Hi,

I had the same problem. My solution:

@using System.Text
@using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

@{
            @* get culture root *@
            var root = Library.NodeById(@*find your root id*);
            var truncateOn = 150;


            if(!String.IsNullOrEmpty(Request["q"]))
            {
                <div class="text-wrapper">

                    @if(root.Search(Request["q"]).Count() > 0)
                    {
                        foreach (var result in root.Search(umbraco.library.StripHtml(Request["q"]).ToString()))
                        {
                            @*filter your nodeTypes*@
                            if(result.NodeTypeAlias == "SomeThing")
                            {

                                <div class="search-result">
                                    <a href="@result.Url">
                                        @result.Name
                                    </a>

                                @{
                                        @*for every PageType with other content fields to display*@
                                        if(result.HasProperty("Some_Text"))
                                        {   
                                            @Html.Raw(Truncate(umbraco.library.RemoveFirstParagraphTag(result.GetProperty("Some_Text").Value),truncateOn )) 
                                        }

                                        if(result.HasProperty("Some_Other_Text"))
                                        {   
                                            @Html.Raw(Truncate(umbraco.library.RemoveFirstParagraphTag(result.GetProperty("Some_Other_Text").Value),truncateOn))    
                                        }

                                <a href="@result.Url">
                                    @string.Concat("http://", umbraco.library.RequestServerVariables("HTTP_HOST"),@Library.NodeById(result.Id).NiceUrl)
                                </a>
                            </div>
                        }
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    <p>
                        @Dictionary["Site.NoResultsFor"]&nbsp;<strong>@Request["q"]</strong>
                    </p>        
                }

            </div>
        }
    }

    @functions
    {
        @*Truncates a string on word breaks and remove all tags*@
        public string Truncate(string input, int maxLength)
        {
            var truncated = Library.Truncate(Regex.Replace(input, "<.*?>", string.Empty), maxLength).ToString();

            if (truncated.EndsWith("&hellip;"))
            {
                var lastSpaceIndex = truncated.LastIndexOf(' ');

                if(lastSpaceIndex > 0)
                {
                    truncated = truncated.Substring(0, lastSpaceIndex) + "&hellip;";
                }
            }

            return truncated;
        }   
    }

I`m sorry for the formatting. I have done my best. :-) Hope it helps.

PRK, sorry but I don't understand your solution, is this a replacement for ezSearch or a modification to the existing code?

Hi Sean,

I've used the ezSearch code as a basis for my solution.

Thanks for the quick reply. So I can use this code instead of installing the ezSearch package?

Hi Sean,

yes.

Thank you, I'm still persevering with ezSearch but now having a different issue ( http://our.umbraco.org/forum/developers/razor/49403-Error-when-ezSearch-razor-macro-is-rendering-a-FormlessPage-with-ajaxcontroltoolkit- ;) . Its good to know there is an alternative if I can't get ezSearch working.

Hi Sean, could you please explain the resolution to your original issue? 

Having a similar problem with ezSearch in umbraco v7. It was working and giving results at first but now mysteriously keeps returning 'no results'.

Thanks

Hi Rob, I'm sorry I gave up with ezSearch so never solved the issue.

I have the same problem with 7.2.2. as Rob

    var ezSearchOptions = new {
        PreviewLength = "100",
        SearchFormLocation = "TOP",
    IndexType = "CONTENT"
    };

On my dev box I get good results with IndexType set to anything or even not there. In the test and live environments on an Azure server, I was getting results without the IndexType, but now I've changed it, I get nothing back at all with or without any IndexType.  I've rebuilt Examine indexes and they return results, but ezSearch doesn't return anything.

Any advice appreciated

Craig

Fixed it. It was because the sites are on Azure.

http://issues.umbraco.org/issue/U4-5993

Refers

Craig

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