CREATING AND CHANGING NETSTORES SEARCH INFORMATION
All product database and itemfile fields are configured in the 'Search Fields' store configuration area. If you:
1. Want to remove a field from the search page automatically generated by the cart, pick an 'Input Type' of 'Invisible' for the field in the second part ('Search Fields:') of the 'Search Fields' configuration page. Want to add a field to the search page automatically generated by the cart, pick an 'Input Type' of 'Text Box' or 'Drop-Down Menu' for the field in the second part ('Search Fields:') of the 'Search Fields' configuration page.
2. Want to prevent a field from being searched, pick an 'Field' of '(empty)' for the field in the second part ('Search Fields:') of the 'Search Fields' configuration page. Want to add a field to be searched, pick the fields name in the 'Field' drop-down menu field in the second part ('Search Fields:') of the 'Search Fields' configuration page. The cart can only search fields listed in the second part ('Search Fields:'). If a field is notlisted, it is ignored while searching.
3. Want to add/remove a field from the item file, upload the item file with the new fields(ALWAYS TO THE RIGHT OF DEFAULT FIELDS), then go to the 'Search Fields' configuration page. Make sure that the field names are correct on the first part of this page ('Field Names:'). If you added fields to the item file, there will be empty field names, fill them in (following the warning about field names given at the top).
Check that 'Special Field' pulldowns on the right are correctly set for your item file. Now go to the second part ('Search Fields:'), and select the fields you want to use for searching. Now go to the third part ('Result Fields:'), and select the fields the cart will display to the shopper and send out in the order emails.
Note: The search fields used by the cart don't have to be the ones shown to the shopper. Also, you're not limited to the number of search fields, we have a customer who's using 5 fields in a search.
