Description

This is a new widget in Telligent Enterprise 4.0.

Purpose

This widget lets you create a static site search on just about any site page. For example, if you want to create a static search for any mention of "product"  and "awesome" in your community content, you can specify "product awesome" as the search term. The following search syntax operations are supported:

[term], example: dog pony

[term] OR [term], example: dog OR pony

[term] AND [term], example: dog AND pony

+[term], example: +dog +pony

-[term], example: +dog -pony

"[phrase]", example: "dog and pony"

[field]:[type], examples: type:blog pony, or title:"dog and pony"

[wildcard], example: dog*

Where it works

This widget works on just about any page on the site.

Theme differences

  • This widget is part of the Default configuration for the platform, which means it is available for an administrator to add to any theme using the Manage Widgets tab.

Configuration

Enable the widget

  1. Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard > System Administration > Site Administration > Widget Studio > Enable/Disable widgets.
  2. If it is not already present in Allowed widgets, move the widget from the Not Allowed Widgets column to the Allowed Widgets column.

Place and configure the widget

  1. Click Edit Page on the page, then select and place the Search Terms widget.
  2. Click Configure on the widget menu bar.



    It is possible to change the following options for this widget:
    1. Widget title - To do so, click Change and enter a new name in the Widget Title field.
    2. Search term - enter the terms and syntax you want to create a search for. See Supported search syntax for the types of operators you can use.
    3. Sort by -
      1. Date (descending) - Results are listed with the most recent result first.
      2. Date (ascending)  - Results are listed with the oldest result first.
      3. Title (descending) - Results are listed in reverse alphanumeric order.
      4. Title (ascending) - Results are listed in alphanumeric order.
    4. Number of results to display - The number of items to display in the list.
    5. Load results asynchronously - If selected, this option enables the widget to use Ajax.

  3. Click Save to exit the configuration dialog.
  4. Click Save Page.