# What is Flash Search?
Flash Search helps your customers find the products easier, faster, and more relevent.
## Getting Started
# Install app
How to install & uninstall the app
It is very easy to install the Flash Search app on your Shopify store. Please follow the steps below: \
**Step 1:** Open this link [Flash Search](https://apps.shopify.com/flash-search)
**Step 2:** On the app page, click Add app.
**Step 3:** In your Shopify admin, to authorize the use of the app, click **Install app**.
After the app is installed, in the Shopify admin sidebar, click **Apps** -> **Flash Search - Filter & Search.** You will be redirected to the Flash Search Dashboard on a different page.
Once you have installed app, installing layout is the next step you need to do. Please check [***next tutorial***](https://docs.flashsearch.io/getting-started/install-layout), we are going to learn how to install layout.
# Install layout
Flash search app will detect all the themes in your store and let you select a theme to implement the filter & search features. We recommend you **duplicate your theme** before adding the app features to your live one. This gives you a chance to test how the app features works without affecting your live store. The instructions to setup layout with Flash Search features greatly depend on the version of the theme you are using. We have two cases with [**Normal Theme**](https://docs.flashsearch.io/getting-started/install-layout/install-to-a-normal-theme) and [**Shopify Online Store 2.0 Theme**](https://docs.flashsearch.io/getting-started/install-layout/install-to-a-theme-os-2.0-supported). Then, make sure to select the instructions that apply to your version. Using instructions that do not apply to your version will not work.
# Install to a theme OS 2.0 supported
Please follow the below steps to install the layout to your theme.
From **Flash search** app admin, go to **Installation** **->** click **Install Layout**
**Step 1:** Find the theme that you want to install layout, select a filter layout then scroll down to click the **Next** button.
**Step 2:** Enable CSS embed block and Enable Javascript embed block\
**Enable CSS embed block**: Click on the button "**Theme editor**" it will redirect you to **Shopify** -> **Customize** -> **Theme** **Settings** -> **App Embeds** tab then click the Save button on the right side.
**Enable Javascript embed block**: By go to the theme editor to enable Javascript and Save changes.
When both of the above steps are completed, it is represented by the green checkmark. The "**Next**" button will allow being clicked to go to the next step.
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**Step 3:** Setup Search results app block on the Collection page and Search page.
On the Collection page: Click on the button "**Theme editor**" it will redirect you to **Shopify** **->** **Customize** **->** **Collection page.**
Let hide the default collection section from the theme and then add the app section to the Collection page:
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Repeat the above process with the **Search** page:
Click **Done** button to finish the installation.
# Install to a normal theme
1. From Flash search app admin, go to **Installation** **->** click **Install Layout.**
2\. Find the theme that you want to install layout and select a filter layout and then click **Install** **layout** button.
It will take a few minutes to complete the process.
# Creating first filter
If you set up a filter group for specific collections, these collections will display this particular filter group instead of Default.\
If you're just starting out, to imagine how the filter works please follow the steps below to create the first filter.
### 1. Create filter group
To set this up, first create filter group:
**Step 1:** From your Flash Search admin, go to **Filter** -> click **Create filter group**
**Step 2:** Enter filter group name and collections.
**Name:** Enter the text of the name.
**Collections:** Choose the Collections to implement the filter group. You can choose multiple Collections for one filter group.
### 2. Add filter option for filter group
**Step 1:** Open the filter group you just created in first step -> Click **Create filter.**
**Step 2:** Select the filter type. The option type is automatically derived from your product attributes. For example: filter by collections, product options, tags, price...
**Step 3:** Enter the Label for the option type.
# Filter groups
A filter group can contain a lot of filters. If you have a lot of products and want users to have the ability to narrow down their selections by filter values, this useful feature is for you. In other words, keeping filters organized in groups gives desired product results. This feature is built in and used the same way in all of the themes. The Flash Search application provides three types of filter groups for the corresponding pages are **collection** pages, **search results** page, and **specific collection**.
### 1. Default collections filter group
Default collections filter group is applied to both collections and search results. It is created automatically based on existing product data, like availability, price, variant options, and more. In case if you want to set up a filter group for specific collections, these collections will display this particular filter group instead of Default. Please note that **Default collections filter group cannot be deleted nor disabled** but allows you edit the filter options or remove/add new filters to the group.
