Search Feature

[jimhere]

Is there an existing "search" functionality in PixelPost?

I have PP extracting IPTC info, including "caption" (sometimes known as Description), and it would be nice if text was search-able.

[jdleung]

yes, it's a good thing if anyone can do this.
I'm also using IPTC info.

[blinking8s]

down the road it might happen, but not that soon if at all. Time will tell for a search feature. The issue I have with a photoblog and searching, what are you going to search? I mean, the entire point is the get a user to browse through you photos, you give them a category list and they can see a set of images, a tag list and they can search for specifics, but a search field...99% of the stuff I could imagine to type in probably wouldnt yield a result in most photoblogs...so what good would it do for the common user.

A tag system is first on the list, then may more things before this is even talked about among developers

[jimhere]

I do all my image management with iView where I add keywords and captions (descriptions). They're embedded in the image file. With the handy "pp_iptc" addon, I'm able to have PP extract that stuff and just place it in my page.

Here's my PP test zone: http://www.jim-site.com/p/(side bar has IPTC stuff)

This is much quicker than creating Categories (Keywords to me) in the PP upload box and checking them off for each image. The pp_iptc addon does it all for me. Sure I had to enter it all originally, but in iView I can batch annotate.

So I figured a Search feature could look at the IPTC Keywords and Captions, many of which contain info that is too tedious to enter one pict at a time.

A tag system (as you mentioned) would also do this (I think). I'm not a developer, so sorry if this sounds goofey.

[blinking8s]

maybe, when we're working on a tag system, we can look at pulling keywords from the exif for recommended tags, be pretty cool...

[jimhere]

The other good reason to have a Search is to display multiple Keywords. A category dropdown lets you display all "Dogs" in the DB, but if you can do a Search for "Dogs and Cats", it'll display that.

[GeoS]

Other solution can be to use Google to return search results within your page. That can be a good idea for nice addon - maybe someone will write it :P

[blinking8s]

The other good reason to have a Search is to display multiple Keywords. A category dropdown lets you display all "Dogs" in the DB, but if you can do a Search for "Dogs and Cats", it'll display that.

Do you know the endless possibilities of what people could come up with though? I really don't see a full force search feature yielding correct results 90% of the time for the end user, too many possibilites and not enough information to bring up an accurate search most of the time. Unless you put a list of keywords next to the search or something, but then the search would need its own section of the blog to fit all of that in, and you might as well just use a tag system

A tag system will be far more accurate in a photoblog.

[jimhere]

Got it.