geoffb Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Hi, I'm testing the search facility both normal and advanced and although I have products listed under the manufacturer named Dior I'm getting no results returned. Thanks Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I think what you are looking at, with respect to the drop-down selector showing the names of the manufacturers, is not a means of "adding" search terms to the search, but rather a "filter" that will restrict the search to only those products that are of that manufacturer. So, searching for Diorissimo and selecting Dior as the manufacturer, you should get a hit*. But if you search for Darcey (a Marc Jacobs product) and select Dior as the manufacturer, you won't get a hit. CubeCart needs a Shop by Manufacturer side box. * Cubecart only searches the CubeCart_inventory table, and then only the product name, description, and product code columns against the list of search terms. * The technique that MySQL uses to find the search terms is based on 'relevance', and is not as obvious as what 'relevance' may mean to the common man. If the database doesn't return anything 'relevant', the Cubecart tries using the same search parameters using character matching, such as 'porter' is LIKE 'porterhouse steak'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffb Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 Thanks Brian, What i would like to have is for the basic search to be able to search the manufacturer table so if the users inputs Dior into the single search field the returning results would be whatever products have been added under that manufacturer. If this cant be done that it maybe that we include the manufacturer name again in the product name, that way a search for Dior will return. thanks Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Butter Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 If this cant be done that it maybe that we include the manufacturer name again in the product name, that way a search for Dior will return. It seems to me this would be the best practice, anyway, so that your Search Engine titles would be most useful for customers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Would it be practical/possible for you to create a top-level category, By Manufacturer, with the sub-categories, Dior, et al, then set Dior as a secondary category to all the Dior products? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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