Magento World Newsletter (December 1, 2011)
Last month we released a LOT of updated extensions. I gathered them in one simple table so that you can check below whether you run the latest version of our Magento module. Keep reading and find out what new extension can be already pre-ordered with about 50% discount!
Pre-order
We have prepared a special offer for you this time! You can pre-order our brand new Magento extension and save about 50% off the original price!
The Advanced Search Magento module replaces native search with Sphinx, an external search engine, so search works much more faster, server load is decreased, and results become more trustworthy.
On the Advanced Search page, you can find the guaranteed features you’ll get with this new extension, but as a bonus after official module release this list can be enlarged with some new benefits.
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When will the Advanced Search extension be released? How will its customizability compare to something such as the “Better Store Search” extension? Very interested to know as we are planning to launch our site soon.
Hi Rob,
The Advanced Search extension is planned to be released approximately in a couple of weeks. But you can pre-order it right now and save about 50%!
What’s about the comparison with the “Better Store Search” extension – I don’t know this product as well as ours. Advanced Search uses an external search engine Sphinx. So with Sphinx installed on dedicated server, your search becomes even faster. Moreover, Sphinx supports many different API’s, PHP, Python, Java, etc. So you can easily integrate an external application to perform search over Sphinx indexes.
Sphinx indexing features include full support for SBCS and UTF-8 encodings (meaning that effectively all world’s languages are supported); stopword removal and optional hit position removal (hitless indexing); morphology and synonym processing through word forms dictionaries and stemmers; exceptions and blended characters; and many more.
You can configure our extension in the way you need. For example, if search by manufacturer is primary in your store, just define the higher weight for corresponding attribute.
Also, Advanced Search allows searching through Blog posts and our extension is much cheaper than Better Store Search;)
Moreover, we provide 30-day money back guarantee and free support!
Will Aheadworks be posting a DISCOUNT code for the sale price to pre-order?
$99 is already a discounted price for Advanced Search.
I would like to have. but not now.
The Advanced Search seems pretty promising as I know aheadworks makes quality extensions. Will the Advanced Search have the “did you mean” feature as well, just like “Better store search” If so, I would probably get it.
I can’t say it precisely now. What I know is that it will definitely have knowledge base and CMS search.