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Magento 2 Advanced Search makes on-site search quick and efficient with the Elasticsearch engine and advanced functionality. The module ensures the opportunity to find relevant results across all the products, static pages, and even blog posts and FAQ's if integrated with the corresponding Aheadworks extensions. The effectiveness of the workflow is additionally supported by autosuggestions, recent searches, improved synonyms, spelling corrections, and other functions.

Compatibility: Magento Open Source 2.2.X, Magento Commerce 2.2.X

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Installing Advanced Search

Command Line Installation	Composer Installation

Command Line Installation

Composer Installation

1. Backup your web directory and store database

2. Download the Advanced Search installation package

3. Upload contents of the Advanced Search installation package to your store root directory

4. In SSH console of your server navigate to your store root folder:

cd path_to_the_store_root_folder

run the following command: :

php -f bin/magento module:enable Aheadworks_AdvancedSearch

then:

php -f bin/magento setup:upgrade

after:

php -f bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

5. Flush store cache; log out from the backend and log in again

Make sure the installation is done from the FTP Administrator account. Otherwise, set 775 permissions to the store root directory after the extension is deployed.

If you are installing an extension from Aheadworks for the first time, you need to add our composer repository to your Magento store:

1. Login to your ssh console and navigate to your store folder:

cd path_to_the_store_root_folder

Run the following command:

composer config repositories.aheadworks composer https://dist.aheadworks.com/

On successful execution of the command you will be able to use the composer to install the extensions.

To install the extension:

2. Login to your ssh console and navigate to your store folder:

cd path_to_the_store_root_folder

3. Run the following command to install the latest version of the extension:

composer require aheadworks/module-advanced-search

if you need to install a specific version, run this command:

composer require aheadworks/module-advanced-search:<version>

Specify the version of the extension in <version>

When prompted, enter Public Key (Username) and Private Key (Password):

Both Public Key (Username) and Private Key (Password) can be found in My Projects and Licenses in your personal account on our site:

4. Enable the extension:

php -f bin/magento module:enable Aheadworks_AdvancedSearch

Next, register the extension:

bin/magento setup:upgrade

Recompile your Magento store if you are in the Production mode:

bin/magento setup:di:compile

To verify that the extension is enabled, run this command:

bin/magento module:status

Clean store cache, by running the following command:

bin/magento cache:clean

Log out and Log in the backend again.

To upgrade the extension:

5. To update or upgrade an extension:

Download the updated extension file. Take note of the module-name and version. Export the contents to your Magento root.

If a composer package exists for the extension, run one of the following.

Update per module name:

composer update aheadworks/module-advanced-search

Updater per version:

composer require aheadworks/module-advanced-search:<version>

Run the following commands to upgrade, deploy, and clean the cache.

php bin/magento setup:upgrade --keep-generated php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy php bin/magento cache:clean

Getting Around

Backend Configuration

Failure-proof Support

Uninstalling Advanced Search