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### 2. Search filter group
If you want to custom the filters on search results page you need to enable the "Search filter group". If this option is enabled the search results page will display that filter group instead Default. Otherwise, it will display the default collections filter group. **The Search filter group not allowed delete but it allows to turn on and off** at any time.
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### 3. Filter group for specific collections
As you know that the default filter group is implemented for product filtering on all Collection pages. In some case you want have different filter groups for specific collections so you can create your new filter group. This new one will be applied to specific collections instead of default filter group. This filter group type **can be** **deleted or disabled** anytime and allows you edit the filters or remove/add new filters.
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To learn more about how to add the filters to the filter group and configure them please refer to [***Filters*** ](https://docs.flashsearch.io/filters/filters)article.
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**Good to know:** Splitting your product into fundamental concepts, objects, or areas can be a great way to let readers deep dive into the concepts that matter most to them.
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# Filters
The filters allow you to set up filter group on your search and collection pages. Your customers can filter your products by availability, product type, color, or other options to find the products that interest them the most. Your customers are able to accurately find the products they want within seconds. You can create multiple filters for Shopify store depending on your goods’ attributes. The different filtering methods that the app provides are as follows:
[Filter by Collections ](https://docs.flashsearch.io/filters/filter-options/filter-by-collections)
Filter by Vendor
Filter by Product type
[Filter by Tags ](https://docs.flashsearch.io/filters/filters/filter-by-tags)
Filter by Price
Filter by Variant's price
[Filter by Percent sale ](https://docs.flashsearch.io/filters/filters/filter-by-percent-sale)
[Filter by Review Rating ](https://docs.flashsearch.io/filters/filters/filter-by-review-rating)
[Filter by Stock status ](https://docs.flashsearch.io/filters/filters/filter-by-stock-status)
Filter by Weight
Filter by Product options
[Filter by Metafields](https://docs.flashsearch.io/filters/filters/filter-by-metafields)
### How to add filter options?
**Step 1:** Select the filter group you want to filter options.
**Step 2:** Select the filter type. The option type is automatically derived from your product attributes. For example: filter by collections, product options, tags, price...
**Step 3:** Enter the Label for the option type(By default the label is set to the Filter type).
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**Good to know:** Splitting your product into fundamental concepts, objects, or areas can be a great way to let readers deep dive into the concepts that matter most to them.
{% endhint %}
# Filter by Collections
In this article, we will guide you on how to configure filter by collections in the filter group like this:
1\. **Filter type:** Select Filter type is Collections
2\. **Filter title:** Enter the label for the Filter title, this label will be displayed on the storefront.
3\. Choose "**Using multi-level collections**" if you want to show collections and their sub values (would be tags, collections or URL).
4.**On click collection action:** Choose between **Jump to collection page** and **Filter in current collection page**.
Jump to collection page: If selected, when clicking a collection, it will redirect to the corresponding collection page. E.g. after clicking "Shop for her" collection, you will be redirected to "/collections/shop-for-her" page.
Filter in current collection page: If selected, when clicking a collection, it will filter out the current products that be in the clicked collection. E.g. your current products in search results is: "Hrim sports shoes", "Tong cross neck dress". After clicking collection "Shoes"("Hrim sports shoes" is in this collection), our app will filter only products are in "Shoes" collection, then the search results is: "Hrim sports shoes".
5\. **Narrow down Collections by prefix:** this operator is used to narrow down the value in the filter collection by only show the collection started with a defined prefix.his operator is used to narrow down the value in that filter option.
6\. **Choose values manually:** If this option is checked, you can select custom values to show your customers:\
\- **Manual values** - click this option to show and then add the values from the drop-down list. You can drag and drop the collections to arrange their display position on the front store.
\- **Keep collections unchanged-** By enabling this option, all the collections still display even they have no products.
7\. **Show more options:** This is advanced settings for the filter option: each filter option will have additional flex options that have been optimized.
***Common options***
**Show tooltip:** by checking this option, if you want to show extra information about the filter option when the user moves the mouse pointer over the help icon that is next to the filter title.
**Tooltip content:** Enter the content for the tooltip.
**Show more type:** \
Set how the filter to display, choosing from Scrollbar, Show all, View more, or View more with scrollbar. It's values when having many filter values.
**Value text transform:** Controls the capitalization of filter value titles. Options include none, Capitalize, Uppercase, Lowercase.
***Sorting options***
**Sort by:** This option allow sort the filter values. Options include Label - AZ, Label - ZA, Product count - Highest to lowest, Product count - Lowest to highest.
