This plugin update contains two improvements:
1) A workaround for a strange bug, where in a few installations WordPress was unable to activate the plugin if its main file was named ps-main.php. So I had to change the file name, which is now bps-main.php.
2) A fix for those sites that have more than one members list in their Members Directory page. This requires a little explanation.
BP Profile Search works by filtering the members list, and usually there is only one members list in the Members Directory page.
When widgets or other plugins added more lists, BP Profile Search was always filtering the first list in the page, so all your searches always returned the full members directory, while in some cases the search results could appear in a widget.
This version allows you to specify which is the right members list to filter. If your searches always return the full members directory, try changing the Filtered Members List value in the Advanced Options tab.
BP Profile Search 2.4 is available in the WordPress Plugin Directory and in the BuddyPress Plugin Directory. You can find the documentation and post your comments in the plugin Documentation and Support page.
BP Profile Search 2.3 adds the following improvements:
1) In the plugin admin page you can specify the search mode to be used for text fields. You can choose between:
– partial match, where a search for John matches field values of John, Johnson, Long John Silver, and so on;
– exact match, where a search for John matches the field value John only.
In both modes the wildcard characters % (percent sign), matching zero or more characters, and _ (underscore), matching exactly one character, are available to your visitors to better specify their search.
2) You won’t need to change the plugin folder name any more. I’ve found a workaround so the plugin admin page link is always correctly generated.
I wish to thank you for your interest in BP profile Search and for your suggestions and bug reports. As usual, BP Profile Search is available in the WordPress Plugin Directory and in the BuddyPress Plugin Directory. You can find the documentation and post your comments in the BP Profile Search Documentation and Support page.
BP Profile Search 2.2 introduces the Age Range Search feature.
If you have a birth date field in your extended profiles, you can now search by age range. Your visitors can specify a minimum and maximum age for their search, and they’ll get back the list of members whose age falls between the specified limits.
Of course this feature could be useful in other cases as well, e.g. if you have a field containing the first employment date you can perform a search based on the years of work experience.
I hope you find this new feature useful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask in the BP Profile Search documentation and support page.
BP Profile Search 2.1 fixes a nasty bug, where in some installations no results were found. Thanks to Elliott who allowed me to debug the issue on his site!
Additionally I’ve added an option to hide/show the search form, as requested by many users. Thanks to Marcy, CEO of Polymathic Media, who provided this useful patch!
I also wish to thank you all for sending your suggestions and bug reports. BP Profile Search is available in the WordPress Plugin Directory and in the BuddyPress Plugin Directory.
A new version of BP Profile Search, the WordPress / BuddyPress plugin which enables advanced search on the extended member profiles, is ready.
Version 2.0 brings you the following enhancements:
1) Support for multiselectbox and checkbox field types.
Users can select one or more values to search for, and the results are the ones matching any of the values selected.
E.g. if there is a checkbox type field named Preferred Colors with possible values Red, Blue and Green, and users select Red and Green in the search form, they will get all the members with preferred color Red OR preferred color Green.
2) Support for wildcard characters in text searching.
The wildcard characters supported are % (percent sign), matching zero or more characters, and _ (underscore), matching exactly one character.
E.g. read% matches read, reader, readiness and so on, while %read% matches read, bread, reader and so on, and b_each matches breach and bleach, but not beach.
BP Profile Search 2.0 is available for download in the WordPress Plugin Directory and in the BuddyPress Plugin Directory.
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