Live Search

CS-Cart/ Multi-Vendor 4.3.6 - 4.18.2

Version 3.13 from 27 Nov 2023

[*] - The add-on was adapted for Unitheme mobile search.
[*] - Small changes made to the styles for compatibility with Unitheme.
[!] - Search by description did not exclude html tags. Behavior fixed when using cache.
[!] - A PHP error occurred when displaying a category on a product with the selected color. Fixed.
[!] - An error occurred when search acceleration and sorting by price were enabled. Fixed.
[!] - Multi-Vendor Ultimate: Categories from other storefronts were displayed in the search results. Fixed.
[!] - CS-Cart Ultimate: The price for the shared product was displayed incorrectly. Fixed
[!] - There were problems installing/uninstalling the add-on from earlier versions. Fixed.

Version 3.12 from 21 Sep 2023

[+] - Automatic generation of search words from the product name if it contains certain characters was added.
[+] - The ability to search through SEO filter pages was added.
[+] - The search query history display for authorized users by clicking on the search field was added.
[+] - The ability to use search words for categories was added.
[+] - The ability to show category images instead of text was added.
[+] - The ability to automatically delete search requests older than N days from the search history was added.
[+] - The ability to hide a category from the list of found categories was added.
[*] - Synonyms now work for search by category.
[*] - The “Home” and “End” keys in the search line move the cursor to the beginning and end of the line, respectively.
[*] - The add-on was adapted for Unitheme mobile search.
[*] - Minor style edits for compatibility with Unitheme.
[!] - The counter for the number of found products in the category filter worked incorrectly. Fixed.
[!] - When receiving a filter for a category, there were duplicated requests. Fixed.
[!] - If there were 2 search forms on the page, the search motivation worked only on the first one. Fixed.
[!] - In some cases, stop words were processed incorrectly. Fixed.
[!] - Products from hidden categories were not included in the search cache. Fixed.
[!] - When adding an item to the cart from the live search window, the delete item button was hidden in the cart. Fixed.
[!] - A database error occurred when generating the index; as a result, not all data was written to the database. Fixed.
[!] - There were issues caching product data on the additional storefronts. Fixed.
[!] - Grouping by category did not work if several categories had the same priority and were sorted by priority. Fixed.
[!] - The search gave different results in the live search window and on the search results page when search acceleration was enabled. Fixed.

Version 3.11 from 09 Jun 2022

[*] - Pressing the Enter button right after entering the search request will redirect to the all search results page.
[!] - When the search acceleration is enabled, the search by part of the product code did not return any result. Fixed.
[!] - Responsive theme: The second line of the long product name was cut off. Fixed.
[!] - The price was not displayed for out of stock products. Fixed.
[!] - Search by variation code did not return any result for variations without separate product position. Fixed.

Version 3.10 from 06 May 2022

[!] - Keyboard navigation worked incorrectly. Fixed.

Version 3.9 from 22 Apr 2022

[!] - After the upgrade to add-on version 3.8, the search did not work with the “Use cache” setting enabled.Fixed.

Version 3.8 from 19 Apr 2022

[+] - The ability to show a product in the recommended block, if the request completely matches the SKU was added.
[+] - The ability to set priorities of the categories in the search results and sort the search results grouped by category by priority or alphabetically was added.
[+] - The ability to display product categories in a special block on the default search results page was added.
[+] - The ability to quickly clear the search input field was added.
[+] - Search motivation: The ability to adjust animation speed was added.
[+] - The ability to add a placeholder for the search string was added.
[+] - The ability to filter the search results by categories was added.
[+] - The navigation through the search results from the keyboard was added.
[+] - The smart sorting of search results was added.
[+] - The ability to display out of stock products at the end of the list was added.
[+] - The search history for authorized users was added.
[+] - The ability to set the priority for the search keywords was added.
[+] - Multi-Vendor: Vendors can now suggest synonyms.
[+] - The ability to search for products by tags was added.
[*] - If there is a synonym in the query, the search will be performed both by the synonym and by the search value.
[*] - The logic of the work with the Yandex.Speller was improved.
[!] - Search by page title did not work. Fixed.
[!] - Colors in the styling section did not change on the latest versions of CS-Cart. Fixed.
[!] - In stores with large product databases, there were issues with generating the cache tables. Fixed.
[-] - The ability to remove field priorities is no longer available.

