Updated Search Service - HL Vanilla Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="schedule">Schedule</h2><p>We are excited to announce the release of our new Vanilla Search service! This update is independent from our regular bi-weekly product releases and will roll out over the next few weeks.</p><ul><li>Week of April 6th-9th: Staging & Development sites will be updated</li><li>Week of April 12th-16th: Production sites will be updated</li><li>Week of April 19th-23rd: Enterprise sites will be updated</li></ul><h2 data-id="key-updates">Key Updates</h2><p>Our new search service is largely a backend update aimed at improving the quality and speed of search, however this new backend has allowed us to introduce some other improvements and new features, such as:</p><ul><li><a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/382-updated-search-service#real-time-search-indexing" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Real-time search indexing</a></li><li><a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/382-updated-search-service#filtering-options" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Filtering Options</a></li><li><a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/382-updated-search-service#search-term-highlighting" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Search term highlighting</a> **</li><li><a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/382-updated-search-service#member-search" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Member Search</a> **</li><li><a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/382-updated-search-service#places-search" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Places</a> **</li><li><a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/382-updated-search-service#exact-text-matching" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Exact text matching</a></li><li><a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/382-updated-search-service#search-sorting" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Search Sorting</a> **</li><li><a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/382-updated-search-service#hubnode-search" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Hub/Node search</a> **</li></ul><p>** N.B. These features are dependent on our new search UI. This new search UI is enabled by default in our Foundation theme templates, and can be enabled upon request for any customer using a legacy or custom theme template. <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/383-enable-and-configure-vanillas-new-search-ui" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">More info.</a></p><h2 data-id="real-time-search-indexing"><strong>Real-time search indexing</strong></h2><p>New articles, discussions or other content is instantly searchable. There is no lag time required for your site to index the new content and appear in the search result</p><h2 data-id="filtering-options">Filtering Options</h2><p>Our new search UI allows you to browse search results by type, and narrow down your results using advanced filters. </p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/RTLTCZA6826F/screen-shot-2021-04-09-at-7-41-06-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/RTLTCZA6826F/screen-shot-2021-04-09-at-7-41-06-pm.png" alt="User: "Screen Shot 2021-04-09 at 7.41.06 PM.png"" height="180" width="320" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p></p><p><br></p><ul><li>"All" includes community discussions, knowledge base articles, and places (groups, categories & knowledge bases)</li><li>"Discussions" includes community discussions with options to filter by:<ul><li>Title</li><li>Author</li><li>Publication Date</li><li>Category</li><li>Tags</li><li>Discussion-type (discussions, polls, ideas, questions)</li></ul></li><li>"Articles" includes Knowledge Base articles with options to filter by<ul><li>Title</li></ul></li><li>"Places" includes Categories, Knowledge Bases & Groups with options to filter by<ul><li>Author</li><li>Date Updated</li><li>Knowledge Base</li><li>Title</li><li>Description</li><li>Type (Categories, Knowledge Bases, Groups)</li></ul></li><li>"Members" launches the <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/382-updated-search-service#member-search" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Member Search</a> where you can find community members. </li></ul><p><br></p><h2 data-id="search-term-highlighting"><strong>Search Term Highlighting</strong></h2><p>The words you search for will be highlighted within the text of the results so you can better understand how, and why a specific result matches your query.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/ZSBVODSTWF21/screen-shot-2021-04-09-at-5-58-40-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/ZSBVODSTWF21/screen-shot-2021-04-09-at-5-58-40-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2021-04-09 at 5.58.40 PM.png" height="1584" width="2876" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="member-search">Member Search</h2><p>Our new search UI comes with a dedicated space for members to find one another and search on member-specific filters, including:</p><ul><li>Username</li><li>Email - this filter is permission gated to user who are able to view personal info</li><li>Registration date</li><li>Role</li><li>Rank</li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/F4K3RT1QSUFK/screen-shot-2021-04-09-at-7-09-12-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/F4K3RT1QSUFK/screen-shot-2021-04-09-at-7-09-12-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2021-04-09 at 7.09.12 PM.png" height="1572" width="2878" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="places-search">Places Search</h2><p>Use search to find and navigate to key "places" within your community. Places include Groups, Categories and Knowledge bases. </p><ul><li>Places are pinned a the top of the search autocomplete to make it quick and easy to navigate to these spaces</li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/3H7ZFK28IBTB/screen-shot-2021-04-09-at-7-18-48-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/3H7ZFK28IBTB/screen-shot-2021-04-09-at-7-18-48-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2021-04-09 at 7.18.48 PM.png" height="616" width="1448" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <ul><li>Places also have their own dedicated space on the search page with more advanced filters</li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/OTQ02E8DAK0J/screen-shot-2021-04-09-at-7-17-14-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/OTQ02E8DAK0J/screen-shot-2021-04-09-at-7-17-14-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2021-04-09 at 7.17.14 PM.png" height="1412" width="2876" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="exact-text-matching"><strong>Exact text matching</strong></h2><p>Get more accurate search results with exact text matching and basic boolean operators:</p><ul><li>To find an exact word or phrase, use quotation marks - e.g. "release notes"</li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/F7LR28WWFNS2/screen-shot-2021-04-09-at-6-42-13-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/F7LR28WWFNS2/screen-shot-2021-04-09-at-6-42-13-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2021-04-09 at 6.42.13 PM.png" height="1304" width="1750" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <ul><li>To exclude a term from your search use the - sign e.g. "release"-"notes"</li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/HAN6BDHWUVFN/screen-shot-2021-04-09-at-6-44-20-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/HAN6BDHWUVFN/screen-shot-2021-04-09-at-6-44-20-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2021-04-09 at 6.44.20 PM.png" height="1324" width="1760" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <ul><li>To find content with multiple queries use the + sign - e.g. "release"+"2021"+"api"</li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/7MBFANCHG6OO/screen-shot-2021-04-09-at-6-47-19-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/7MBFANCHG6OO/screen-shot-2021-04-09-at-6-47-19-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2021-04-09 at 6.47.19 PM.png" height="1272" width="1738" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="search-sorting"><strong>Search Sorting</strong></h2><p>Our new search UI comes equipped with Search sorting options</p><ul><li>All content is sortable by:<ul><li>Best Match</li><li>Newest</li><li>Oldest </li></ul></li><li>Community discussions can additionally be sorted by:<ul><li>Top: posts with the most positive reaction score</li><li>Hot i.e. "Trending" : posts with the most comments + positive reaction score</li></ul></li><li>Members can be sorted by:<ul><li>Recently active</li></ul></li><li>Knowledge Base articles can also be sorted by Most Helpful i.e. articles with the most helpful votes<ul><li>Number of Posts</li><li>Name i.e. alphabetically</li></ul></li></ul><h2 data-id="hubnode-search"><strong>Hub/Node Search</strong></h2><p>For enterprise users with a hub/node structure, public content can be made searchable across nodes, allowing users to discover content they may find useful in another one of your spaces.</p> </article> </main>