Search by Author

[miguelcorreia]

Hello
Again, congrats on this amazing component. I wasn't sure if I should post all my questions on a single topic or create as many as I go.
I've decided to open multiple topics, maybe others have the same issues and will look them at the topics.

So here it goes my first question:
Is there a way to do a search by an author's name?

[miguelcorreia]

(better said)... using an expression in the search box.

[federica]

Open several topics is the best way, thanks

To enable the search by author name:
go to menu search->list layouts then set "filters" and "Authors" = show

[miguelcorreia]

Hi Federica,
Thanks for your reply. Maybe I didn't explained myself well.
I don't want to create an author's filter search.

I am asking how can the search box look up for author's, like it does for the title.

Thanks

[federica]

You have to modify the author input from selectbox to text, then modify the query to search authors by text (lastname or firstname) instead by author ID.
The search query is located in model/search.php

[miguelcorreia]

Sorry, I'm struggling a lot with this. I can't find where I change the selectbox to text.

Just to make sure my question was understood, I'm not talking about the filters comboboxes, but on the general search that only gets the tite, subtitle, isbn and catalog... I've also notice it searches inside the review field (fig. attch).

Can you please specify what code should I change, please?
Thanks.

[federica]

Just to make sure my question was understood, I'm not talking about the filters comboboxes, but on the general search that only gets the tite, subtitle, isbn and catalog... I've also notice it searches inside the review field (fig. attch).

I will change the description

Can you please specify what code should I change, please?

Is not possible to obtain your wish through a single line edit
You have to modify the getListQuery function (components/com_abook/search.php)