We would be the first to admit that searching for events on EventOrb was a frustrating and cumbersome experience due to a somewhat unintuitive interface. As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance key features on our site in preparation for offering a
co-brandable version of EventOrb to interested parties, we've added 10 great features to help give you a better search experience.
- You can now search for events using comma separated keywords. Event search will search through our database and return all events matching any of those keywords and the rest of the criteria you have provided.
- We replaced the list of links for categories with a drop down list from which you can select a category to further narrow down your search.
- We've added a Date Range drop down containing 5 options representing the date ranges from which to draw events.
- You can enter a custom date range by using the Ajax date pickers that show up after you select the "Custom" date range option from the drop down list.
- You can now search using a broader Location search, or narrow down the proximity of your search by using a zip code search.
- We've added a little bit of pizazz to our zip-code slider, making it update the distance label in real-time as you drag it. Wanna see something cool? Click on the slider handle once, then hit left or right using your keyboard's direction pad and see what happens.
- You can now see the number of results your search filter returned.
- There's now a drop down field that allows you to change the number of events displayed per page for your search results.
- A second pager has been added to the header, so you can not only navigate using the pager at the bottom of the search results but also at the top.
- Last and definitely not the least, you now have a lot more bookmarking options after you run a search.
We hope you enjoy the new features we have added to event search on the Orb. Don't stop sending as your feedback and recommendations.
As always, happy promoting!