Search Spell
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What is it?
Search Spell is a search query suggester. Search Spell is NOT a spell checker or corrector.
How it works:
When a user enters a search query and no results are returned, the user is normally presented your advanced search template (search.html). This is often unnecessary for commonly searched terms, which SHOULD have results. What Search Spell shows the user is a suggestion based on the search query which produced no search results.
For example. Lets say you run a site which lists links to car related sites. If you find that users often search for "model t" and get no results, but "model-t" does, you should enter these two words into Search Spell's dictionary. The next time a user searches for "model t" they will be shown a hyper-linked suggestion for "model-t". All the user has to do is click on the suggested word, and up comes results!
Installation is easy. There is one tag which must be placed into your search.html template (see about in the plug-in menu).
NEW: You can now import dictionaries from a standard comma seperated text file. This allows you to keep a master dictionary for easier sharing and backup purposes.
This version: IMPORTANT
While we did not intend release of this product (we use it exclusively on our own websites), we have decided to sell it "as is". This means no support. You are welcome to discuss the script on our forum.
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What is it?
Search Spell is a search query suggester. Search Spell is NOT a spell checker or corrector.
How it works:
When a user enters a search query and no results are returned, the user is normally presented your advanced search template (search.html). This is often unnecessary for commonly searched terms, which SHOULD have results. What Search Spell shows the user is a suggestion based on the search query which produced no search results.
For example. Lets say you run a site which lists links to car related sites. If you find that users often search for "model t" and get no results, but "model-t" does, you should enter these two words into Search Spell's dictionary. The next time a user searches for "model t" they will be shown a hyper-linked suggestion for "model-t". All the user has to do is click on the suggested word, and up comes results!
Installation is easy. There is one tag which must be placed into your search.html template (see about in the plug-in menu).
NEW: You can now import dictionaries from a standard comma seperated text file. This allows you to keep a master dictionary for easier sharing and backup purposes.
This version: IMPORTANT
While we did not intend release of this product (we use it exclusively on our own websites), we have decided to sell it "as is". This means no support. You are welcome to discuss the script on our forum.