Search Plugin - Format Results

Hi,

I am interested in formating results send back from "HikaShop products search plugin". I need to
1. Also display the image of the products
2. Display custom fields as well

Can you let me know if this is possible to do and how?

Thanks

hello nicolas,

that was our initial aproach but we stoped using the filter for that purpose cause when you are searching a product within a category then the returned results are coming only from that category. We need a global, everywhere search

hello
i used the filters as u described for the products and works perfect
now what i want to do is to filter by category_name
for example in a book store i want to search for the brand or the writer
the brand equals to manufacturer (at my case) and the writer equals to categories (NOT products)
so when i put the name e.g. of a writer to filter all the category_name and give me that writer

thanx

Hello,

You can create categories for each brands, and add this category to the books, then you have to enable the hikazshop category search plugin.
When doing a search it will display the related categories, so the brand or writer.

i k now that but its not what i want because the results are joomla format
i want the results to be like hikashop format ... i mean like products which happens only with filter

when i setup a filter there is an option which sais : "apply on" and there i can choose product_name etc .... is nt any way to go to the code and besides product_somehting to put manually category_name ???? wouldnt it work ?????

i dont have these options .............
apply on ... i have only product options

i d also like to ask another question.. in the filter i created is there any way to filter the whole phrase instead of each word ?????
eg. search for "good morning" instead of "good" "morning" ?????

Hi,

For the filter it depends on the filter type. You have to select "dropdown" or "checkbox" to filter on categories.
You don't have to set values, it will get the available categories by default.

Regarding the search, it's based on the Joomla search, so there is maybe an option in the joomla configuration for that.

i want to have it as text not as dropdown cause its more than 5000 categories

about search i set it up like filter not like joomla search .. so i must do it some how in the filter configuration

ok i did it with the array function and works but ... if the product title it for example "goodmorning, vietnam" and i write on the search field "goodmorning vietnam" without the (,) comma
it cannot find the product !!!!
is there any way to make it even "smarter" ???????

about the categories .. isnt any way to hack it ???????

About the search it imply a custom code to make it "smarter", it does ask too much development so we can't make it for you.
I would recommend to keep the old option so with your search "goodmorning, vietnam" it will work.

About the categories, try with the list type.
PS: You don't need that much "????" to make us understand your question

Hi Nicolas, can you be a bit more detailed on how to do this. The joomla search does nothing. I am not sure what your are describing here and then applying filter. Thanks.

That was it. I actually figured that out right after the post. Plus i was trying to use the smart search.