thomas Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Hi, I was wondering if it was possible to search in the custom field of multiple images? I am not really sure what I would expect for a result but I guess I am looking for a way to search for images by the description in a custom text field (it needs to hold a lot of text) and deep link to that very image. A quick test showed no result but maybe I am missing something? (I know a page reference would obviously be the better choice here but I kinda want/need the thumbnail display and visual sortability of the multiple image field) Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendonKoz Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Heading out for the weekend, but I found your question interesting and, I'd imagine, potentially solvable - but I didn't find anything quickly. I was experimenting with the following, as a start (where "field-image" is the custom field template assigned to my image field, and "summary" is the field within that template I am searching within): $test = $pages->find('template=field-image,image.summary%=the'); As an alternative option, would you be able to adjust your solution to use (far shorter) tags for the linking/association aspect of your problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 Hi @BrendonKoz, thanks for reply! I tried exactly the same syntax but unfortunately that didn't work. I am working on a full text searchable archive of old special interest magazines where I just need an image per page, a large text field for the OCR'd text and maybe some tags. Meanwhile I stumbled upon the amazing plugin "RepeaterImages" by @Robin S which looks like it might just solve my problem 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendonKoz Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Interestingly, since I think something in my example should work, I noticed that in my Setup > Templates admin page, my field-image template is reporting that it contains zero pages. I'm not sure if that should be the case since I do use images that have custom fields assigned. Maybe that's why I'm not getting any matches? I'm unsure. I would think Robin's module does something similar to the built-in core functionality, but if that works for you, I'm glad to hear it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesFletcher Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Try using advanced filters or scripts; native search may be limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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