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[travellikesound]

Is there a way to see what terms shoppers are typing into the search feature on the site? Does it log these somewhere? Or is there something I can add-on to do this?

 

Also, i've noticed when searching for a term, it only looks in the product title. Is there a way to make the search look into the product description as well?

[nimz]

first one is possible but needs some coding, I don't know if there is any contributions available for that, u need to search for it.

second thing you asked is easy. here's how to do it:

 

open catalog/includes/boxes/search.php

 

FIND:

 

'text' => tep_draw_input_field('keywords', '', 'size="10" maxlength="30" style="width: ' . (BOX_WIDTH-30) . 'px"') . ' ' . tep_hide_session_id() . tep_image_submit('button_quick_find.gif', BOX_HEADING_SEARCH) . '<br>' . BOX_SEARCH_TEXT . '<br><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_ADVANCED_SEARCH) . '"><b>' . BOX_SEARCH_ADVANCED_SEARCH . '</b></a>');

 

REPLACE WITH:

 

'text' => tep_draw_input_field('keywords', '', 'size="10" maxlength="30" style="width: ' . (BOX_WIDTH-30) . 'px"') . ' ' . tep_draw_hidden_field('search_in_description', '1') . tep_draw_hidden_field('inc_subcat', '1') . tep_hide_session_id() . tep_image_submit('button_quick_find.gif', BOX_HEADING_SEARCH) . '<br>' . BOX_SEARCH_TEXT . '<br><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_ADVANCED_SEARCH) . '"><b>' . BOX_SEARCH_ADVANCED_SEARCH . '</b></a>');

 

This will boost up your simple search box to search in product descriptions and all categories including subcategories.

[vertmonkee]

Is there a way to see what terms shoppers are typing into the search feature on the site? Does it log these somewhere? Or is there something I can add-on to do this?

 

Also, i've noticed when searching for a term, it only looks in the product title. Is there a way to make the search look into the product description as well?

 

I've been using this contribution for the past month and it's been very very useful http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/1266

 

It stores what terms the user has searched for and also lets you provide alternatives for certain keywords users type in

[travellikesound]

Ooh!! Thanks so much!