AbleCommerce Shopping Cart Software

I'd like to have the search on the customer page that uses the SimpleSearch control to also include the Manufactuer Name field but cannot seem to find where to make this customization and cannot find any posts on the forum on how to do this.

For example,

I have a product named Medium Brush and the manufacturer is Oster. The customer search only finds it if Oster is also in the description or product name. I'd like when someone types in Oster on the homepage that it would include all products made by Oster.

Any pointers?

Thanks,

Scott

Just hit your search.aspx URL with a parameter for the Manufacturer ID like this:

http://www.Solunar.com/Search.aspx?m=62

The m=62 specifies what manufacturer ID you want for the search.

To determine the manufacturer ID, simply go into the People/Manufacturers page and edit the manufacturer you want. On the next page, you'll see the ID value in the URL like below:

Thanks for the response, but maybe I wasn't clear in what I was looking for. I'd like the search box on the customer page (the simple search in the header, not the advanced search page) to include results of the search term matching the manufacturer name. I'm not looking for specific manufacturer results or to add a second box to select a manufactuer, I just want the search to include manufacturer name when finding results.

Thanks

Ah ok, sorry I misunderstood.

I believe it searches manufacturer name when FTS is enabled. Do you have Full Text Search enabled on your storefront?

I do have Full Text Search enabled in our store, but it definitely is not searching manufacturer name right now.

What fields are supposed to be searched with FTS enabled?

Thanks

I've uploaded a screenshot of what Able full text search searches on in 7.0.6
Probably your best solution would be to put the manufacturer name in the search keywords. Other options would require customization.

I ran some search tests on my 7.0.5 site last night and it appeared to include manufacturer name in the FTS.

On my site, I have most every product name start with the manufacturer name. It helps both searching and SEO.

Thanks,

I'll look into copying the manufacturer field into the keywords field.