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A plugin to enhance the default ExpressionEngine search with an instant drop-down display of matching titles.

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Package Contents:
  • jquery.livesearch.js [view]
  • pi.live_search.php [view]
  • livesearch.css [view]

Download Livesearch 1.1.0

Quickstart

  1. Download the source files and upload them to your server.
  2. Put the plugin file into system/plugins and the javascript and css files into publicly accessible folders.
  3. Link to the css and javascript files in the element of your page.
  4. Create an empty template and enter the following tag: {exp:live_search:results}
  5. Now add an input box to your page and hijack it with javascript as follows. Remember to change the path to point to the template you created above. $('#keywords').livesearch('/search/livesearch/');

Customization

The easiest way to customize the plugins is to change the included css file to match your site design.

The plugin also has a few options to make your work easier, these are outlined below.

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General Information:

License
Dual Licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.
Resources
EE forum thread
Blog post
Thanks
Jörn Zaefferer for his jQuery autocomplete plugin.

Copyright © 2008 Pascal Kriete