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Hello,
I'm new with Bludit and i'm impressed, really awesome work.
I have a webproject about dogzones in belgium https://dogvalley.be/ , it the moment it's a one-man project, and there is a lot of work planned (dogzones nearby, comments, adding share buttons, new design, better UX,...), but is really fun building this project.
It is also build with a simple flat file cms (Automad), the load-speed, simplicity and flexibility is really awesome, but i'm missing some options (user-roles).

About Bludit, i like the way, you can build/embed your own theme in an easy way and adding own code is not tricky. For a hobby-php-dev (WordPress-specialist) like me it is a nice 'toy' building nice things.

But i missing something or i can not find it how it works: made a custom field, but when trying the search-function on the front-end, it is not possible searching the content from the custom fields, is there a workaround how can search (specific) by the custom fields?
For my web-project, this is needed, when searching for the dogzones locations (lat,long), so i can adding custom fields for the coördinates.
Or is this planned in the next releases?
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ctuxboy wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:02 am But i missing something or i can not find it how it works: made a custom field, but when trying the search-function on the front-end, it is not possible searching the content from the custom fields, is there a workaround how can search (specific) by the custom fields?
The custom fields are not searchable.

Instead you can use an external search engine.
For my web-project, this is needed, when searching for the dogzones locations (lat,long), so i can adding custom fields for the coördinates.
This is much more than a search in custom fields. I suggest to make a list with all the requirements of the project and use a system with plugins that meet them.
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Edi wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 4:53 pm
ctuxboy wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:02 am But i missing something or i can not find it how it works: made a custom field, but when trying the search-function on the front-end, it is not possible searching the content from the custom fields, is there a workaround how can search (specific) by the custom fields?
The custom fields are not searchable.

Instead you can use an external search engine.
For my web-project, this is needed, when searching for the dogzones locations (lat,long), so i can adding custom fields for the coördinates.
This is much more than a search in custom fields. I suggest to make a list with all the requirements of the project and use a system with plugins that meet them.
Hi @Edi,

Thanks for your answer and i understand what you mean.
When i start my project few months ago, not everything works out-of-the-box, but a (small) cms can really helps me for a good start, manage the content. The rest is the challenge i like it ;-)
I see some possibilities and opportunities building similar project with Bludit. I like the Bludit-concept, the way i can customize my own theme, without a 'hassle', so will give it a try, with some custom coding, see how far i can go :-)
Sorry for my poor english.
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Feel free to add suggestions and requests to the GitHub tracker:

https://github.com/bludit/bludit/issues
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Hi,

Thx, i will do it ;)

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Christophe
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Hi Edi,

Found a solution making the Custom fields searchable, i posted in plugins:
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2109
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Thank you for sharing your solution!
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