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[starwest]

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.

[parekh81]

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

[mismouss]

Hi Bill,

Is this update already available ?

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

[boswell]

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).

[crazyoval]

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

[Manic]

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?

[WhiteDoveGifts]

Originally Posted by Manic

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?

Hi Manic,

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

Nico

[WhiteDoveGifts]

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.

[maildodge]

Have just tested this on mine and exact same problem.

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

[Jerrad]

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...