***Collapse options***
**Collapse by default on Desktop:** If selected, by default on Desktop, the content of filter is hidden, only filter title is shown.
**Collapse by default on Mobile:** If selected, by default on Mobile, the content of filter is hidden, only filter title is shown.
***Search box***
**Show search box on Desktop:** If selected, a search box will show on the filter on Desktop.
**Show search box on Mobile:** Allows you to show a search box on the filter on Mobile.
# Filter by review rating
Filter by review rating is a great way to help your customers can find the high-rated products easier.
In this article, we will guide you on how to configure a filter by review rating in the filter group like this:
Before starting, we have to integrate a review rating first, please follow our guide below:
{% content-ref url="/pages/S91oUYN8sqOVkoPef21A" %}
[Product reviews](/integrations/product-reviews)
{% endcontent-ref %}
**1. Filter type**: Select filter type is **Review Rating**
**2. Filter title:** Enter the label for the Filter title, this label will be displayed on the storefront.
3\. In the next section, we have 2 options:
**Show products with ratings greater or equal selected ratings:**
Show products that have their rating value greater or equal to the rating value your customer selected. e.g. When your customers choose a **3 stars** rating value, the filter result will display products that have their rating value **greater or equal** **to** **3 stars** (from **3 stars to 5 stars**).
**Show products with ratings equal selected ratings exactly:**
Show products that have their rating value equal to the rating value your customer selected exactly. e.g. When your customers choose a 4 stars rating value, the filter result will display products that have 4 stars reviews only.
Rating color: Choose a color for the rating star icon.
4\. After finish, click the **Save** button, and the is the result on your collection/search page:
The result after filtering by reviews:
# Filter by Metafields
In this article, we will guide you on how to configure a filter by metafields in the filter group like this:
Please read the instructions below to find out how to do this:
1. First let's navigate to the **Metafields tab** in **Shopify Settings ->** Choose the **Products metafield** and the **metafield type** to be added.
2. **Add** the **value** to the **metafield** set in **Shopify products.**
3. Go to **Settings** in FlashSearch -> **Search Fields** -> **Scroll down** to Search fields by metafield and **click on** **Create search field by metafield.**
4. Enter the **namespace** and **key** created from the metafield. In the **Content type** tab select **List** and hit **Save**.
5. In the **Default filter group** click on **Create filter** -> **Scroll down** until we see our metafield filter -> Select the **Filter** **display** and hit **Save.**
6. **Click** on the **Sync tab** and hit **Sync your store.**
You can check the video below for a visual reference.
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As for the other options when created the filter, please refer to the [Filter by Collections](/filters/filters/filter-by-collections) document since it's been very well documented.
# Filter by Tags
In this article, we will guide you on how to configure a filter by tags in the filter group like this:
1\. **Filter type:** Select Filter type is Tags
2\. **Filter title:** Enter the label for the Filter title, this label will be displayed on the storefront.
3\. **Filter display:** Change how the filter is display as.
4\. **Narrow down Tags by prefix: T**his operator is used to narrow down the value in the filter tags by only showing the tags started with a defined prefix. This operator is used to narrow down the value in that filter option.
5\. **Choose values manually:** If this option is checked, you can select custom values to show your customers.
6\. **Excluded values:** Excluding the tags that you don't want the customer to use.
7\. **Choose multiple filter values:** If selected, your customers can choose multiple filter values instead of only one.
8\. **Show more options:** This is advanced settings for the filter option: each filter option will have additional flex options that have been optimized.
**Use AND condition:** This will make it so the products have to have the exact 2 tags or more to show instead of the 1st or 2nd tag like default.
For the last couple of options I recommend to check the [Filter by Collections](https://docs.flashsearch.io/filters/filters/filter-by-collections) as that document have covered them.
# Filter by Stock status
In this article, we will guide you on how to configure a filter by stock status in the filter group like this:
1\. **Filter type:** Select Filter type is **Stock status**
2\. **Filter title:** Enter the label for the Filter title, this label will be displayed on the storefront.
3\. **In stock and Out of stock:** You can tick this option and change the text if you want to show the Products that are still In stock/Out of stock on the collection page.
4\. **Show more options:** This is advanced settings for the filter option: each filter option will have additional flex options that have been optimized.
**Show tooltip:** by checking this option, if you want to show extra information about the filter option when the user moves the mouse pointer over the help icon that is next to the filter title.
