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ShopSite Search Autocomplete Module Overview
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29th of May, 2013

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The ShopSite Search Autocomplete Module displays dynamic search results of your most popular items to customers as they type.  This module requires ShopSite Pro 11.  

Installation:

1. Add the following include to the end of the <head></head> region of your Page template, the [-- DEFINE MORE_INFO_PAGE --] section of your product template, the [-- DEFINE ShoppingCart --] section of your shopping cart template. and to the header of your search template:

[-- INCLUDE LexiConn_AutoComplete_Head PROCESS --]

2. Add the following include near the end of the <body></body> region of your Page template, the [-- DEFINE MORE_INFO_PAGE --] section of your product template, the [-- DEFINE ShoppingCart --] section of your shopping cart template. and to the header of your search template:

[-- INCLUDE LexiConn_AutoComplete_Body PROCESS --]

Configuration

Theme Settings
1. Theme - one of the standard JQuery UI themes

2. Font - search result font

3. Font size - search results font size in pixels

4. Font weight - search result font weight (normal or bold)

5. Font color - search results font color

Theme changes may be previewed using the search box in the left panel of the module admin.

Configuration Settings
1. Ranking Priority - search results may be ordered either by: the most units sold, the highest sales amount, or alphabetically by product name

2. Search Destination - when a search result is selected, display the More Info page for the product selected, or the search results page based upon a ShopSite search of the product name

3. Trigger Characters - how many characters must be typed before the module returns search results (default: 3)

4. Delay (milliseconds) - how many milliseconds after trigger characters are typed and results are displayed (default: 500)

5. Result Max Length - how many suggested result will be displayed (default: 20)

6. Search Results - the search can be set to look for products that begin with the search term or the contain the search term

7. Include Description - whether to include an abbreviated product description in the search results

8. Include Image - whether to include a product image thumbnail in the search results (if available for the product)

When theme or configuration settings are changed in the module admin, they must be saved by clicking the "Save Changes" button, which will prompt you either to "Save Changes" or "Save Changes and Regen".  Both options will save the changes you have made; however, a full Regen is required before the changes you have made will be effective on all of your pages.

The module uses product data that is synchronized with ShopSite databases automatically once each day.  If you make substantial changes to ShopSite and would like to manually synchronize the databases, you can do so under Utilities -> Synchronize Database.
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