Hi,
Our site sells ink cartridges and to do this we create a page for each printer and list the associated cartridges. Originally we used to duplicate the cartridges for each printer that used them, and change the product descriptions of the cartridges to include the printer model name. The problem with this was that it makes maintanence very difficult. Now we just use duplicates without changing the description. But it has occurred to me that this prevents the search facility from working if a customer manually enters their printer model number. On our main search page, customers can use drop down boxes to find their printer by make and model. But the quick search does not use this.
On some pages we use a variable set at section level to store the printer model number and this is inserted into a template layout at the top. It is also inserted beneath the product descriptions to confirm compatibility. If I make this variable searchable, it does not help because I just end up with a huge list box with all the model numbers.
An example of a typical page is listed below:
http://www.inkandmedialtd.co.uk/acat...Cartrides.html
The text "Epson D78" is inserted from a variable. But searching for Epson D78 does not give any results. Does anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks,
James
Our site sells ink cartridges and to do this we create a page for each printer and list the associated cartridges. Originally we used to duplicate the cartridges for each printer that used them, and change the product descriptions of the cartridges to include the printer model name. The problem with this was that it makes maintanence very difficult. Now we just use duplicates without changing the description. But it has occurred to me that this prevents the search facility from working if a customer manually enters their printer model number. On our main search page, customers can use drop down boxes to find their printer by make and model. But the quick search does not use this.
On some pages we use a variable set at section level to store the printer model number and this is inserted into a template layout at the top. It is also inserted beneath the product descriptions to confirm compatibility. If I make this variable searchable, it does not help because I just end up with a huge list box with all the model numbers.
An example of a typical page is listed below:
http://www.inkandmedialtd.co.uk/acat...Cartrides.html
The text "Epson D78" is inserted from a variable. But searching for Epson D78 does not give any results. Does anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks,
James
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