**Tooltip content:** Enter the content for the tooltip.
**Show search box on Desktop:** If selected, a search box will show on the filter on Desktop.
**Show search box on Mobile:** Allows you to show a search box on the filter on Mobile.
# Filter by Percent sale
In this article, we will guide you on how to configure a filter by percent sale in the filter group like this:
1\. **Filter type:** Select Filter type is **Percent sale.**
2\. **Filter title:** Enter the label for the Filter title, this label will be displayed on the storefront.
3\. **Filter display:** Change how the filter is display as.
# Pinning
This feature helps you to pin specific products by keywords to the Search form on your store. Once pinned, those products will appear as suggestions for customers.
To create a Pin, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to **Search -> Pinning -> Create Pin**
2\. A **popup** will appears to let you create the pin, you can enter keywords that you think your customers will **often search for.** For example, you can enter "**Shoe**" keyword. Press "Enter" after finished typing.
3\. Products related to the keyword "**Shoe**" will appear and you can click on the **Pin** icon to pin the product. (Click on the Pin icon again to un-pin)
After pinned the products, you can **drag and drop** them to arrange them in the order you want.
4\. Click **Save** button when you done.
*Result on the search page when searching with "Shoe" keyword:*
# Synonyms
Let Flash Search know which search terms should be treated identically.
There are **many synonyms** that each person has a different way of calling them. For example, a "**chair**", some people call it a "**chair**", others call it a "**sofa**" or "**seater**" or "**armchair**"... This feature helps you manage those synonyms and process them when searched.
To create your synonym, go to **Synonyms -> Create synonym**
Enter your **synonyms** and click **Save**
Result**:** When you search for the word "**seater**", the products containing the word "**chair**" or "**armchair**" are also displayed.
# Redirect
This feature will redirect your customers from a search query to desired page.
To create a Redirect, go to **Search -> Redirect**.
On the **Redirect** pop up, simply add the **search terms** and **page url** that you want to redirect to.
*Result:*
# Sort by best selling
By default, our app will calculate the best selling rank by our own app's algorithm based on the orders. But if you want to sort by best-selling based on Shopify, we have to do the steps below manually:
{% hint style="info" %}
Because Shopify doesn't provide a way for our app to get best-selling data, we have to create a collection sorted by best-selling. In this way, our app can get best-selling data from Shopify.
{% endhint %}
1\. Go to **your store admin -> Products -> Collections -> Create collection**
2\. In the create new collection page, enter the following information below:
**Title**: Enter exactly the name **FLASHSEARCH\_SMART\_COLLECTON\_BEST\_SELLING**
**Collection availability:** Unselect all channels to not allow this collection visible on your store.
**Conditions**:
* Product must match: **all conditions**
* The rule like this**: Price -> is greater than ->** -999999999
**Products**: Choose sort by **Best selling**
3\. After fill all the information below, click the "Save" button.
4\. Go to **Flash Search app admin -> Home ->** Click **"Sync your store"** button
**5.** Wait until the sync progress is done. After finished, you can go to your store and check the result by selecting **Best selling** in the dropdown**:**
# Introducing Analytics
# Export analytics data
# What is Layout
Layout is our filter and search widgets will install to your themes.
# Customization
You can customize color, layout... of widget or even customizing deeply by adjusting HTML, JS, CSS code of widget.
Here will show the **themes** that you have installed **Flash Search** app to.
On each theme you can **edit code, export, customize** and **preview** it.
# Customize
Customize the search and filter widgets for your themes. You can customize color, layout... of the app or even customizing deeply by adjusting HTML, JS, CSS code.
To go to customize the search and filter widgets for your theme, please go to **Layout -> Customization -> Theme -> Customize.**
To make it easier for you, we'll list some frequently asked questions here:
#### 1. For both Instant search, Collection and Search page
[How to customize for Product label?](https://docs.flashsearch.io/layout/customization/customize/general#1.-product-label)
[How to customize for price?](https://docs.flashsearch.io/layout/customization/customize/general#2.-price)
#### 2. For Instant search widget
[How can I change what shows up on Instant search?](https://docs.flashsearch.io/layout/customization/customize/instant-search#2.-customize-instant-search)
[How to disable or enable Instant search?](https://docs.flashsearch.io/layout/customization/customize/instant-search#1.-how-to-enable-disable-instant-search-feature-on-your-theme)
#### 3. For Collection and Search result pages
[How to disable or enable Filter on Collection and Search page?](https://docs.flashsearch.io/layout/customization/customize/search-and-collection-pages#1.-how-to-enable-disable-filter-feature)
[How to change product sorting and default view?](https://docs.flashsearch.io/layout/customization/customize/search-and-collection-pages#2.1.-general-settings)
[How to change filter layout on Search page?](https://docs.flashsearch.io/layout/customization/customize/search-and-collection-pages#2.2.-layout)
How to customize for product image?
