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Search (Smart Search)

WirdThe synchronisiertplugin …Smart Search - Fileshelf adds downloads to the site search (Smart Search). It finds title, description, file name – including its parts, so price-list-2026.pdf is found under “price” –, version and tags.

The result of a search for price list with the matching download
The search finds the download by title, file name or tag.

Setting up

    Check that the plugins Smart Search - Fileshelf and Content - Smart Search are enabled. Open Components → Smart Search and click Index once, so that existing downloads are added.

    From then on Fileshelf keeps the index up to date itself: when a download is saved, published, unpublished or deleted, and when the access level or status of a category changes.

    Who finds what

    The search only shows a visitor downloads whose access level – and that of the main category – they have. Password-protected downloads are found; the file still comes only after the password.

    Type, category (additional ones included), author, tag and language are available as search filters.

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