Simtech_Searchanise

[+] Added the ability to change the access to the Searchanise settings.

[*] Added a tip: how to find the Searchanise admin panel in the Magento admin portal.

[*] Improved compatibility with third-party modules.

[!] Fixed. There were no ability to translate the header of Search Results widget.

[!] Fixed. You can't turn off the search and enable sorting on the Search Results page for title, sku, short_description attributes.

[!] Fixed. Force re-indexation didn't work if the Add Store Code to Urls settings were enabled.

[!] Fixed. Changes of the child products data didn't lead to sync these changes with Seachanise servers.

[!] Fixed. The pagination on the default search results page didn't work properly if Searchanise engine was turned off.

[!] Fixed. The search by short_description didn't work. If you tried to search products by description attribute on the advanced search page, then products were searched by short_description.

[!] Fixed. The count of searched products don't show correctly on the advanced search result page.

[*] Products export from the store become more stable.

[!] Search may didn't work after the new user group was added. Fixed.

[!] Inactive products were shown in the search results widget. Fixed.

[!] Out of stock products were shown in the search results widget. Fixed.

[!] Wrong export of the 'Multiple Select' data attribute of the product. Fixed.

[+] Added the ability to choose the frequency and the type of indexation.

[+] Added the ability to show the discounted price of a product along with a crossed out original price.

[!] Some products weren't displayed in the shopping cart on the search results page. Fixed.

[!] There was a PHP Fatal error in some storefront themes.Fixed.

[!] Unavailable categories for the store were displayed in the category filter. Fixed.

[*] Added support for multiple search forms on the store page.

[*] Removed restriction making the module's work unavailable on PHP 7.



[!] Fixed: The search results widget shows the hidden products.

[!] Fixed: The product prices were show excluding user groups settings in the search results widget.

[!] Fixed: The search result widget didn’t use https connection.

[!] Fixed: There were errors in PHP logs.

[!] Fixed: The fix to support product flat tables did now work properly in some stores.

[+] Search results widget was added.

[+] Notice about a new version of extension was added.

[*] Compatibility with third-party addons was improved.

[*] Indexation status check was improved.

[*] Redundant product attributes are no longer collected.

[!] Searching by a product title and description could show incorrect search results on the advanced search page. Fixed.

[+] Compatibility with magento SUPEE-6788 patch and version 1.9.2.2 was added.

[+] Compatibility with third-party addons that override 'catalogsearch' controllers was added.

[+] Support for product flat table was added.

[+] HHVM support added.

[+] Ability to hide categories from search was added.

[+] Ability to enable only some of the store views to be processed by Searchanise was added.



[*] Magento: Set search field ID: The setting caption updated.

[*] Redundant product attributes are now longer collected.

[*] Obsolete code with category navigation was removed.

[*] Addition cms pages was hidden from search by default.

[*] Speed of product export was increased.



[!] Due to inconsistency of Magento's standard "Category Products" index, not all products were searchable. Fixed.

[!] All categories were submitted for each store, even if it had its own default (parent) category. Fixed.

[!] If sorting by custom attribute was applied the search results were shown without using Searchanise. Fixed.

[!] Allow Qty Below 0 setting handing was fixed.

[!] Erroneous server requests were handled incorrectly, cramming store logs with notices. Fixed.

[!] Default autocomplete wasn't disabled in magento 1.9. Fixed.

[*] Magento 1.9 support added.

[!] Catalog indexation would freeze for some stores. Fixed.

[*] Notices removed from the Magento cron logs.

[!] Multi-Store: Category links could be incorrect if there were several stores on different domains. Fixed.

[!] Server connection timeout increased.

[!] Searchanise server response correctness check improved.

[+] A warning about the "Use Flat Catalog Product" setting to be disabled added.

[*] Pages "Enable Cookies" and "Privacy Policy" are now not searchable by default.

[!] Wrongs product attribute values could be submitted sometimes. Fixed.

[+] Content search support added.

[!] Invalid data could be submitted on category change. Fixed.

[!] New store registration did not work (clicking the Connect to Searchanise button did nothing). Fixed.

[+] Category search support added.

[*] Switch to API v. 1.3.

[*] Datafeeds are now submitted in JSON instead of XML.

[*] Faster indexation: Only active products are submitted on initial indexation.

[*] Faster indexation: Child products are not submitted separately from their parents.

[!] Usergroup-based prices could be submitted incorrectly. Fixed.

[!] Minor improvements and fixes in the advanced search.

[*] Full catalog import is now 2.5-3 times faster.
[*] For a group product, its child product descriptions are stored in a separate attribute (fixes the [:ATTR:] issue).
[!] The [:ATTR:] chunk could occur in the instant search widget. Fixed.
[!] Attribute weights tuned for more relevant search (e.g. description weight increased).

[+] More product attributes can be collected for better deal-aggregator export (e.g. Google Shopping).

[*] Catalog data submitting speed improved.

