JP AJAX Search - Recommended Setup
Article Index
- JP AJAX Search
- How to install & use
- Basic Module Settings
- Using Language Constants in Text Fields
- Source Status Overview
- Joomla Articles Source
- Product Sources
- Phoca Cart Source
- HikaShop Source
- J2Commerce Source
- DJ-Catalog2 Source
- OCH Subscriptions Source
- Document and File Sources
- jDownloads Source
- DOCman Source
- eDocman Source
- Event Sources
- Event Booking Source
- JEvents Source
- Frontend Style Presets
- Display Settings
- Smart Relevance Ranking
- Access Levels and Visibility
- Frontend Testing
- Troubleshooting
- Developer Notes
- Recommended Setup
- All Pages
Recommended Setup
For a normal header search, these settings are a good starting point:
- Minimum characters: 2
- Result limit: 6
- Enable Load more: Yes
- Maximum dropdown results: 24
- Dropdown max height: 420px
- Frontend style preset: UIkit / YOOtheme for YOOtheme sites, Bootstrap 5 for Bootstrap templates, or Generic for custom templates
- Ranking mode: Smart relevance for mixed sources, Simple / source order for predictable source-based ordering
- Ranking debug: No
For webshop search, enable product sources and consider giving product sources a higher priority.
For catalog websites, enable DJ-Catalog2 and test product title, SKU, manufacturer, category, image, and URL output carefully.
For wine catalogs, product directories, and other catalogs with tall product images, try Thumbnail image fit: Contain and Thumbnail image zoom: 130%.
For software product and subscription search, enable OCH Subscriptions and test product title, product key, price, and description output.
For document-heavy websites, enable DOCman, eDocman, or jDownloads and test access levels carefully.
For multilingual websites, use Joomla language constants in configurable frontend text fields.
