How Do I Use the Search Bar Element in SoCast?
How Do I Use the Search Bar Element in SoCast?
Who Is This Article For?
- All users with access to pages, blogs, contests, and sidebars
- Applicable to all themes
Features
- Frees up navigation space by allowing you to place the search widget in the sidebar or on pages.
Notes
- The search button color and search field border inherit from the "Default Link Color."
- The search field font inherits from the font defined by your theme.
- The search field's active-state font color inherits from the "Default Text Color."
How the Search Function Works
- Results with a full-sentence match in the post title are listed first.
- Results that include all search terms in the title, but not a full-sentence match, are listed next.
- Results that include any search terms in the title, but not all search terms or a full-sentence match, are listed next.
- Results that include a full-sentence match in the post content are listed last.
Within each group, results are further sorted by publication date.
For more details, visit: https://yoast.com/wordpress-search/
Step-by-Step Guide
- Widget Name: This is the name of the widget as it appears in Visual Composer.
- Search Field Default Text: Change the hint text in the search field (for example, 'Search Radio 88.8').
- Click Save to apply your changes.
Visual Example
Front End Example
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