[!] Fixed an issue with currencies containing the "'" character, which could break the instant search widget and Searchanise admin panel.

[*] Configured products support improved: extra data validation added.

New features:

- Improved configurated product support, child product attribute values are now taken into account for the parent product.

- Additional missing/invalid product check.

- Magento Enterprise support.


Improvements & fixes:

- Products from a storefront could appear in another storefront search. Fixed.

- Searchanise admin panel could not work if the store title included the ' symbol. Fixed.

- Third-party extension compatibility improved (the file config_without_search.xml updated).

Searchanise extension for Magento v. 1.1.8 introduces Magento 1.8 support, important fixes and improverments.



Changelog:



[+] Magento 1.8 support added.

[!] Subnitted sorting attributes could be wrong. Fixed.

[!] The default sorting is relevenace-based.

[!] Usergroup-based prices could be wrong. Fixed.

[*] Internal attribute-based filtering disabled (could be buggy).

[!] The 'created_at' and 'updated_at' attributes are now submitted in a product feed.

[+] If tags were disabled, the initial sync could crash. Fix.

[~] Cron debug info is now stored to a log file.

[!] Some attribute values could be ignored in the full-text search. Fixed.

[*] Full import is now more stable, less memory-consuming, and more DB error-resistant.

[!] Price could be indicated incorrectly on currency change. Fixed.

[~] Cron sync init method now works in parallel with the AJAX method by default to improve stability.

[*] Unnecessary cron processing notifications sent every 5 minutes with the OK message removed..

[+] Third-party module compatibility improved.

[+] Tax support for bundle products added.

[!] Fixed: server sync could interrupt if products tag contained the & character.

[!] Fixed: error occured when the group product prices was obtained.

[!] Fixed: incorrect global attribute values could be sent on data submission. Fixed.

[*] General improvement of the data submission routine.

The new version introduces the long-awaited tax-included prices, other new features and important fixes.



Features:

[+] Basic support for taxed prices added: taxes and prices are calculated as for a guest customer.

[+] If Searchanise is used for search and advanced search, all the "items per page" variants over 100 (including "All") are hidden.

[+] Sync method updated for better stability.



Fixes:

[!] Price filter step could be calculated incorrectly. Fixed.

[!] Server sync could stop if a product image was missing in the filesystem. Fixed.

[!] Server sync could stop if a product link contained the & character.



Other:

[-] The cron sync init method has been hidden from the Magento admin panel. It can only be enabled by manually editing the config file.

[~] Cron namespace changed from to

[+] You can now turn off Searchanise for quick product search (the Use Searchanise for search and advanced search setting.) The autocomplete widget will work.

[+] Faster indexation.

[+] Search relevance improved.

[+] The "All" variant of the items per page menu is replaced with "100" if the "Allow All Products per Page" option is active.

[!] Multi-store improvement: Sometimes, not all product data was submitted from additional storefronts. Fixed.

[!] The "Use in Quick Search" attributes are also taken into account in text search.

[!] Search results could be incorrectly sorted on initial page visit. Fixed.

[!] Search suggestion capitalizarion improved.

[!] In v.1.5, the display of the available filter variant list was improved for the Layered Navigation block.

[+] Automatic catalog re-indexation on extension update.

[!] Relevance sorting improved (inverse relevance sorting removed).

[!] If a sync error occurs, it is now indicated in the Searchanise admin panel.

[!] Indexation would not start on creating a storefront or changing a storefront status. Fixed.

[!] SEO-friendly links are used for products.

[!] Fixed an error that would occur on Magento Community 1.5 catalog indexation.

[+] Magento Community 1.5 is now supported.

[!] Grouped, configurable, and bundle product support improved.

[!] Fixed an error that would occur on Magento re-indexation.

[+] Maximal thumbnail size is now 70×70 pixels with the original aspect ratio preserved. For example, for a 360x535 image a 47x70 thumbnail will be generated.

[+] Catalog resync is performed automatically on image cache flushing.

[!] Fixed an SQL error that would appear on relevance result sort under certain MySQL server configurations.

[!] Fixed an issue with wrong path to the Searchanise admin panel in the Magento admin panel menu that would occur if the setting 'Add Store Code to URLs' was checked.

[+] Added an extra check for the standard search autocomplete being turned off (useful for non-standard skins, e.g. Shopper by Themeforest.)

[+] Searchanise registration is now performed automatically.
[+] Now, a notification appears in the Magento admin panel when the catalog indexation is complete.

[!] Special prices are now properly shown.
[!] Fixed the issue with out of stock products not being shown in the instant search widget even if the option 'Display Out of Stock Products' was activated.

[!] - Problem with Searchanise not working with some custom Magento templates (e.g. Shopper by themeforest) was fixed.

[+] - AJAX-based synchronization initialization added.

To change the synchronization initialization mode, go to System → Configuration → SEARCHANISE → Settings.

Setting the mode to AJAX should fix the issue with the synchronization process not starting.