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Hello,

I’ve done quite a bit of searching on this topic, so please point me in the right way if I’ve missed it.

I have a simple search form which searches three different Channels. I wish to display the search results accordingly:

Blog:
result
result
result

Portfolio:
result
result
result

Something else:
result
result
result

Any idea how I can implement this?

Many thanks!
Simon

Hi SimonBlink24,

Currently ExpressionEngine does not natively support grouping search results by channel like your example above.

The the {channel_short_name} variable is one of your entry results so it could be possible to use a javascript library like jQuery to sort the results after they are processed. We will move your post to the CodeShare Corner where you can explore this option with the community.

Also devot-ee.com holds quite a collection of third party add-ons, one of which my be exactly what you are looking for.

A third option would be to color code your result rows based on the {channel_short_name}.

Sincerely,

Barry Cogan

Check devot-ee for the string plugin.  I’ve not yet used it on search results, but it should still work.  It allows you to set an element you want your looped entries to be grouped by.  I’ve used it for non-category grouping of entries, pulling from a commonly selected drop-down value, for example.  It might do the trick.  Hope that helps.

Try Search Results 1.2

http://www.planet-ee.com/search.html

It allows you to group results by channel and various other combination’s.

Hope that helps

Mike