[Radiant] Search Extension

[Sean Cribbs]

Mark,
  
Live search was originally in the plugin for 0.5.x, but I removed it 
because I didn't need it and I thought most people wouldn't either.

As far as searching sections of the site, that proves much more 
challenging than a simple search because you have to do joins or filter 
the results after the fact. (It is do-able, but maybe this is a PDI.)  
Excepting the title, breadcrumb and slug, all of the real content is 
stored in models associated with the page, so you are really searching 
through page-parts.  If Radiant were using a nested-set organization for 
the page/sitemap structure instead of a tradtional tree-list, scoping a 
search would be easier.

Sean

Mark Fischer wrote:
> If we can add search extension upgrade requests, I'd love to be able  
> to specify a search field for a particular folder.  So that I can  
> have a, "Search this site" AND a "Search our blog" type search (or  
> search our press room, etc.).  I would also love to know how to add  
> live search, as it is a powerful feature, but how to get the plugin  
> working with live search is a little beyond my current knowledge.
> -Mark
>
>
> On Aug 1, 2007, at 7:35 AM, Sean Cribbs wrote:
>
>   
>> Sharon,
>>
>> You need to make a page of the type "Search" that will do the  
>> processing
>> for you.  When editing that page, you should be able to see  
>> information
>> about the tags, IIRC.  If there is no information there, let me  
>> know and
>> I will go back and add documentation.
>>
>> Sean
>>
>> Sharon Clift wrote:
>>     
>>> I would like to add a search box to the home page of our radiant site
>>> that will search only within the site.
>>>
>>> I have exported the search extension (which I hope may do this), into
>>> the extensions folder within radiant and it shows up in the extension
>>> list within the admin interface.
>>>
>>> However, I am lost as how to actually use it.  There do not appear  
>>> to be
>>> any new search tags in the list of available tags.
>>>
>>> Could someone give me a few pointers on how to add/use the search
>>> functionality?
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>>
>>> Sharon
>>>
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