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what’s the deal with this CSS file? It’s referencing all sorts of things such as news, login box, etc…
What news? What login? Makes no sense!
Hi, just wondering if this is wordpress supported?
eahn,
Yes you can use this on your wordpress install as a jquery plugin. However, this is not an actual WordPress plugin so there is no interface in WordPress for this just yet.
Just out of curiousity, what types of features would you like to see in the Wordpress version?
xxcriversxx
I think it would be helpful to have alphabetical sort, sort by custom value etc, and of course filter by categories.
Are you planning to make a wordpress version?
Is there a way to add a text box so we can allow the user to specify their own search criteria?
Thanks
Sorry, another question! 
dbharrison asked about having multiple filters and you replied. But your solution (unless I’m mistaken) just provides a number of list boxes, all overriding each other, they don’t work in combination.
So in your example, how would I have a filter for number of rooms and a filter for month, so it would show me how many 1 bed rooms were available in August?
thanks
marcel808,
This plugin only pulls in what you specify. For example, if you only want to grab august items, you need to make sure the option is set up for august only. If you specify additional parameters on the list item itself, it will still only look for items with august. I hope this helps.
xxcriversxx
hi great widget, really helpful! Is it possible, in the example you provided with property info, to change the text “Property” to “8 Properties”, so add a count to the text that will dynamically change with the filtering? many thanks cel
marcel808,
Absolutely, simply run a count using the .change() event. Something like this..
$("select").change(function(){
var count = $("ul li").size();
});
Cheers, xxcriversxx
I have purchased and got this set up, but I need to start out with no results. (e.g. start with a blank in the dropdown list and show no results on the page) results should only then be displayed when selected. I’ve got the blank option in the dropdown and when it is selected it shows no results, but I’m struggling to have that as the default behaviour when the page loads. Any advice?
mmcmahon,
Yes, simply make sure the select option with no results is selected on load. You can try a couple of things but here is what i suggest…
$(document).ready(function(){
$("select option.myoption").attr("checked", "checked");
});
Let me know if that doesn’t work for you.
xxcriversxx
Awesome, that would be very helpful for me going forward and hopefully for others as well.
In response to tylerking’s question, can you give any example of what type of code would be required to store those hidden variables to have multiple selects work on one list?
jsesic,
When I have a second, sure, I will add it to the demo page and send you message that it is there!
xxcriversxx
This plugin does not have any actual “sorting” functionality. It will not help you display elements based on the ascending or descending order of any variable.
Sorting != Filtering
It should be called Simple Content Filtering. The name is completely misleading otherwise.
julior3,
I’m sorry for the misunderstanding. But actually, you can sort with a numeric order using the out of the box functionality. All you have to do is number your data and “filter” that way(easy). Or you could use the callback function to do more advanced things.
xxcriversxx
Hi, this plugin is great and I have a question that is a little bit off topic, what are you using to style your select in the demo page? it looks nice and jqTransform doesn’t work well with your plugin I’m afraid 
Hello,
To answer your question, I am using jquery select box. I wrote this plugin to support this plugin out of the box. Here is a link:
http://www.abeautifulsite.net/blog/2011/01/jquery-selectbox-plugin/Its a beautiful add on so i wanted to support it!
xxcriversxx
Also eagerly waiting for the Wordpress version.
Personally, the ability to sort custom field values would be most welcome and I think many would love to be able to sort custom taxonomies as well.
Cheers.
Great! I will be sure to add those in.
xxcriversxx
any update on a wordpress plugin for this?
Sure, I am in the proccess of making a wordpress plugin for this now. Any features in particular that you would like me to include?
Great plugin.
I have struggling with one thing though. I have 3 dropdown lists. I want to filter the lists so that whatever is chosen from the first list still applies when I choose something from the second list. Is there an easy way to do this?
Thanks for the feedback tylerking. To achieve what I think your asking, all you would have to do is write some code to store a variable of the elements that are hidden. That way it you could have multiple sorting arrays.
As the plugin is currently written, by default, it sorts based on one query. I hope this helps.
xxcriversxx
I love the drop down list, but I would really love the flexibility to use links or buttons. Food for thought. Let me know if you get around to something like this. Thanks
BoneyBoy,
No, this plugin was written to use the select-box for sorting. This is functionality that I can add to a later version if you’d like.
crivers
Hi there.
is there a way this can be used with option buttons or graphics as opposed to a dropdown list? I know you have already said no to actual texk links.
I like the simplicity of this but am looking for something to filter a portfolio of work. Using a dropdown list won’t look right. I would prefer to offer visitors a fully visible selection of filters.
Cheers Boney Boy
Hello sstasio, Yes I’m working on it this week. I will let you know when its complete.
Hey kimmikennedy and onlykpgoh,
Due to the high number of people asking for a pagination solution with this plugin, I went ahead and wrote a more elaborate version of this plugin for you pagination lovers. Its pretty flexible and you can do whatever you can think of with it. Its located for download at:
http://codecanyon.net/item/jquery-simple-content-sorting-plus-plugin/532752?WT.ac=item_more_thumb&WT.seg_1=item_more_thumb&WT.z_author=xxcriversxxEnjoy!! crivers
Good to hear it! You know, there doesn’t seem to be any stand alone database controls for wordpress, something similar to asp.net controls. There are some controls for sorting and the like, however, they all seem to be tied into another plugin (real estate or ecommerce). It would be great if someone would write a premium plugin that filled this need…Let me know when you have completed the wp version of this plugin and I’ll be the first to purchace.
Sean
sstasio,
My thoughts exactly. I’m making WordPress plugins for every plugin that I’ve created thus far.
I’ll keep you posted.
crivers
crivers,
Any chance this can end up as a wordpress plugin?
Sean
