gripking Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 I need my quick search and advanced search to not only search the names and descriptions, but also attributes. How can this be done?
psynaptic Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 I need my quick search and advanced search to not only search the names and descriptions, but also attributes. How can this be done? I have searched the contribution section and found the following: Advanced Search including Meta Tags I hope it helps. My Profile | Contribs I like most: 'On The Fly' Auto Thumbnailer, Active Countries, Header Tags Controller, Ultimate SEO URLs, UK Based osC, UK Postcode Validation, Open Featured Sets, UK Postcode Based Carrier Shipping
gripking Posted March 2, 2007 Author Posted March 2, 2007 Thanks for the effort, but that won't help me to get what I need.
Guest Posted March 3, 2007 Posted March 3, 2007 here is one for product attributes http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,2337
gripking Posted March 4, 2007 Author Posted March 4, 2007 That's still not what I need. What I need is both searches to actually just pull values from the complete attributes list.
psynaptic Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 Can you explain why the Meta Tags one will not help you? You can put anything you want in the meta tags, including your attributes' words. My Profile | Contribs I like most: 'On The Fly' Auto Thumbnailer, Active Countries, Header Tags Controller, Ultimate SEO URLs, UK Based osC, UK Postcode Validation, Open Featured Sets, UK Postcode Based Carrier Shipping
gripking Posted March 6, 2007 Author Posted March 6, 2007 I'm already adding attributes, why would I want to add double the words? A search should be able to just pull from them already. Having to add a meta tag for each attribute would just make twice the work.
psynaptic Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 It isn't really much work at all compared to modifying the search to include attributes. Please, go ahead and write this contribution and submit it to the contributions section so we may use it. Thanks My Profile | Contribs I like most: 'On The Fly' Auto Thumbnailer, Active Countries, Header Tags Controller, Ultimate SEO URLs, UK Based osC, UK Postcode Validation, Open Featured Sets, UK Postcode Based Carrier Shipping
gripking Posted March 7, 2007 Author Posted March 7, 2007 I don't want to hassle with having to add meta tags though for each product. I have thousands of attributes already. I will let you all know when I find a solution.
psynaptic Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 I haven't had a look at the meta tag contrib, maybe it will provide a template to build what you need? My Profile | Contribs I like most: 'On The Fly' Auto Thumbnailer, Active Countries, Header Tags Controller, Ultimate SEO URLs, UK Based osC, UK Postcode Validation, Open Featured Sets, UK Postcode Based Carrier Shipping
gripking Posted March 8, 2007 Author Posted March 8, 2007 I'm not a programmer, rather a designer. Hence why I'm asking for help on here. :)
psynaptic Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 I'm not a programmer, rather a designer. Hence why I'm asking for help on here. :) Well, it is certainly something that needs implementing. Product names, descriptions, meta keywords and descriptions, attributes etc. all need to be searchable. Maybe someone will read this and decide to do something about it. My Profile | Contribs I like most: 'On The Fly' Auto Thumbnailer, Active Countries, Header Tags Controller, Ultimate SEO URLs, UK Based osC, UK Postcode Validation, Open Featured Sets, UK Postcode Based Carrier Shipping
Velveeta Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 Well, it is certainly something that needs implementing. Product names, descriptions, meta keywords and descriptions, attributes etc. all need to be searchable. Maybe someone will read this and decide to do something about it. I've been trying to think up a few needed contributions to write in my spare time, installed a blank store just the other day for just that purpose... If I can find the time tonight, I'll get to work on this one, and if I finish it tonight, I'll post a link to its contributions page here... Richard. Richard Lindsey
psynaptic Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 Hi Richard, It's very nice of you to come to our rescue. This is a feature I'm sure everyone who has a lot of attributes would like to implement in their stores. Let me know how it goes and if there is anything I can do to help. My Profile | Contribs I like most: 'On The Fly' Auto Thumbnailer, Active Countries, Header Tags Controller, Ultimate SEO URLs, UK Based osC, UK Postcode Validation, Open Featured Sets, UK Postcode Based Carrier Shipping
Velveeta Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 Hi Richard, It's very nice of you to come to our rescue. This is a feature I'm sure everyone who has a lot of attributes would like to implement in their stores. Let me know how it goes and if there is anything I can do to help. Well I'm not necessarily coming to the rescue :D Just trying to keep my skills from getting rusty :D Richard. Richard Lindsey
Velveeta Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 Ok, here it is... Attribute Search... Let me know if this works how you wanted it to :) Richard. Richard Lindsey
psynaptic Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 Thanks a lot for your efforts. I just downloaded it and it seems the first change just adds comments around the code. Also, the change is to advanced_search_results I think and the instructions say advanced_search.php Just about to try these instructions now but I thought I'd post this before installing it. My Profile | Contribs I like most: 'On The Fly' Auto Thumbnailer, Active Countries, Header Tags Controller, Ultimate SEO URLs, UK Based osC, UK Postcode Validation, Open Featured Sets, UK Postcode Based Carrier Shipping
psynaptic Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 I just installed with this code and it works. Thanks Richard. Not sure if the first step needs anything dong to it. My Profile | Contribs I like most: 'On The Fly' Auto Thumbnailer, Active Countries, Header Tags Controller, Ultimate SEO URLs, UK Based osC, UK Postcode Validation, Open Featured Sets, UK Postcode Based Carrier Shipping
Velveeta Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 I just installed with this code and it works. Thanks Richard. Not sure if the first step needs anything dong to it. Actually you're right about that first step... I had the instruction typed up already with a change in it, and then when I found a bug with it, I realized I didn't need to change that after all, and removed my change, but left the step rather than deleting it altogether :) Richard. Richard Lindsey
psynaptic Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 Great. Thanks for letting me know. Thanks again for coding this for us. I didn't realise it would be such a small mod. Cheers! My Profile | Contribs I like most: 'On The Fly' Auto Thumbnailer, Active Countries, Header Tags Controller, Ultimate SEO URLs, UK Based osC, UK Postcode Validation, Open Featured Sets, UK Postcode Based Carrier Shipping
New 
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.