Version 3.7 from 29 Jul 2021

[!] - Starting from the add-on version 3.5 setting for limiting the number of categories to show in the search results did not work correctly. Fixed.

Version 3.6 from 28 Jul 2021

[+] - The ability to search by partial synonym match (at the beginning) was added.
[*] - Multi-Vendor Ultimate: Add-on can be configured separately for each storefront.
[!] - CS-Cart Ultimate: import of synonyms did not work. Fixed.
[!] - There were issues with the layout on the VIVAshop theme. Fixed.
[!] - Search by article was enabled regardless of the "Search by product code" setting. Fixed.

Version 3.5 from 26 Jul 2021

[!] - The "export" button was duplicated on the export search phrases page. Fixed.
[!] - Vendor information was not displayed in the search results. Fixed.
[!] - On the vendor's page common products were not displayed in the search results if the “Display common products separately by vendor” setting was enabled. Fixed.

Version 3.4 from 24 Mar 2021

[+] - The synonyms feature was added. Now you can set synonyms for a specific word. If the search query matches 1 of the synonyms, the product will be included in the search results.
[+] - The export of the search history was added.
[+] - The export / import of search phrases and synonyms was added.
[+] - The ability to ignore certain characters when entering a search phrase was added.
[+] - The ability to sort by the number of queries in the "Grouped phrases" section in the search history was added.
[+] - The ability to sort by the number of clicks on products in the section "Product clicks" in the search history was added.
[+] - The ability to include blog articles matching the query in search results was added.
[+] - When the search results are grouped by category, you can go to the category page by clicking on the category name.
[+] - For Product variations built by features with the purpose "Variations as one product", a preview button will be shown, similar to the products with options.
[+] - Multi-Vendor: The ability to show common vendor products as separate products in live and regular search was added.
[*] - Mobile devices: The “Select options” button is hidden for products with options .
[*] - The scroll width has been slightly increased.
[!] - An error appeared on the promotions page in the administration panel. Fixed.
[!] - An error appeared when entering a backslash into a search query. Fixed.
[!] - For products that are out of stock, the "Add to cart" button was displayed. Fixed.
[!] - The titles of the blocks on the search results page could be displayed incorrectly. Fixed.
[!] - It was impossible to add a feature to the search with the purpose "Additional information". Fixed.

Version 3.3 from 19 Mar 2020

[+] - The ability to stylize the buttons "Load more" and "View all" added.
[+] - In the vendors block (Design->Layouts), the filling "CP: By search phrase" was added, which filters vendors by search phrase on the search page.
[!] - The vendor names from other storefronts displayed in the suggestions (Multi-Vendor Ultimate). Fixed.
[!] - The search results displayed incorrectly if there were several search forms on the page. Fixed.

Version 3.2 from 04 Dec 2019

[!] - improved search for variations when using the cache (for stores from version 4.10 and higher)
[!] - fixed input of search phrases
[!] - fixed sorting by popularity
[+] - added compatibility with Add-ons manager v1.3
For the add-on to work correctly, it is necessary to update the Add-ons manager to version v1.3 or higher.

Version 3.1 from 11 Oct 2019

[+] - added the conclusion of vendors in live search (Multi-Vendor)
[+] - added search for all words (strictly by fields)
[+] - added tips from the search history when adding search phrases
[+] - on the search page, the header now indicates what word the query was for
[*] - "view all" and "load more" buttons are fixed at the bottom of the live search
[!] - fixed search by vendor

Version 3.0 from 16 Sep 2019

[+] - added buttons "To wishlist" and "To comparison list"
[+] - added the page for managing the colors of the main elements of the live search
[+] - added search motivation
[+] - added ability to enable/disable search history recording
[+] - added the ability to search by vendor (Multivendor)
[+] - added the ability to display brands when searching
[+] - added the ability to set recommended products and suggestions for a set of phrases
[+] - added the ability to suggestions for certain features
[+] - added ability to delete cache table
[*] - redesigned appearance of live search
[*] - redesigned search history (3 sections)
[*] - the cache generation mechanism has been improved
[!] - the search is no longer carried out when the focus is lost
[-] - removed suggestions for all features and categories

Version 2.1 from 17 Jul 2014

[*] - improved the search algorithm
[*] - search history improved