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[davidc Friend davidcJoin date: April 2011Posts: 7Downloads:4Uploads:0 Thanks: 4]

#176388

Hi,

How would I go about swapping the search input box in the header for J2.5 smart search in Purity II?

Cheers

David

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#449885

Hi david,
May I know which module in Purity is Smart Search? Is it a 3rd party module?

[davidc Friend davidcJoin date: April 2011Posts: 7Downloads:4Uploads:0 Thanks: 4]

#449946

It is a new component of J2.5, com_finder rather than com_search. It indexes content and offers matches as you type. It has several plugins for different content type and is extensible. For an example go to bsnz.org and click on Adv Search.

I was hoping to replace the search box on the header in Purity which uses com_search with it. Possibly with a button for the advanced filter options.

Thank you

David

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#450037

Hi david,

You can do that as following:

First, you must enable Content – Smart Search plugin, and create a new module with type of Smart Search Module. (I named it ‘Smart Search’ module)

Then in backend settings of this module, you can make configuration as attached snapshot.

Hope this helps.

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#450084

Hi Hien,

Thank you very much. For some reason the standard search module wasn’t showing in module manager until I filtered it on the search position.

All working now!

Thank you again

David

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#450087

Glad it worked

Best Regards.

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