Search Plugin

[butchtones]

I found this search plugin posted by one of the VM developers here: http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=81565.0

I don't know what I'm missing because I can't seem to get it to display.  I've enabled it in Joomla.

I'm looking to add a search by product name and a search by manufacturer in my site, outside the VM component, that will bring up all results both in the shop and on the site.  Does anyone know of a plugin or other way to do this?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Kerri