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This subsection is where one can customize search and multusearch for products in the catalog.
Navigate to Configuration > Website Architecture in the administrative area.
Description
This is where you can customize all possible search methods. Here you’ll be able to select several methods for searching items and change the order in which search results are shown. Additionally, the advanced functionality of multisearch is provided.
Search restriction
Search restriction is a setting that limits your search to only items in a selected category. Thus a customer can select items only in categories available on the website.
How it works
The “All” search (in all Taobao categories) will return an error.
With restrictions enabled, you will never get search results until the product category has been selected.
How to enable search restriction
Go to the Website Architecture tab of the Configuration section to enable search restriction. Scroll the page down until you see the Search section.
Click the dashed blue underlined text next to Search Restriction.
Select whether you will use the search restriction or not from the dropdown list.
Click on the checkbox to save changes.
Upon saving the search restriction will be immediately implemented on the website.
Search Methods
There are multiple search methods to be used on your website. You can use just one search method as well as several ones.
Add
One can choose a search method from the appropriate list.
Click the dropdown list arrow to see the list of available searches. The dropdown list consists of the search box and the list itself.
One can click on the preferred option.
Or type first two or three letters of the name in the search field.
Once a search method has been selected click the Add button (the plus sign) to add the search method to the list.
When you’re done the selected search will appear in the list and be highlighted in green.
One needs to click the Save button to enable a search method.
All changes will be immediately applied after being saved.
Reorder
Refer to the left-hand column “Search methods in order” to change the order in which items are shown.
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