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Configuration
Form
- Layout
- Sets the layout for the search form. The Dropdown layout is ideal when using the Minitek Live Search module, as the filters and results display in dropdown containers. The Modal layout requires Bootstrap 5.
- Log search terms
- Logs the search terms submitted by users.
- Append to URL
- Appends search parameters to URL and adds an entry to the browser's session history stack.
- Word match
- Sets how search terms are matched in the index. By default a word is matched exactly, but when a language supports compound words, this allows to match the search term to the beginning or to any position inside of words.
- Search in titles only
- Enables searching only in items titles.
- Search placeholder
- The placeholder text for the search input field.
- Search suggestions
- Displays search suggestions while the user is typing.
- Popular searches
- Displays the 10 most popular searches when the search input is focused.
- Search query link
- Redirects to the menu item selected in the field 'Search query menu item' while maintaining all current search parameters. Applies only when using the Minitek Live Search Module.
- Search menu item
- The Search query link and the saved searches will redirect to this menu item.
- Search tips icon
- Displays an icon that toggles the search tips content.
- Search tips content
- Custom content for search tips.
- Empty search content
- Custom content for an empty search.
Filters
- Filters
- Displays the filters (content maps).
- Open filters container
- Opens the filters container on page load.
- Keep filters open
- Groups of children nodes will be visible at all times.
- Visible children nodes
- Number of visible children nodes for each filter.
- Filters max-height
- Limits the filters container to this height (in pixels). Enter 0 for unlimited height. Only applies for Dropdown layout.
- Active filters
- Displays the active filters.
- Date filters
- Displays the start and end date filters.
- Open date filters container
- Opens the date filters container on page load.
- Active date filters
- Displays the active date filters.
Results
- Save searches
- Allows users to save their searches.
- Display messages
- Select the type of messages when saving a search.
- Alternative search terms
- Suggests alternative search terms when a search does not produce any results (eg. 'Did you mean...').
- Search terms
- Displays the active search terms.
- Pagination info
- Displays the pagination info (eg. Page 1 of 4).
- Scroll to top
- Scrolls to the top of the form after clicking on a pagination link.
- Results per page
- Sets the default number of search results per page.
- Select results per page
- Allows users to select number of search results per page.
- Ordering
- The field on which to sort the search results.
- Ordering direction
- The direction in which to sort the search results.
- Select ordering
- Allows users to select the ordering of search results.
- Highlight search terms
- Highlights search terms in search results.
- Result image
- Displays the result image only for smart search plugins that support items images.
- Crop images
- If enabled, the images will be cropped to the defined aspect ratio. The images will be cropped starting from the center of the image.
- Image max width
- Maximum width in pixels for the result image.
- Aspect ratio
- The aspect ratio of the cropped images.
- Result taxonomy
- Displays the result taxonomy.
- Result description
- Displays the result description.
- Description length
- Description text for search results will be truncated to this character length.
- Result date
- Displays the result date.
- Result URL
- Displays the result URL.
- Open in new tab
- Designates whether the result will open in a new tab.
Info
Cropped images are stored in PATH_TO_JOOMLA/images/mls/. If you change the images in some of the items displayed in the widget, you must click on Delete cropped images in the extension dashboard so that the images are refreshed.
Index
Indexing options can be configured via the Joomla Smart Search component configuration at Global Configuration > Smart Search > Index.
Advanced
- Load Font Awesome
- Loads the Font Awesome icon library.
- Load Bootstrap CSS
- Loads the Bootstrap 5 css file that is included in Joomla 4.
- Enable version checking
- Checks for latest version. Disable if you experience problems with the back-end interface (slow loading times, unresponsive page etc).