ability to build custom search links is really important.

 

[Ludachris]

This won't work out of the box because of the keyword/user limit, but the equivalent would be <url>/search/search?search_type=post&c[content]=thread&c[nodes][]=1&c[nodes][]=2&order=date

Hey @Mike - I used to use this trick in XF1.5 to remove the keyword/user constraint for search:

Pull Latest Threads

I want to pull latest threads based on forum ids. http://xenforo.com/community/find-new/threads The above URL only works to find latest threads in all sections, but what about pulling it from certain sections only (in order to avoid the others)?

xenforo.com

How would that be achieved in 2.1? I dug through the files but couldn't find similar code.