March 2022 Release Notes: Fresh Updates for Shopify, Wix, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, CS-Cart, and Magento

Welcome to March release notes! This time most of the updates and improvements are available for all of our customers, no matter what platform you are on: Shopify, Wix, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, CS-Cart, or Magento. The list is long, so let's get straight to what's new:

You can now set the search weight of the product fields, i.e. define their importance (product fields are product details such as product names, descriptions, vendors, tags, SKU, etc.)

This will help you fine-tune the relevance of your search, as the weight of product fields affeсts the order of products in search results. For example, you can prioritize type over vendor, tags, barcodes, etc:

Here you will find the detailed instructions on how to change product fields' search weight on Shopify, Wix, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Magento, CS-Cart.

We've improved the field for CSS to make it easier for you to add custom code. Among other things, code fields now support:

• Syntax highlighting
  
• Displaying line numbers
  
• Formatting code according to the syntax
  

Here's how the new code fields look like in the admin panel:

We constantly work not only on adding new features but also on making Searchanise easier to use and set up. To do so we've recently accomplished three important tasks:

You can now easily access Searchanise API documentation if you want to add our app to your store. Please go to our Help Portal to view the documentation.

We've launched the new Help Portal. There you'll find everything you need to know about Searchanise: app's functions, documentation, settings and customization options.

You can also access the Help Portal articles right from the app's admin panel. All you need to do is press "i" and you will be taken to the corresponding help article:

We've made the slider view available for custom filters! Namely, a custom filter by default will be created as a slider (akin to the price slider) if they meet these two criteria:

• the filter is based on Shopify metafields
  
• metafield content is numeric

Slider filters in your store will make the filtering process easier and more intuitive for your customers. They will be able to instantly grasp what product variants are available, without having to scroll through the whole list of filter options.

For instructions on how to create filters by metafields, adjust them or convert them into the select filters, please, refer to our Help Portal.

We're going to release a new feature in the first weeks of April. You'll be able to set up a number of products per row from 1 to 6 in the Search Results Widget right from the admin panel. This feature will allow you to fine-tune the look and feel of the widget in your store on desktop:

Please note that the setting will be available only for stores with the Big Pictures design template in the Search Results Widget.