Instant Search

[davewest]

pushed up.. https://github.com/davesaddle/InstantSearch

Still need to spend time on it and not had a chance to add manufacturers...

[torvista]

not had a chance to add manufacturers...

Open an issue detailing what is lacking, and issues for anything else that comes to mine. That helps others who may be looking at it.
Maybe I'll look at it, if I have time this lifetime.

[davewest]

Added manufacturers name search. Like categories, adds link to advance search results showing all products with the same manufacturers name.

Tested only on ZC156b and PHP7.3x

No code changes so should down grade to older versions of ZC and PHP...

sent updated into ZC and Github...

[ink]

Just downloaded this, its a great start. I have only had a minute to test, but looks like I need to add functionality to search categories as well, plus products_model field as it doesnt pickup part numbers, rather product name in product description table I guess. Anyway I can answer all this myself and get it up to speed.

Does anyone else have any suggestions to add onto this great start so we can improve the UX?

[davewest]

Just downloaded this, its a great start. I have only had a minute to test, but looks like I need to add functionality to search categories as well, plus products_model field as it doesnt pickup part numbers, rather product name in product description table I guess. Anyway I can answer all this myself and get it up to speed.

Does anyone else have any suggestions to add onto this great start so we can improve the UX?

There are a couple github projects on this you may want to fork. I think this one (instant Search) may have already look at models... I'm at where I need to be with mine.. The more you add to the search, the more links are built, I'm still toying with the logic..

[cefyn]

I find that products that appear in the drop down, and are then clicked and followed, don't appear in the search log. Is there a way to fix this so that they do? I'm using ZC 1.5.7, search log 2.4.2, Instant Search 1.0.2.

[dbltoe]

Just recently ran across an interesting use on a non-ZC site. The dropdown showed the product's main image next to the title.

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[marcopm]

In case anyone's interested, I made a fork of this plugin: https://github.com/marco-pm/zencart_instantsearchplus
It mainly has slightly better search and results sorting logic. At the moment it searches only the product description and model (while the original plugin also searches within categories names and manufacturers).
It also shows the product image on the result.

[carlwhat]

In case anyone's interested, I made a fork of this plugin: https://github.com/marco-pm/zencart_instantsearchplus
It mainly has slightly better search and results sorting logic. At the moment it searches only the product description and model (while the original plugin also searches within categories names and manufacturers).
It also shows the product image on the result.

i would suggest opening up the issues settings for your fork, as i'm interested in the plugin. i'm currently getting a 400 response when making the ajax request. and i think over there may be a better place for a discussion as well as further development.

best.

[marcopm]

i would suggest opening up the issues settings for your fork, as i'm interested in the plugin. i'm currently getting a 400 response when making the ajax request. and i think over there may be a better place for a discussion as well as further development.

best.

you're right, sorry, I thought the issues tab was open.
I just opened it now, please feel free to report the issue!

thanks