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    #16
    You can search for product references within the main search field as long as you are not auto-generating product reference numbers. Will that address the issue for you? It could be that are auto-generating product reference numbers now, but you weren't in v6.

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      #17
      Hi Chris
      We do not auto generate product references. However, whenever we do a search on a product reference, no matching products are found
      regards
      howard

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        #18
        Do your product references have any unusual characters in them? If I search for '11' on my default Actinic store, I get the teapot up - which has a product reference of '11'.

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          #19
          Hi Chris
          No we do not.
          As I recall, we had to do what I want as something special in the version 6 AUG.
          Regards
          Howard

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            #20
            As I recall, we had to do what I want as something special in the version 6 AUG.
            Do you mean something like this?:
            Code:
            <form method="post" action="<actinic:variable name="SearchCGIURL" />">
            	<input type="hidden" name="NOLOGIN" value="1" />
            	Search for product references:
            	<input type="text" name="PRODREF" value="" />
            	<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Search Now" />
            </form>

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              #21
              Hi Chris
              Something like that.
              However, it just worked with all the quick search and main search boxes.
              Where do I put it?
              Regards
              Howard

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                #22
                Sorry Howard, but you seem to be contradicting yourself.
                As I recall, we had to do what I want as something special in the version 6 AUG.
                However, it just worked with all the quick search and main search boxes.
                Can you remember whether you had a separate box for the product reference search in your v6 store or whether you just used the standard search fields? I just don't know whether to help you get v8 working as v6 did, or help you add a new product reference search field into your layouts.

                If it's the latter, I need to see a URL of your store so I know how you can customise the layouts effectively.

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                  #23
                  Reference search

                  I would really like to be able to have a search by product reference number too either by entering the partial or full reference code.

                  Is there no way to set actinic so that when a user does a search it indexes the reference number as well as the product name and description text in the items it searches.

                  Quite often customers make an enquiry to me about a particular product quoting the reference number. I can't physically go onto my own site and search for the product by putting the reference number into the search box.
                  I create my own product references and am unable to search for them.

                  If this isn't easily available to do with V8 perhaps this facility could be included in a wish list for v9?
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                  UK Online DIY Store - Tools, Locks & DIY Products

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                    #24
                    Hi Chris
                    Sorry, we did have a second box for a time, but then we found that for some reason, the normal box could search on product reference, so we got rid of the separate box.
                    Don't ask me how.
                    Regards
                    Howard

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                      #25
                      OK - well if you copy the code I pasted earlier into your Quick Search Bar layout , or your 'Search Page Bulk Area' layout you will have a product reference search field. You may need to tweak the HTML code to suit your requirements, and you may also need to remove the <form> and </form> tags from my code if you are placing this code within an existing <form> on the page (which you probably will be).

                      But as I say, I changed the product reference of 'Great Expectations' in a default store to 'snowdonia'. Then uploaded and searched for 'snowdonia' and Actinic found the product. This was in 8.5.1

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                        #26
                        Whoops
                        RTFM Looked through help
                        and the answer is there
                        It is built in to the progam
                        Althought it doesn't seem to work
                        Is it because I upraded?
                        Regards
                        Howard

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                          #27
                          Update

                          Got it working .
                          Some of our product references contain hyphens, changed valid characters (search settings) to include hyphens and it is now sorted
                          Regards
                          Howard

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                            #28
                            Glad you got it working Howard.

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