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Test out your boost setting thoroughly. The defaults may give good results, or they may need tweaking. For reference, the highest boost the UltraCart staff has ever used is 1,000. For most stores, you will not need such high boosts to tweak your search properly. |
Backup Search
Once you've configured your search, you may wish to add a backup search.
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Wikipedia article on Faceted search states that it is a technique for accessing information organized according to a faceted classification system, allowing users to explore a collection of information by applying multiple filters. A faceted classification system classifies each information element along multiple explicit dimensions, called facets, enabling the classifications to be accessed and ordered in multiple ways rather than in a single, pre-determined, taxonomic order.
The idea is that there may be multiple criteria from which the search results can be filtered to present the specific set of item(s) that based upon multiple search filters.
For example, the following storefront contain tens of thousands of similar products (remote controlled vehicles and related accessories) provide multiple search filters in order to allow the customer to identify the set of items which meet multiple search criteria:
We can see how the faceted search provides the customer the means by which they can easily identify the products that meets their specific requirements.
Configuring Faceted Search Results
To configure your storefront to use faceted search results, your log into your UltraCart account then navigate to the Storefront menu for the storefront you are configuring, then scroll down the SF menu to Search. You'll find there a tab for "Faceted Search Results". Click that tab to enable the search filters you wish to provide to your customers:
Make sure to click the save button after making your configuration changes!
Advanced Search Features
The advanced features of the search all of fine tuned control of the search. With them, you may
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