Smart Search always returning results to component, not the defined new page

[Carl Whalley]

I've followed the steps here to set up Smart Search on a J 3.8.2 site: https://docs.joomla.org/Smart_Search_quickstart_guide
I created the Smart Search module and assigned it a position "smart-search".
I then created an article with just the content {loadposition smart-search}.
I then created a "Search" menu item pointing to this article, it's url is just /search, then went back to the module and set its ItemID to the new menu item.
When I select the menu, it takes me to this custom search page, i.e. my new article (/search), but when I enter a search term and click the search button there, the results are to what looks like the component page itself, i.e. the url is /component/finder/search?q=&Itemid=189.

I was expecting the search results to go back to that search page, i.e. /search, since that's what the setup guide says it does.

Have I misunderstood something here please?

The site is https://www.phonewebcam.co.uk

Thanks!

[brian teeman]

Where in the instructions does it say to do what you have done by inserting a module in an article

[Carl Whalley]

Hi Brian, thanks for your help.

I took that as step 5, "selecting the module position," under the Module Interface section, but am guessing you know this won't work?

[Michael Babker]

The module is ONLY the basic search input.  You cannot have the search result route to a page for another component; only the Smart Search component knows how to handle that particular search request, com_content cannot do it.

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[Carl Whalley]

On Monday, December 11, 2017 at 1:43:49 PM UTC, Michael Babker wrote:

The module is ONLY the basic search input.  You cannot have the search result route to a page for another component; only the Smart Search component knows how to handle that particular search request, com_content cannot do it.

Ok. My aim was just to style the results the same as for all pages on the site, and I was trying to avoid having to override the Smart Search component just to do that. 

Is that my only way then?

Thanks.

 

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:05 AM, Carl Whalley <carl.w...@gmail.com> wrote:

I've followed the steps here to set up Smart Search on a J 3.8.2 site: https://docs.joomla.org/Smart_Search_quickstart_guide
I created the Smart Search module and assigned it a position "smart-search".
I then created an article with just the content {loadposition smart-search}.
I then created a "Search" menu item pointing to this article, it's url is just /search, then went back to the module and set its ItemID to the new menu item.
When I select the menu, it takes me to this custom search page, i.e. my new article (/search), but when I enter a search term and click the search button there, the results are to what looks like the component page itself, i.e. the url is /component/finder/search?q=&Itemid=189.

I was expecting the search results to go back to that search page, i.e. /search, since that's what the setup guide says it does.

Have I misunderstood something here please?

The site is https://www.phonewebcam.co.uk

Thanks!

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[Michael Babker]

Yes, you'll need to do layout overrides for the Smart Search layouts.

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 8:06 AM, Carl Whalley <carl.w...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Monday, December 11, 2017 at 1:43:49 PM UTC, Michael Babker wrote:

The module is ONLY the basic search input.  You cannot have the search result route to a page for another component; only the Smart Search component knows how to handle that particular search request, com_content cannot do it.

Ok. My aim was just to style the results the same as for all pages on the site, and I was trying to avoid having to override the Smart Search component just to do that. 

Is that my only way then?

Thanks.

 

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:05 AM, Carl Whalley <carl.w...@gmail.com> wrote:

I've followed the steps here to set up Smart Search on a J 3.8.2 site: https://docs.joomla.org/Smart_Search_quickstart_guide
I created the Smart Search module and assigned it a position "smart-search".
I then created an article with just the content {loadposition smart-search}.
I then created a "Search" menu item pointing to this article, it's url is just /search, then went back to the module and set its ItemID to the new menu item.
When I select the menu, it takes me to this custom search page, i.e. my new article (/search), but when I enter a search term and click the search button there, the results are to what looks like the component page itself, i.e. the url is /component/finder/search?q=&Itemid=189.

I was expecting the search results to go back to that search page, i.e. /search, since that's what the setup guide says it does.

Have I misunderstood something here please?

The site is https://www.phonewebcam.co.uk

Thanks!

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