Searches

The eCrowds platform comes with default search capabilities out of the box. Adding search functionality to your site is easy.

Creating a Search

Prerequisites: Query

1. Click on "Content" in the left navigation
2. Under "Modules," select "Searches"
3. Once in the Search interface, click "Create new search"
4. Enter your search name, and select the type of query for the search to run (i.e. Global search, etc.)
5. Input the text you'd like to display when no results are found
6. Add the search to your relevant site taxonomy categories
7. Add relevant tags and select your desired security policy
8. Click "Create search" to submit

Editing Searches

1. Click on "Content" in the left navigation
2. Under "Modules," select "Searches"
3. Once in the Search interface, navigate to the block you would like to edit, and click "Edit" under "Actions" on the far right
4. Edit any desired content, including your search name, and type of query for the search to run (i.e. Global search, etc.)
5. Edit the text you'd like to display when no results are found, any relevant taxonomy categories, security policies, and tags.
6. Click "Save search" to submit.

Using/Applying Searches

*Note - Searches in eCrowds can be applied at the Template, Content Type, Form, and Site levels. If plugged into a template as a region assignment, for example, the regions that appear in the template are added into the template's HTML "Content" field and subsequently replicated in the template itself.

To apply a search to a particular region of the template:

1. Navigate to the template region you would like to add a new search assignment to
2. Click "Add new assignment"
3. Select the appropriate item type; in this case, "search" from the first dropdown.
4. Select the appropriate search to use in this region from the second dropdown.

Deleting a Search

1. Click on "Content" in the left navigation
2. Under "Modules," select "Searches"
3. Once in the Search interface, navigate to the search you wish to delete, and click "Delete" under "Actions" on the far right.
4. When prompted with "Are you sure?" click OK.

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