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 Starting with VuFind 1.0RC2, the search options available to your users are completely customizable through configuration files. Starting with VuFind 1.0RC2, the search options available to your users are completely customizable through configuration files.
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-If you are using an earlier version of VuFind, we strongly recommend upgrading.  However, if you need information on customizing 1.0RC1 and earlier, see [[http://www.vufind.org/wiki/searches_customizing_tuning_adding?rev=1249657570|this earlier version of the page]]. 
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 ===== Defining Search Types ===== ===== Defining Search Types =====
  
-The available search types are defined in a file called searchspecs.yaml.  This file may be found in the web/conf directory in VuFind 1.x; in VuFind 2.x, default settings are found in config/vufind and may be copied and customized in the config/vufind subdirectory of your [[configuration:local_settings_directory|local settings directory]].+The available search types are defined in a file called searchspecs.yaml.  This file may be found in config/vufind and may be copied and customized in the config/vufind subdirectory of your [[configuration:local_settings_directory|local settings directory]].
  
 [[http://www.yaml.org/|YAML]] is a text file format for storing data that is a little more flexible than the standard .ini files used by most of VuFind.  Don't be intimidated -- most simple changes can be made without needing a deep understanding of how YAML works, and most new searches you will need can be created by copying some of the samples provided with the default VuFind installation. [[http://www.yaml.org/|YAML]] is a text file format for storing data that is a little more flexible than the standard .ini files used by most of VuFind.  Don't be intimidated -- most simple changes can be made without needing a deep understanding of how YAML works, and most new searches you will need can be created by copying some of the samples provided with the default VuFind installation.
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   * The default_handler setting lets you specify which of the searches from searchspecs.yaml is used by default when no other handler is chosen.   * The default_handler setting lets you specify which of the searches from searchspecs.yaml is used by default when no other handler is chosen.
  
 +===== Related Video =====
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 +Some of the topics from this page are also covered in the [[videos:configuring_search_and_facet_settings|Configuring Search and Facet Settings]] video.
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configuration/search_customization.1450716688.txt.gz · Last modified: 2015/12/21 16:51 by demiankatz