Fix The Search!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How can I fix the search in my cscart… it is not working… it does not even find the item by searching for the keywords… help.

Which problem you have exactly?

Mabye a screenshot?

Or even betther a link to test it

Everything is wrong with the search. Everything. But 2 biggies are:




  1. items only return if you enter every possible combination a human can come up with for that item in the exact same order.



    eg. I have about 40 pink butterflies.
    • “pink butterfly” only returns about 4 items. It only returns it if I have “pink” and “butterfly” right next to each other in search words. If they are not right next to each other, it does not return. If I have pink, nylon, butterfly, it will not return. I cannot possibly come up with all possible combinations of words people will think of to search


  2. The quick search items do not show up on the search list if you hit enter. The results do not match at all. So if 5 items show up on the drop down for quick search, you could hit enter and it may say no products for these search words.



    I have disabled my search until someone comes up with a viable solution to this broken search. It worked perfectly in 1.3.5. My conversion rates have dropped 200% since I upgraded. I am pretty sure it is the search…

Hello, moka



The problem requires the investigation on your server. Please contact us via Customer Help Desk and provide us with a temporary access to your server.

[quote name=‘Triplex’]Which problem you have exactly?

Mabye a screenshot?

Or even betther a link to test it[/QUOTE]



bigjmart.com



go and do a search for gps… i have about 3 or 4 of them on the site… search magellan… try different searches and see if they come up…



if the title of the product is: Magellan gps with voice navigation



and I do a search for “Magellan voice” nothing will show. how can I fix this…

You can tweak a few settings, but the search is really bad.



I ended up installing 3rd party site search software:

[url]http://www.wrensoft.com/zoom/[/url]



It has a lot of features. For instance, I can place some comment tags in the templates that will eliminate certain areas from being included when the pages are indexed. It creates really accurate results.



The only downside is that I have to index my site and upload the new files whenever it changes.

[quote name=‘CS-Cart Support team’]Hello, moka



The problem requires the investigation on your server. Please contact us via Customer Help Desk and provide us with a temporary access to your server.[/QUOTE]



I have opened a support ticket. I need help fast because the search is the biggest part of the website. No working search, no customers, no business…

This is the reply I got and it works sooo much better.


```php

Please note that by default, the quick search feature is set to exact phrase.

To set quick search to search by all of these words, you should:

  1. In the “core” directory of your CS-Cart installation, open the “fn.catalog.php” file.
  2. In this file, add the following part of code:



    if (empty($params[‘match’])) {

    $params[‘match’] = ‘all’;

    }





    above this one:



    // Search string condition for SQL query





    Save the file.



    Note: In order to set the quick search to search by any of these words replace all with any in the added code.

    ```

Thanks for the tweek to sort out the crap seach function… will give it a try

I have also removed the search as it is worthless.

[quote name=‘moka’]This is the reply I got and it works sooo much better.


```php

Please note that by default, the quick search feature is set to exact phrase.

To set quick search to search by all of these words, you should:

  1. In the “core” directory of your CS-Cart installation, open the “fn.catalog.php” file.
  2. In this file, add the following part of code:



    if (empty($params[‘match’])) {

    $params[‘match’] = ‘all’;

    }





    above this one:



    // Search string condition for SQL query





    Save the file.



    Note: In order to set the quick search to search by any of these words replace all with any in the added code.

    ```[/QUOTE]



    THIS WORKED. YOUR A LIFESAVER. SEARCH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO A BUSINESS. BLESS YOU.

wow did they change this search in this newest version? I used to be able to search by keywords now i have to type the exact too!



I didn’t know my search have changed until I saw this thread. :o Did the code above and works now.



I just recently updated to this newest version last month!





**Is there a way to make it search only the title of the product insteads of the body as well? I have description of products on alot of items using the same words as other products and it shows up in search as well.

Could someone at cs-cart tell me why you make changes to things that work fine?



Personally, it makes me a little nervous when upgrading to the latest version. When you find a problem like this, does this change get applied to the next version, or will we have to keep a list of these modifications and update those on each upgrade?

I really don’t think much has changed recently unless there was a default setting that was changed. I’ve been using cs-cart since 2.0.6 and the search never was stellar by any means. One issue is that the default is set to be more restrictive (can’t remember for sure if it’s exact phrase or all words). I changed it to match ‘any’ and results were still dismal. More results, but the top results were never the most relevant. That’s why I ditched it all together and installed zoom search. It uses technology most people are used to seeing, with more google-like results. If I’m looking for a particular product, it shows up on top vs. cs-cart’s built in search - I often had problems finding a product even if I knew the exact name of it.

[URL]http://www.google.com/services/[/URL]



Has anyone tried Google’s site search for $100 per year for small sites?

[quote name=‘bigjmart’]How can I fix the search in my cscart… it is not working… it does not even find the item by searching for the keywords… help.[/QUOTE]



BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS… LOL…



CAN YOU GET GOOGLE BASE TO EXPORT WITH PICTURES???

(Im having this issue too), I posted something in the forum as well…



*Seems like CS Cart like said before takes 1 step forward with an upgrade, and 2 steps back by changing it…

[URL]http://www.sli-systems.com/blog/[/URL]



Here is another interesting site search tool - I am not sure how expensive it is

[quote name=‘ogia’]I really don’t think much has changed recently unless there was a default setting that was changed. I’ve been using cs-cart since 2.0.6 and the search never was stellar by any means. One issue is that the default is set to be more restrictive (can’t remember for sure if it’s exact phrase or all words). I changed it to match ‘any’ and results were still dismal. More results, but the top results were never the most relevant. That’s why I ditched it all together and installed zoom search. It uses technology most people are used to seeing, with more google-like results. If I’m looking for a particular product, it shows up on top vs. cs-cart’s built in search - I often had problems finding a product even if I knew the exact name of it.[/QUOTE]



Hello ogia,



I suggest that you should consider our custom development service. Our custom development specialist can explore whether it is possible to change CS-Cart code to meet your requirements and, if possible, can estimate your request.



Thank you.

I agree, the search is horrible out of the box. Completely useless.



@CS-cart - instead of charging someone 100’s of dollars to fix it, why not just fix it and sell a much better product to your clients.



Doing it this way - asking loyal clients for money to fix stuff that should be working fine in any cart - you’re digging your own grave. What do you think potential customers think if they see this thread? They will scratch CS of their list and go right back looking at the competition.



(to potential clients reading this: you shouldn’t! I tried about 20 carts and am very happy with CS!)



Martketing lesson: Happy clients = happy reports = is more customers.



Happy eastern everyone!

[quote name=‘Flow’]I agree, the search is horrible out of the box. Completely useless.



@CS-cart - instead of charging someone 100’s of dollars to fix it, why not just fix it and sell a much better product to your clients.



Doing it this way - asking loyal clients for money to fix stuff that should be working find in any cart - you’re digging your own grave. What do you think potential customers think if they see this thread? They will scratch CS of their list and go right back looking at the competition.



(to potential clients reading this: you shouldn’t! I tried about 20 carts and am very happy with CS!)



Martketing lesson: Happy clients = happy reports = is more customers.



Happy eastern everyone![/quote]



Exactly.



Except I am willing to pay say another $100 for Google quality search - which I may end up paying anyway to Google…