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This feature needs to be switched on for your site by Commerce Vision.
Overview
A product search tool is one of the most accessed area on an ecommerce website. Visitors and customers head for the Search tool to find products and content. With Product Search Preview Content, you can use the space below the Search tool for marketing or advertising. When the user clicks in the Search box, the content, e.g., linked banner, displays. Use this to highlight a product or new content, or sell the space to a supplier to market their products.
You can:
- enable/disable the feature as needed
- enable content only for certain Roles or Customers
- use layers so different content displays for different customer groups.
The content displays when the user clicks in the Search box. It disappears as soon as the user starts typing in the Search box.
Step-by-step guide
To enable/disable this feature for your entire site:
- Go to Settings → Feature Management → Products & Categories.
- Ensure Product Search Features is toggled ON, then click Configure.
- Toggle ON Enable Product Search Preview Default Template or use the Override feature to restrict access.
- Click Save.
The Product Search Preview Default Template is where content is added. To access it from here, click the button.
If the Product Search Preview Default Template is empty,
- Go to the Product Search with Preview Widget in the Theme Layout template (Content → Pages & Templates → Theme Layout)
- Click Edit.
- Toggle ON Enable Default Template.
- Save.
Add Search preview content
NOTE - The setting Enable Product Search Preview Default Template must be on.
- Go to Content → Pages & Templates.
- Use the Search tool to find the Product Search Preview Default Template. NOTE - If you are an administrator, you can access it from Product Search settings.
- Add the content widget you need.
- Any suitable and available widget can be used. We suggest the Banner Slider Widget. Make sure the banner to be used is ready for selection. See: Banners.
- You can also create your own custom content, e.g., HTML Snippet Widget.
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