Combination of keywords and standard search
Paul (France)
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Searching with keywords is great. Greater even is that you easely can combine keywords. If you have "castle" and "germany" as keywords, people can find only your german castles without problems.
The standard search is working rather well as well. In the past it was too slow to be of use, but that has been solved. Also in standard search it is easy to search for a combination of two or more words.
My question is: is it possible to combine a keyword search with a standard search. And if yes, how? The result should be linkable.
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Explanation behind the question. All my pictures have an photo ID and the name of the country is part of that ID. So the country is always part of the caption. But the best way to find a photo of an castle is with the keyword "castle". Ofcourse I can enter the keyword "germany" at every picture made in Germany, but that is a lot of work. Therefore it would be practical for me to be able to offer my visitors a combined keyword/standard search.
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Examples.
This is my standard search for "germany":
http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=germany&searchType=InUser&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserImage&x=0&y=0
This is my standard search for "germany" AND "castle":
http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=germany+castle&searchType=InUser&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserImage&x=0&y=0
This is my keyword search for "castle":
http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/keyword/castle
This is my keyword search for "castle" AND "lake":
http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/keyword/castle-lake
But what I don't know how to do is "castle" (keyword) AND "germany" (standard search term)
The standard search is working rather well as well. In the past it was too slow to be of use, but that has been solved. Also in standard search it is easy to search for a combination of two or more words.
My question is: is it possible to combine a keyword search with a standard search. And if yes, how? The result should be linkable.
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Explanation behind the question. All my pictures have an photo ID and the name of the country is part of that ID. So the country is always part of the caption. But the best way to find a photo of an castle is with the keyword "castle". Ofcourse I can enter the keyword "germany" at every picture made in Germany, but that is a lot of work. Therefore it would be practical for me to be able to offer my visitors a combined keyword/standard search.
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Examples.
This is my standard search for "germany":
http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=germany&searchType=InUser&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserImage&x=0&y=0
This is my standard search for "germany" AND "castle":
http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=germany+castle&searchType=InUser&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserImage&x=0&y=0
This is my keyword search for "castle":
http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/keyword/castle
This is my keyword search for "castle" AND "lake":
http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/keyword/castle-lake
But what I don't know how to do is "castle" (keyword) AND "germany" (standard search term)
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Good to hear from you. You were one of the motivating factors to get the new search out with improved speed and granularity.
If we understand correctly what you're looking for, the answer is we'd like to do that but it isn't available yet. We've kicked it around in the past but until you posted this thread we've never had a request for it.
Sorry I don't have a better answer for you.
Thanks,
Chris
I'm happy it motivated you, because you did a great job. Not only is keyword search fantastic (and helps Google find the stuff), but also the standard search has vastly improved.
So my new proposal, about adding the ability to combine keyword and stand search, is ofcourse a bit over the top. But if it is possible without lots of reprogramming from your side, I would be happy. If it is too complicated, no problem, I can work around it with a little bit more work.
Paul