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How To Make SEARCH actually search entire site?

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derrickhand300
@derrickhand300
9 years ago
1,353 posts
I've seen this posted before but looking through the forums for awhile and cant find it.

I would like to change the site search settings so that when someone searches the site it also searches the descriptions etc on the site-in other words- have search index all the words on the site?
Thanks!
updated by @derrickhand300: 07/24/15 08:18:03AM
gary.moncrieff
gary.moncrieff
@garymoncrieff
9 years ago
865 posts
enable full text search in admin panel, it will take a while to index the site after you enable.

Easiest way to find it is just to type 'search' in the search box in admin
updated by @garymoncrieff: 06/20/15 06:32:58AM
derrickhand300
@derrickhand300
9 years ago
1,353 posts
Thank you Gary!
derrickhand300
@derrickhand300
9 years ago
1,353 posts
Well I just set it in the ACP and waited for it to finish indexing the site- still nothing showing up in search that should.
For example-I sell a number of keychains on the site- and have the word keychain in the menu/description
But when I search for 'keychains" it returns "no results"
I am using the new Site Builder- wondering if this has not been configured for it yet?
gary.moncrieff
gary.moncrieff
@garymoncrieff
9 years ago
865 posts
How are you selling these? Though the merchandise module? If so try adding these to your additional search fields

product_title
product_body
derrickhand300
@derrickhand300
9 years ago
1,353 posts
No I'm not using any modules to sell- just using html code
1-create page w/ site builder
2- add html for product image/description and form button
updated by @derrickhand300: 06/20/15 08:58:13AM
derrickhand300
@derrickhand300
9 years ago
1,353 posts
Here is an example page
http://roughneckcity.com/safety_glasses_exeter

You can see 4 styles of Exeter safety glasses on this page BUT if you type EXETER into the search box- none of them show up?
gary.moncrieff
gary.moncrieff
@garymoncrieff
9 years ago
865 posts
It appears site builders widgets arent getting searched, this raises another important question, how does one enable search on templates manually added. since search only checks through datastores?
updated by @garymoncrieff: 06/20/15 12:11:42PM
michael
@michael
9 years ago
7,715 posts
gary.moncrieff:
It appears site builders widgets arent getting searched, this raises another important question, how does one enable search on templates manually added. since search only checks through datastores?

Good point, I'll have a chat to the others to look for ways to approach content in templates. Thanks.

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