Global search options

To configure Global search options go to System / Search Management / Settings / Mirasvit Extensions / Search.

Search Engine Configuration

Extension can work with or without Sphinx Engine. There are 3 available options:

  1. MySQL - the native magento engine.

  2. Built-in search engine - will use an internal search algorithm of our extension.

    This mode does not require installation of Sphinx Engine on your server, but you will still receive the same features as with the Sphinx Engine. The only drawback is a slower search speed than with the Sphinx Engine (if you have more then 20K products)

  3. External search engine - will use Sphinx Engine by installing it on the server of your store.

    • Sphinx Host - sphinx daemon host (localhost by default).
    • Sphinx Port - sphinx daemon port (any free port, like 9811, 9812).
    • Sphinx installed on same server
    • Sphinx Bin Path - if extension can't find searchd in your server you need to enter the full path to "searchd" (ex. /usr/local/bin/).

    More info about Sphinx Engine Installation and Configuration

Search Settings

  • Wildcard search - allows customer to search the product by part of the word. This option slightly reduces the relevance of search and increases the number of search results.
  • Enable redirect from 404 to search results - if option is enabled, customer will be redirected to the store search results of the broken URL text instead of the "404 Not Found" page.
  • Redirect if there is a Single Result - if the search query results only have one match, the customer will be redirected to the single result automatically.
  • Enable Google Sitelinks Search - if option is enabled, the extension shows the Sitelink Search Box on the Google search results page. After enabling the option, the search box will be shown only after Google reindexing.
  • Enable search terms highlighting - if option is enabled, search query word(s) will be highlighted in the search results.
  • Display Related Search Terms - if option is enabled, related search terms will be displayed on the search result page.
  • Max number of items in the result - sets the maximum number of items in the search result. Set 0 to disable limitation.
  • Wildcard Exceptions - the list of words (characters) for which no wildcard rules will be applied.
  • Replace words in search query - words from the first column will be replaced by word from the second column. Words in first column are to be separated by a comma.
  • Not' words - words which change search sequence to 'NOT' (ex. not, without, exclude).
  • Long Tail Expressions - allows you to receive the correct search results for words that contain dashes or any other non-alphabetic symbols.More info about Long Tail Configuration
  • Minimum number of characters - to search-specifies the minimum amount of characters to enter in order for the autocomplete to be dropped down.
  • Enable Multi-Store Search Results - if the option is enabled, the search results will be displayed for each store in different tabs.