I'm looking to set up an advanced search tool for a new client's website but have no idea where or how to start, could somebody please point me in the right direction.
I am predominantly a front end designer so please keep this in mind when replying.
One of the must package used for search functionality on a webpage was the XSLTSeach package, but with the Umbraco 7 running MVC, I have seen the ezSearch package been recommended for search functionality on MVC sites
Warren Buckley has also made a Razor Estate Agents Starter Site, maybe it could be useful to have a look at it. http://our.umbraco.org/projects/starter-kits/razor-estate-agents-starter-site But as I remember the Razor Estate Agents Starter Site is written in the old legacy razor code called Razor DynamicNode, and I would recommend you to use Partial View Macros or Partial Views, by rewite the code you would get a faster site. And if you are using Umbraco you have to rewrite your code, since the DynamicNode isn´t an option, but I think that you can get som idea on how it can be done.
If you need some documentation on how to convert the old legacy razor code to Partial View Macros or Partial Views it can be found here:
Search tool for Estate Agent site
Hi all,
I'm looking to set up an advanced search tool for a new client's website but have no idea where or how to start, could somebody please point me in the right direction.
I am predominantly a front end designer so please keep this in mind when replying.
Cheers,
Brian
Hi all, any help would be really appreciated. I'm looking to search over a number of types of feilds but really don't know where to begin!
Hi Brian,
One of the must package used for search functionality on a webpage was the XSLTSeach package, but with the Umbraco 7 running MVC, I have seen the ezSearch package been recommended for search functionality on MVC sites
http://our.umbraco.org/projects/website-utilities/ezsearch The package is developed by Matt Brailsford, and the package should contain the same functions as the XSLTSearch package and maybe more.
In this video Warren Buckley show how to make a search functionality on a Estate Agent site. But keep in mind that there have been different versions of Razor, since it was introduced in Umbraco. http://umbraco.com/help-and-support/video-tutorials/umbraco-fundamentals/razor-recipes/search/
Warren Buckley has also made a Razor Estate Agents Starter Site, maybe it could be useful to have a look at it. http://our.umbraco.org/projects/starter-kits/razor-estate-agents-starter-site But as I remember the Razor Estate Agents Starter Site is written in the old legacy razor code called Razor DynamicNode, and I would recommend you to use Partial View Macros or Partial Views, by rewite the code you would get a faster site. And if you are using Umbraco you have to rewrite your code, since the DynamicNode isn´t an option, but I think that you can get som idea on how it can be done.
If you need some documentation on how to convert the old legacy razor code to Partial View Macros or Partial Views it can be found here:
http://our.umbraco.org/documentation/reference/templating/macros/Partial-View-Macros
http://our.umbraco.org/documentation/Reference/Mvc/partial-views
I hope this helps and make sense,
/Dennis
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