[PARTIALY SOLVED]How to increase number of search results shown in the instant search?

[Dolke]

Hello.

 

I'm using instant search on my website.There are exactly 3270 product indexed.

 

When I'm searching for some products it shows me 10 results. I would like to change this and get 20 or maybe more results shown.

 

How to do that?

 

P.S. check the printscreen below:

 

 

My second question would be why it takes around 7-9 seconds before instant search gives me suggestions or search results in other words?

 

You can go to www.dekom.co.rs and try it.

 

Thank you all in advance

Dean

Edited July 23, 2013 by Dolke (see edit history)

[vekia]

i think that the solution is in the blocksearch-instantsearch.tpl file

you've got there:

if $ajaxsearch}
<script type="text/javascript">
// <![CDATA[
 $('document').ready( function() {
  $("#search_query_{$blocksearch_type}")
   .autocomplete(
 '{if $search_ssl == 1}{$link->getPageLink('search', true)}{else}{$link->getPageLink('search')}{/if}', {
  minChars: 3,
  max: 10,
  width: 500,
  selectFirst: false,
  scroll: false,
  dataType: "json",
  formatItem: function(data, i, max, value, term) {
   return value;
  },
  parse: function(data) {
   var mytab = new Array();
   for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++)
    mytab[mytab.length] = { data: data[i], value: data[i].cname + ' > ' + data[i].pname };
   return mytab;
  },
  extraParams: {
   ajaxSearch: 1,
   id_lang: {$cookie->id_lang}
  }
 }
   )
   .result(function(event, data, formatted) {
 $('#search_query_{$blocksearch_type}').val(data.pname);
 document.location.href = data.product_link;
   })
 });
// ]]>
</script>
{/if}

 

as you can see, there is a variable:

max: 10,

 

i never tested this, but i suppose that this is the value of the number of results

[Dolke]

I tested this right now, so changed the value in the file, deleted the browser cash and tried again but 10 results remains.

Edited July 23, 2013 by Dolke (see edit history)

[vekia]

so the problem is somewhere else, thanks for info, im going to check it on my own demo store

[Dolke]

Thanks Vekia I appreciate it

[vekia]

i've got bad news. my method works.

But you have to define also LIMIT in the class: Search.php

 

open the file classes/Search.php, you've got there:

 if ($ajax)
 {
  $sql = 'SELECT DISTINCT p.id_product, pl.name pname, cl.name cname,
  cl.link_rewrite crewrite, pl.link_rewrite prewrite '.$score.'
 FROM '._DB_PREFIX_.'product p
 INNER JOIN `'._DB_PREFIX_.'product_lang` pl ON (
  p.`id_product` = pl.`id_product`
  AND pl.`id_lang` = '.(int)$id_lang.Shop::addSqlRestrictionOnLang('pl').'
 )
 '.Shop::addSqlAssociation('product', 'p').'
 INNER JOIN `'._DB_PREFIX_.'category_lang` cl ON (
  product_shop.`id_category_default` = cl.`id_category`
  AND cl.`id_lang` = '.(int)$id_lang.Shop::addSqlRestrictionOnLang('cl').'
 )
 WHERE p.`id_product` '.$product_pool.'
 ORDER BY position DESC LIMIT 10';
  return $db->executeS($sql);
 }

increase the value of the LIMIT 10

now in the blocksearch-instatsearch.tpl file you have to define the number of results (max variable)

 

 

here is full step by step tutorial:

increase the number of the AJAX hint search results

[vekia]

im going to write tutorial related to this case, problem is noteworthy

[Dolke]

Beautiful Vekia.

 

You go ahead and add this to the tutorial you are making. It seems to me that I always found some stuff nobody tried before and you find a great and easy fix for it. We are working great together friend. Of course, you should take more credit then I but still great cooperation

 

OK this first part of this topic is solved. I guess I should have made separate threads but is there a reason for the delay problem in my second q?

 

Thanks.

Edited July 23, 2013 by Dolke (see edit history)

[vekia]

it's weird coz i don't have to wait 7-9 seconds, for me results appears after 1-3 sec

take a look i recorded it:

 

 

no worries, i will remove the vid

[Dolke]

Hm very interesting... Please don't remove the video just yet. I would like to show this to my colleague.

 

What kind of internet connection do you have?

[vekia]

it's a mobile 4G LTE connection ~100mb/s

[Dolke]

Can that be the answer for the 2nd question?

 

I have 6mb/s ADSL connection but it is shared between several PCs...

[vekia]

i changed my lte wireless to the cable 8mb DSL

still the same, nothing changed

[Dolke]

Thanks for the quick info... Ill continue searching...

[vekia]

tut ready: increase the number of search results

i put there video, you will have got a little advertise once again

[Dolke]

Hehe great. Thanks for the advert although my website is for domestic visitors and customers only but extra traffic doesn't really hurt