Search Autocomplete for OpenCart

Hi!

Does anyone know any good search service for OpenCart with search suggestions and autocomplete (similar to Google?)

It would be perfect if it was free and cloud-based, but paid solutions will also be much appreciated.

I have found some solutions for X-Cart, Magento, and CS-Cart (just googled "x-cart autocomplete" etc.)

Searchanise (free, cloud)
CloudSearch (paid, cloud)
InstantSearch+ (free, cloud)

Any advice?

This one looks pretty good: http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route ... t%20search

And a bunch of others here: http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route ... t%20search

florinsith's first link for my extension (Smart Search) doesn't have autocomplete per se, but it does show a list of search results based on what the customer types, and includes support for misspellings so it tries to guess correctly. Feel free to try out the demo link (and the large store demo link) from the extension page, then let me know if you have any questions.

Well the way I see it its kind of an autocomplete just that it doesnt actually try to complete the word but indted shows that dropdown with sugestion of things you would find in the store. Having an autocomplete of what other people searched would be pointless in a store with a well defined number of products, its a store not google.

I agree, that's kind of how I thought about it when I created it.

Johnathan wrote:florinsith's first link for my extension (Smart Search) doesn't have autocomplete per se, but it does show a list of search results based on what the customer types, and includes support for misspellings so it tries to guess correctly. Feel free to try out the demo link (and the large store demo link) from the extension page, then let me know if you have any questions.

Just checked out the demo—looks nice!

I liked the admin part in particular, very rich customization range.

I have a few questions, if you don't mind:

- It's standalone, isn't it? I mean, it operates fully on the same server where the store is installed, so the search load is basically the same as with the default search.
- Is there a free solution (possibly with reduced functionality?)
- I have noticed that 'sa' returns no result whereas 'sam' returns 1. Which is a little confusing; I feel the longer the query the more precise the search, not vice versa. Is there any chance the search algorithm is improved?
- "Automatically index your database tables with a single click"—what about automatic re-indexation?

Thanks!

Just bear in mind that Smart Search does not work on any Android device (that I tested it on) - Phone or tablet

If it did I would have bought it

searchanise wrote:- It's standalone, isn't it? I mean, it operates fully on the same server where the store is installed, so the search load is basically the same as with the default search.
- Is there a free solution (possibly with reduced functionality?)
- I have noticed that 'sa' returns no result whereas 'sam' returns 1. Which is a little confusing; I feel the longer the query the more precise the search, not vice versa. Is there any chance the search algorithm is improved?
- "Automatically index your database tables with a single click"—what about automatic re-indexation?

Thanks!

1. Yes, it just passes the search to its own model file, where it searches the database in a more effective way.

2. No free solution at this point. I've spent hundreds of hours working on it, so I'm not sure I'll be releasing a free version in the future.

3. I think the issue there was that Partial Word Matching was disabled, so it was ending up searching for "sam" as a misspelled word, and found the Samsung Tab as having a word that was within the misspelling tolerance. I enabled Partial Word Matching in the demo now (which I recommend for most stores) and you'll see that "sa" finds a whole bunch of products that contain "sa" within a word.

4. The automatic indexing is just some database queries that are suggested for indexing your database tables. They don't need to be re-indexed once they are done. You're perhaps thinking of a kind of caching of database entries, which Smart Search doesn't do (it generates its own cache for misspelling purposes at this point).

dmsims wrote:Just bear in mind that Smart Search does not work on any Android device (that I tested it on) - Phone or tablet

If it did I would have bought it

Yeah, it's an issue I still need to look into. I need an Android device to test it on, so if there's anyone that wants to send me one...

Would love to send you one but need it for testing

Very happy to help though (as I would still buy it if you get it working)

I wonder if this is the issue: Ajax Requests Fail in Android 4.x

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic ... dQ4ga5Lkp0

this might be what youre looking for

works on my android phone and tablet

http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route ... _license=0

Thanks for the answers!

Johnathan wrote:4. The automatic indexing is just some database queries that are suggested for indexing your database tables. They don't need to be re-indexed once they are done. You're perhaps thinking of a kind of caching of database entries, which Smart Search doesn't do (it generates its own cache for misspelling purposes at this point).

Actually, what is confusing me, is the "single click" part. Do I have to make that single click after every catalog change?

searchanise wrote:Actually, what is confusing me, is the "single click" part. Do I have to make that single click after every catalog change?

No, just once. The database then has those columns indexed unless you create a completely new database.

victorj wrote:this might be what youre looking for

works on my android phone and tablet

can't work on ipad?

I use this
http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route ... n_id=16524
supports multistores and special characters šđčć;