{"id":2022,"date":"2012-12-06T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/12\/06\/search\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T01:57:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T06:57:20","slug":"search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/search\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joomla search feature finds your Contacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you are <a href=\"\/support\/website\/clear-browser-cache-android\/\">using the Joomla Contacts Component<\/a>, the search feature on your site will allow you to search through your contacts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_joomla-3_components_contacts_contact-search.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_joomla-3_components_contacts_contact-search.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"contact-search\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>For example, we have a contact named <strong>Student A<\/strong> and <strong>Student B<\/strong>. As you can see in the screenshot to the right, searching our site for <em>student<\/em> brings back both of these contacts as a search result.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<h2>Accessing the Joomla Contacts Search Plugin:<\/h2>\n<p>The reason search can find contacts is because there is a <strong>Search \u2013 Contacts plugin<\/strong>. You can see what we are referring to by:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard\/\">Log into your Joomla 3.0 admin dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In the top menu, click <strong>Extensions<\/strong> and then click <strong>Plug-in Manager<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In the left sidebar, set the <strong>\u2013 Select Type \u2013<\/strong> drop down to <strong>search<\/strong><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_joomla-3_components_contacts_search-contacts-plugin.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"search-contacts-plugin\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_joomla-3_components_contacts_search-contacts-plugin.gif\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px; float: right;\" width=\"590\" height=\"417\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>The page will refresh and will only show search plugins.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">To prevent Joomla Contacts from showing up in Search<\/h3>\n<p>If you didn\u2019t want the search feature of your site to search through contacts, disable the <strong>Search \u2013 Contacts <\/strong>plugin. You can do this be clicking the green checkmark next to the plugin (which will change the check to a red x, meaning the plugin has been disabled).<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 10px;\">Increase your site\u2019s search speed!<\/h3>\n<p>If you have lots of contacts setup within Joomla, disabling the Contacts Search Plugin can actually increase your own site\u2019s search feature because it no longer has to sift through and sort any of your contacts.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are using the Joomla Contacts Component, the search feature on your site will allow you to search through your contacts. For example, we have a contact named Student A and Student B. 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