Hi,

I wanted to find out what my customers were searching for and whether or not they were finding anything. I looked at the search log module that was released some time ago but it didn't do what I needed and wasn't a very clean implementation. I've therefore written a new Search Log module, you can find it in the attached zip file. I will also upload it to the Contributions download section soon.

Each time a customer does a search on your site the search term (keywords entered), date/time of the search and the number of results returned will be recorded. To see a list of the searches performed, log into Admin and use Reports... Search Log.

Installation Instructions

1) Unpack the zip file to a temporary directory

2) Using the Admin->Tools->Install SQL Patch, run the included SQL file (search_log.sql)

The search_log.sql file has instructions to add a new table (called search_log) to your database. This table must be present before the module can run.

3) All of the files in this package are stored in the same directory structure as the default Zen Cart package. Upload the files into the appropriate directories on your server.

4) Installation complete!

Always take a backup of your site (files and database) before installing any add-ons. Always test new add-ons in your test environment and ensure you are fully familiar with them before installing them on a live site.

The mod has been designed to work with v1.3.7 (and v1.3.7.1) of Zen Cart. It may work with earlier v1.3 versions but has not been tested with them. It is unlikely to work with v1.2 or earlier versions.

If you are using the old Search Log module then you should uninstall it before installing this one (amongst other things they both use a table called search_log but the table structures are different).

This is the first release so it is possible that there are bugs in it. Please let me know what you think, if you would like to see any extra features etc.

I hope you find this mod useful.

Regards,
Christian.


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