This seems like what I am looking for (advanced search).
http://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-better-directories/home/

Has anyone used it? Can you share your experiences and thoughts?

[@peterbujok Member 13 years ago]

I am looking at the same plugin myself sooskriszta. I guess the only way to find out is to use it. I also need an advanced search that would show up as a widget. I need a solution to better search user profiles.

[@peterbujok Member 13 years ago]

I installed it and got this error:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/peterbuj/public_html/bluconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/bp-better-directories/includes/admin.php on line 42

If anyone knows what is going on, let us know.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-better-directories/

[@mercime Participant 13 years ago]

Please read instructions for BP Better Directories:
“WARNING! This plugin may not scale well! Don’t use without decent object caching. WARNING! This plugin is not ready to be used on a production site!”

Advanced search = http://buddydev.com/buddypress/creating-the-sitewide-globalunified-search-page-for-your-buddypress-theme/ do read comments as well

[@sooskriszta Participant 13 years ago]

Thanks, mercime, but the link is not even close to what we are discussing (what I am discussing, anyway).

What I’m after is a search page (not search results page) that allows selecting certain values for certain fields and search on the basis of that.

e.g. I may have 3 custom fields
Marital status: Single, Divorced, Separated, Widow/Widower, Married (dropdown)
Country: (freeform or dropdown)
Favorite ice-cream flavor: (freeform)

Then I want a search page where a visitor can see all fields, including custom fields
Marital status (checkboxes)
Country (checkboxes or freeform)
favorite ice cream flavor (freeform)

and can search for users who
are (single) OR (widower)
AND
are in (germany) OR (austria)
AND
like (rocky road)
flavor ice cream

[@sooskriszta Participant 13 years ago]

Bump

[@sooskriszta Participant 13 years ago]

Bump

[Inactive 13 years ago]

Ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of the castle

[@boonebgorges Keymaster 13 years ago]

The plugin does pretty much what you are looking for.

You should heed the warnings that @mercime points out. They are important. If you run the plugin on a production site without heeding the warnings, you’ll be in no position to complain if something goes wrong.

That said, why don’t you just install it and test?

[@boonebgorges Keymaster 13 years ago]

@peterbujok – Turn down your PHP warning level. It should not be showing such minor notices on the front end of the site.

[@sooskriszta Participant 13 years ago]

Thanks, Boone! Are there any caching plugins you would recommend?

[@noisourrankto Member 13 years ago]

Easier said than done ????? ???????, ??? ???????

[@diadersthobel Member 12 years, 11 months ago]

Creditors have better memories than debtors

[@swolaroutres Member 12 years, 11 months ago]

Drowning man will catch at a straw

[@sooskriszta Participant 12 years, 11 months ago]

When will this be production-ready?

[@sooskriszta Participant 12 years, 11 months ago]

Bump!