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April 17, 2012 4:55pm

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  • #1 / Apr 17, 2012 4:55pm

    pesto9

    1 posts

    Was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction here. We have products that are organized into types and brands categories. For instance, if a user tries to search (using the simple search form, we can’t use the advanced) for Knoll (which is a category), we need for all chairs to be returned that belong to this category. I saw in the archives that people were asking about similar functionality but haven’t seen anything recent. Are there any plugins that will solve this or tricky use of the {category} tag within the search results tag?

  • #2 / Apr 25, 2012 7:47pm

    e-man

    1816 posts

    Why can’t you use the advanced form?

    I have 2 suggestions:
    1. have a look at Solspace’s super search:
    http://www.solspace.com/docs/detail/super_search_search/

    2. nothings stopping you from on the search results page additionally listing entries using the search term as category parameter.
    —search results for Knoll
    —products listed in the Knoll category
    Catch my drift?

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