nachenko wrote:
I use a search module developed by
Dan Musil and Jirka Vrba (http://www.qcm.cz)

It's just a modularized copy of the search engine, modified to use Smarty templates (oh, yes!), so you can tune looking and working without modyfing the core.

It's old, but still recommended. I think it' a good starting point for anyone that wants to improve the search engine. Instead of hacking the core, you just work on a module that can be removed at any time.

NOTICE: old version had a bug. I send them the fix, but don't know if they released a new version with the fix.

Search Patch for XOOPS 2.0.16

-- rlankford --

2007/11/11

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Patch assembled and submitted for XOOPS Core inclusion by rlankford at the request of marcan. Please see this post for more information:

https://xoops.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=60067&viewmode=flat&order=ASC&start=10#forumpost269844

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To test this patch (before XOOPS is installed):

1) Before actually installing Xoops, unzip the files in this zip file and overwrite the files in your 'xoops' directory (the root of Xoops).
2) Install XOOPS as normal.
3) Verify search preferences in the XOOPS admin panel (three new preferences added by the patch).
4) Exercise the search engine on Xoops. Be sure to try both the shallow (the way it always has been) and deep (slower, but more information presented) search methods...

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To test this patch (after XOOPS is installed):

1) Unzip the files in this zip file and overwrite the files in your 'xoops' directory (the root of Xoops).
2) Run the 'update_search.php' script (example: http://localhost/xoops/update_search.php).
3) Update the 'System Admin' module.
4) Verify search preferences in the XOOPS admin panel (three new preferences added by the patch).
5) Exercise the search engine on Xoops. Be sure to try both the shallow (the way it always has been) and deep (slower, but more information presented) search methods...
6) Delete the 'update_search.php' file from your root XOOPS folder.


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Changes Made:

1) \search.php -- Modes rewrite of the entire search page to support expanded functionality.
2) \include\searchform.php -- file no longer sends HTML output directly to screen. Rather, the render method now returns the HTML output so that it can be sent to the new search Smarty template instead.
3) images\search\* -- a series of graphics files called by the new search template.
4) \modules\system\xoops_version.php -- Search template definition added.
5) \modules\system\templates\system_search.html -- New system search Smarty template used by search.php for rendering HTML output.
6) \install\index.php -- Added 3 new configuration settings.
7) \install\makedata.php -- Added 3 new configuration settings.
8) \modules\system\language\english\admin\preferences.php -- defined several strings used by the new configuration settings.