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  • David Hammer 41 posts 67 karma points
    May 19, 2014 @ 13:43
    David Hammer
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    Show specific properties in XSLT Search

    Hey guys,

    I have XSLT search on my site. At current, it only shows the title and description of my results.

    This is my macro call in my template:

    <form>
    <umbraco:Macro runat="server" Alias="XSLTsearch"
      macroAlias="XSLTsearch"
      source="3771"
      searchFields="magazineTags, homepageArticleTags,magazineTitle,homepageArticleTitle"
      previewFields="homepageArticleBodyText,magazineTeaser"
      previewType="beginning"
      searchBoxLocation="none"
      resultsPerPage="10"
      previewChars="500"
      showPageRange="0"
      showOrdinals="0"
      showScores="0"
      showStats="0">
    </umbraco:Macro>
</form>

    I've tried to put more properties in my "previewFields" but with no success. I would like my results to show:

    Title (homepageArticleTitle) - This it already shows. Date (homepageArticleDate) Teaser (homepageArticleTeaser) Description (homepageArticleBodyText - This it already shows.

    Can this be done? Is there a smart way to incooporate more properties into the results? Thank you very much up front. Anything helps!

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  • Douglas Robar 3570 posts 4711 karma points MVP ∞ admin c-trib
    May 19, 2014 @ 14:57
    Douglas Robar
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    Hi, David,

    The previewFields parameter is a list of fields to look for, but XSLTsearch will only show the first one that has content in it. That way, a teaser could display for magazine articles but for an event page that doesn't have a teaser field you could display a 'summary' field for instance. The previewFields parameter doesn't mean it shows all of the field, just the first one that is present and has a value.

    To change what XSLTsearch outputs, you'd need to update the xsltsearch.xslt file for your specific needs.

    Note: if you're not overly familiar with XSLT you might consider using ezSearch instead. This is the razor version of XSLTsearch and does all the same things (and a few additional things as well). Use whichever package is easier for you to work with from a coding perspective.

    cheers,
    doug.

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