Hi Simon,

I have used Joomla Search standard module in K2 and it seems to work (escept for extra fields).

Do you know if there is any problem to use it indeed of K2 search module? it seems better.

 

Let me know

 

Thank you

Giulia

Hey, sorry for delayed response.

Basically, the K2 search, uses the Joomla search, so its no problem.
I always use the Joomla search module and not k2 search.

Regards,

Simon
K2 Support

Thank you.
Do you know if I search words with 3 character or text like "How to" the search result is empty?

Even if there are items with that words in the title or content

Simon Wells (K2 Support) said:Hey, sorry for delayed response.Basically, the K2 search, uses the Joomla search, so its no problem.I always use the Joomla search module and not k2 search.Regards,SimonK2 Support

Three characters is the minimum specification by Joomla as I remember.
You should still be able to search with multiple words.
Which K2 and J! version are you running?

Simon
K2 Support

I know that 3 characters is the minimum but if I insert a word with 3 characters it doesn't work.

I use Joomla v. 1.5.15 and K2 v. 2.2

Simon Wells (K2 Support) said:Three characters is the minimum specification by Joomla as I remember.You should still be able to search with multiple words.Which K2 and J! version are you running?SimonK2 Support

but the search does not find all, tags, even some items in the a K2 category..

I run the last versions

I have the same problem... also the issue occurs in the backend aswell...


Thomas Johannessen said:

but the search does not find all, tags, even some items in the a K2 category..
I run the last versions

This is because the k2 search plugin, unlike joomla search, uses boolean mysql search ( dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/fulltext-boolean.html) which is restricted by the ft_min_word_len variable (dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/server-system-variables.html...) which has a default value of 4

 

The only way to change this is if you have access to my.cnf on the server where you can change the value of the ft_min_word_len to 3

 


You can then check the values in phpMyAdmin under "Show MySQL system variables"