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Re: Smart Search from alteredCart :: Spell Checking, Did You Mean? and More.

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Perhaps you forgot we just went through this last month. You made a post about it: http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?t=42624

I stand corrected (and can't believe I forgot our exchange from only 2 months back) - sorry.

Re: Smart Search from alteredCart :: Spell Checking, Did You Mean? and More.

Will the new release be the same price? If I purchase now will I get a free upgrade or would you recommend waiting.

Re: Smart Search from alteredCart :: Spell Checking, Did You Mean? and More.

Hi Bill,

Is this update already available ?

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Originally Posted by wjbrewer

New Smart Search Available Jan/Feb '09.

Over the past several months I have re-written then entire engine to the Smart Search. New features are:

30-500% faster on the customer side.
Product Options included in search.
Custom index that doesn't rely on the MySQL stopwords and word length limits for improved search results.
Switching to the Advanced search form doesn't require a page reload (It slides in with a JavaScript effect).
Faster index building in the admin (about 5 seconds for every minute it currently takes).
Improved algorithm with relevancy based on word distance.
Improved support for 1-3 letter words.
Improved support for dashed words and SKUs (for example XX-123 and XX123 will now match).
Eliminated the 50% common word threshold.
New search query that can be fully customized by the end user for easier integration X-Cart customizations and other modules.

There will also be two new add-ons for the Smart Search available separately (see thumbnail below):

1. A quick filter mechanism to limit quickly view search results by by price, category, or manufacturer.

2. A drop down auto complete / product suggestion tool that will suggest words, other popular queries, and matching products to the customer while they type in a search query.

Please see the screen shot below (may change for the final release).

Attachment 1222

Re: Smart Search from alteredCart :: Spell Checking, Did You Mean? and More.

I too am interested on the status of the new Smart Search engine.

Also, how flexible will the "simple filtering" be? Can I setup the mod to filter by different options instead of defaults of price, category, and manufacturer? (filtering by specific extra fields would be GREAT).

Re: Smart Search from alteredCart :: Spell Checking, Did You Mean? and More.

I dont think Bill would mind me saying he is beta testing and things are going well.

Re: Smart Search from alteredCart :: Spell Checking, Did You Mean? and More.

Hi

Altered Cart is under construction so I'll ask the forum members.

I have Smart Search installed. I just noticed when searching for a word with the letters "char" (such as "charles" or "character"), it displays a message "invalid search" on a white background and my entire store disappears.

Anyone have this problem with their Smart Search?

Re: Smart Search from alteredCart :: Spell Checking, Did You Mean? and More.

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Originally Posted by Manic

Hi Manic,

I just tested a search with "char" in my development cart and facing the exact same problem!

Nico

Re: Smart Search from alteredCart :: Spell Checking, Did You Mean? and More.

But if I'm not mistaken Bill from Alteredcart now provides free lifetime updates to all of his products so I will check if there's a newer version of Smartsearch.

Re: Smart Search from alteredCart :: Spell Checking, Did You Mean? and More.

Have just tested this on mine and exact same problem.

Hopefully be a fix for this. I do want to improve our search.

Re: Smart Search from alteredCart :: Spell Checking, Did You Mean? and More.

I don't have that problem when searching for 'char'...
I get a search result with a product which (partially) contains the word 'char'.

A few months ago I asked Bill to make some changes to Smart Search, unfortunately I haven't got a idea what he did or changed...