[How to customize for the Filter toolbar?](https://docs.flashsearch.io/layout/customization/customize/search-and-collection-pages#2.7.-tool-bar)
[How to change design for Add to cart and Quick view buttons?](https://docs.flashsearch.io/layout/customization/customize/search-and-collection-pages#2.8.-product-item)
How to show product variants on Collection and search pages?
#### 4. For page heading
[How to disable page heading on Collection page?](https://docs.flashsearch.io/layout/customization/customize/page-heading#1.-collection-page-heading)
[How to design for page heading on Search result page?](https://docs.flashsearch.io/layout/customization/customize/page-heading#2.-search-page-heading)
# General
The general options will be applied to all Instant search widget, collection and Search pages. You can config for Product label and Price.
### 1. Product label
Product labels are label for products like **New**, **Sale** or **Sold out**. It shows the user the status of products.
To open Product label, go to customize your theme -> **General -> Product label**.
#### 1.1. Look and feel
**Sale label:** This label will appear on products that are **on sale**. You can change type, background color and text color for it.
*Result on live collection page:*
**Sold out label:** This label will appear for products that are **out of stock.** You can change background and color for this label.
**New label:** It will show with new products. But with Flash Search, you can set the new label to show for products created after how many days.
#### 1.2. Translations
You can change all labels to your language here.
### 2. Price
#### 2.1. Look and feel
**Price varies format:** There are two types for price, a type of **lowest price - highest price** and other one is **From lowest price**.
**Price color:** You can change color for original, discounted and compare price.
#### 2.2. Translations
Under Translations tab, you can change the price varies text.
# Instant Search
### 1. How to enable/disable instant search feature on your theme?
**Instant search** is the content of the search suggestions that drop down right below the search form. When **Flash Search** app is installed, it will add instant search functionality to your store. Using the search widget, visitors of your Shopify store can quickly search for products they want. If they find what they need quickly, the search functionality would help you convert more visitors into customers.
If you do not want to use that function, you can disable it by using the **Enable instant search feature** option.
### 2. Customize Instant search
To adjust the content shows on Instant search widget, go to **Theme -> Customize -> Select Instant search**.
#### 2.1. Options
**General:** Here you can **manage the parts** will show on the instant search results. You can **turn on/off** the parts that you want to show or **drag and drop** to move the position.
*Note: You can preview the changes right under **Preview** tab*.
**Maximum the number of displayed results:** You can change the number of results will show on the Instant search.
**Choose which product fields are displayed:** The are many options allow you turn on/off product fields on the Instant search.
*Result on live collection page:*
#### 2.2. Look and feel
On this tab, you can design everything to show up in Instant search like change layout, color, font style...
**Layout type:** You can choose one of two layout types. We have two types of layout: **Horizontal** and **Vertical.**
*Result vertical layout on live collection page:*
**General:** There are some options allow you change the **background**, **hover** and **label color** for the Instant search area. Simply click on the **pen** icon to choose a color.
*Result on live collection page:*
**Suggestions:** You can change color for text and highlighted text of suggestion results.
**Products:** Here you can change the style for product title, price, sku, vendor and review\... on Instant search.
**Did you mean:** The options here used to change color and font weight for "Sorry, nothing found for s.Did you mean: see?" text.
**View all:** The options here used to set the color for "View all results for a" text on Instant search.
*Result on live page:*
**Not found:** You can change color for text when no results are found.
*Result on live page:*
**Product label:** You can change font size, font weight and shape for product label.
#### 2.3. Translations
You can **change all text** on **Instant search** here, except product title, vendor, SKU, price (they should be changed in Shopify). Our default text are in English. For example, if your store language is **German**, you can change the text to German here.
# Page Heading
Similar to Shopify, if you want you can also display the page heading for the Collection and Search page.
To customize for page heading, please go to **Customize theme -> Page heading**
### 1. Collection page heading
To show page heading on your collection page, open the **Customize** box and select **Collection page heading.** Then turn on **Display** option.
