Hi there VM Forum,
Using Joomla 3.3.6 and VM 3.0.2.
Since I updated from Joomla 2.5 and VM 2 to this version, something was wrong with the search module from joomla; it only accepts exact terms, and this only applies to recently created products.
The issue goes as following: I would be looking for product with SKU 68342CCA. If I type 6834, I don't get any result, but when I use 68342CCA, I will get the product. (see https://www.edsclassic.com/index.php?searchword=6834&searchphrase=all&Itemid=0&option=com_search)
With ALL OLD PRODUCTS from pre-update, it doesnt matter. If I want product 1847V i can just type 1847 and it will show up.
How does this come?
Kind regards,
Treodude
I'm shooting in the dark with this idea, but a lot of search engines accept a partial value if it is preceded or followed by a "%" symbol. If you test that out and it works, maybe you could use that as a search option?
I don't think I completely understand, but I just tried using 6834%; same result.
Isnt this supposed to be an option in the plugin settings or of some sorts?
If you want to check an alternative search for VM. Look here as well.
http://breakdesigns.net/extensions/custom-filters
I don't think that it will change something to the sku search but it will for other terms (product name , categories etc)
From my point of view the sku is a unique number that referes to a specific product and has no meaning to search partialy for that.