Recipe 56: Views Fast Search
Note
Ingredients
Completed Recipe 53 (cron setup)
Search module, part of Drupal core
Views Fast Search: http://drupal.org/project/views_fastsearch
Views Fast Search merges the Views and Search modules in a manner that many will find superior to the default search functionality. Views Fast Search exposes a keyword search filter to Views. Additional exposed filters may also be included in the view.
Setup
Ensure that cron is being run regularly, by completing one of the three options in Recipe 53. Among other things, this step will update the search index.
Install the Views Fast Search module.
Enable the core Search module and the Views Fast Search module
Using the Default View
Go to the Default Views section of
admin/build/views. Add the views_fastsearch default view.
Explore the view. Note the View Type of Search Results. The field and sort are both set to Search: Score. The filter is set to Search: Fast Index with an AND operator and it is exposed and locked. No changes...
