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David Hammer 41 posts 67 karma points

May 19, 2014 @ 13:43
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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

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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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