Login to Website

Go to : Dashboard or Admin > Publishing > Folders

There should be a folder called "Site Layout"

Under the Site Layout Folder

Create a folder called "Search" (If not already created)

Create a New Article with the following attributes

Admin Name:         Search
Public Name:          Search
Page Title:              Search
User Friendly URL: Search/default.aspx

Click "Draft"

Select the "Create a new Article with:" option

Select the "1 Column" option

Click "Save"

Select "Insert Search"

Click "Add"




Click on the pencil icon to edit the Search Function

Complete All the mandatory Fields mark with *

Complete Optional Fields if desired.

Configure look and feel:

On the ‘Look and Feel’ tab, configure all mandatory items marked with *

It is best to set ‘Total no of search results to display’ to about 1000 and ‘No of search results to display per page’ to about 25

It is recommended to set the Sort By option to Relevancy as this will ensure the most relevant results show first

If your site has the Taxonomy module enabled you will see an additional section to configure ‘Refining’ options which will display in a left panel in the search results page. Remember to enter a figure into the ‘Max no of refine options per Taxonomy’ box, otherwise no refine options will display.

Search Box

Search Results

Additional articles to display

Refining (If you have that option in your version of CM)

Configure Items to Search:

On the ‘Items to Search’ tab, select the content types you would like the search to return in the ‘What to retrieve’ section. Note – depending on modules enable on your site you will have various options here. By default, HTML Content and Documents will always be available for selection.

In the ‘Folders’ section, choose to include or exclude specific folders. If you are setting up a site wide search then it is recommended to use the exclude option and select folders such as Site Layout.

(Please note that if you are running a CM version prior to 6.5, your search settings screen will not have the two tabs ‘Look and Feel’ and ‘Items to Search’ but will appear all on the one page)

Items to Search / What to retrieve

Folders

You have the option to

"Include the following folders in the search:"

or

"Exclude the following folders from the search:"

Once you have completed the search criteria click "Publish"

The Search should look like this

How to insert the Search Function into an article

Highlight the Search Elements as shown below

Copy the Selected Area i.e. Ctrl C or Edit > Copy

Paste it into the article where you like the Search Function Shown.




Click Publish