Design for search results page

[ldford]

Let's do a simple design for search results. Example of search results page when I searched "emma":

[sarahmagrish]

Hi David,

Trying to make the search results styling as simple as possible for you. Are there other templates or plug-ins you can leverage?

If not here is what I am thinking. Very open to your feedback on feasibility.

-Let's ditch the grid and have them just show up in a vertical list -What are the image categories it is pulling in? Seems super inconsistent now. We should either add images that will be returned for most search results to posts / pages or ditch the pics altogether. Thoughts?

-no date, no author name, no comments icon. -How can we add a short description to the results? Is there a field we have missed that needs addressing? -Can we replace the "Read More" button with a forward facing white arrow? The same style used throughout the site if possible. -Main title or result should be in avenir black, sub text in sentinel white -Page background red -Search term needs displaying -- maybe in same style as the term "Search" on the search page for consistency? For example on the Ecotrust site:

Ok, super down to be flexible here as I don't want to make a ton of wrk We just need a useful search page.

thx, Sarah

[pollardld]

@sarahmagrish @ldford Mostly done except the last bullet. Some notes below in bold:

• [x] Let's ditch the grid and have them just show up in a vertical list

• What are the image categories it is pulling in? Seems super inconsistent now. We should either add images that will be returned for most search results to posts / pages or ditch the pics altogether. Thoughts? Ditch them, because it is not very flexible to customize.

• [x] no date, no author name, no comments icon.

• How can we add a short description to the results? Is there a field we have missed that needs addressing? There is an excerpt input for each page. This is what will pull in as the description.

  

• [x] Can we replace the "Read More" button with a forward facing white arrow? The same style used throughout the site if possible. This can be customized under Theme Settings -> Posts -> Blog

• [x] Main title or result should be in avenir black, sub text in sentinel white

• [x] Page background red

• [ ] Search term needs displaying -- maybe in same style as the term "Search" on the search page for consistency? This is possible, but not built in to the theme. I won't be able to get to this today, but can ASAP.

[sarahmagrish]

ok cool! thanks DP. looks good. @ldford can we pop that Yoast meta text into the excerpt field?