Netgen Suggest

About

Netgen Suggest extension implements drop down suggestions on search fields using eZFind/Solr facets. When user starts to type letters in search box suggestions are shown as drop down bellow. Suggestions are sorted by number of occurance in index. When next word is entered new suggestions are based on words entered before.

Extension is based on jQuery component and runs smoothly with ezjscore. For better faceting results we created new type of field for Solr. Existing ezf_df_text can be used but it likes to concatenate words so suggestions will not be good enough.

More info in blog post: http://www.netgen.hr/eng/Blog/Building-Netgen-Suggest-extension-suggestion-drop-down-for-search-fields-using-Solr-facets

Requirements

• ezfind extension
• ezjscore extension (for jquery)
• ezwebin/ezflow extension (not mandatory)

Installation

1. Extract the ngsuggest extension and place it in the extensions folder.
2. Enable the extension in eZ Publish.
3. Prepare 'ngsuggest_text' Solr field for faceting (not mandatory)
4. Add jQuery support.
5. Prepare templates.
6. Configure settings/ngsuggest.ini depending on the needs.
7. Clear cache.