**Background image:** You have two options here: add image url to the app or use collection image.
* **Use background image url:** To get **Background image url**, please go to **Shopify admin -> Settings -> File ->** upload your background image to Shopify and **copy url**.
Example for background image url:
* **Use Collection image:** If you enable this option, it will take the collection image from Shopify to show for each collection.
To add image to your collection, go to **Shopify admin -> Products -> Collections -> Edit collection -> Collection image**.
Result on Women collection page:
{% hint style="info" %}
Note: If you use background image url, it will be the same to all of your collections. So if you want to have different background image for each collection, you should use collection image.
{% endhint %}
**Background color:** If you do not want to use an image for background, you can use a background color. Simply click on the pen icon to select a color.
**Background overlay:** This option allows you set a color over background image or color of collection using the opacity controlling the transparency of the overlay image.
**Padding space:** You can set **padding** for collection heading on desktop and mobile. They are **padding top** and **bottom**.
**Collection title:** You can turn on/off Collection title, change color, font size and font weight for it.
**Collection description:** The same options with Collection title, you can turn on/off, change color, font size and font weight for description.
### 2. Search page heading
On the Search result page, if you want to show page heading, you can do that here.
**Result on Search result page:**
**Background:** To make the page heading looks more beautiful, you can set background for it. You can add a background image, change background color, overlay, padding...
To get **Background image url**, please go to **Shopify admin -> Settings -> File ->** upload your background image to Shopify and copy url.
**Search text:** Here you can enable/disable the text on search heading and change color for that text.
*Result on search result page:*
# Search and Collection pages
### 1. How to enable/disable filter feature?
The **Filter feature** allows you to display and apply different product filters on the search results or collection page. It should be used when you have a lot of products in your store. It will help customers can find what they are looking for much faster and easier.
#### 2.1. With the old themes that does not support OS 2.0
With these themes, you can easily enable/disable the **Filter feature** on Collection and Search page by using below option:
#### 2.2. With Shopify theme OS 2.0
To enable/disable **Filter feature** with Shopify theme OS 2.0, when clicking on the **Enable/disable filter feature** option, a popup will display allowing click to redirect to the theme editor to disable the Search result widget on Collection or Search page.
Please see the below gif:
### 2. Customize Collection & Search pages
To customize for Collection and Search page, please go to **Theme Customize -> Select Collection/Search pages** on the dropdown box.
#### 2.1. General settings
Here are the most general settings for Collection and Search page. You can change the **default sorting**, **default view** and **number of product per page**.
**Default sorting:** With the collection template of Shopify, you can change the default sorting in the collection in Shopify. But when you use Flash Search widget, you can change it here.
**Default view:** You can change the number of item per row on your collection and search pages to 2 3 4 or 6 items or a list view.
**Product per page:** It is the number of product per page.
#### 2.2. Layout
To customize layout for Collection and Search page, go to **theme customize -> Collection/Search pages -> Layout.**
**Layout type:** Here you can choose a layout type for Collection and Search page.
*Result for Horizontal style 2 layout:*
**Layout width:** You can change the width of layout to 1200px, 1600px or full width.
*Result:*
#### 2.3. Product label
By default, **product labels** are **enabled** on your Collection and Search page. If you want to disable them, please go to **Theme customize -> Collection/Search pages -> Product label.**
**Display label:** You can enable/disable product labels by turn on/of the below options.
**Label shape:** You can choose the shape for labels is **rounded** or **rectangle.**
Also, you can change **position** from **top-left** to **top-right** and change **font size**, **font weight** for product labels.
#### 2.4. Product image
Here you can change the effect when hovering over product image. Go to **Theme customize -> Collection/Search pages -> Product image.**
**Display image:** You can choose to show one or two images when hover over product image.
**Two images hover effect:** If you choose two images, you can set the hover effect is zoom or show opacity.
**Background overlay:** Select background overlay as a percentage.
#### 2.5. Collection page header
The options here allow you **enable** or **disable** the **header** on **Collection page**. Also, you can change style for it. Go to **Theme customize -> Collection/Search pages -> Collection page header.**
**Display page header:** If you enable, the **collection name** will show on all collections page as a header.
*Result on live collection page:*
#### 2.6. Search page header
* **Options:** Here you can enable or disable the header and search box on the Search result page.
* **Look and feel:** There are some options help you design for page header and search box.
* **Translations:** You can change header and placeholder text in the search form. **{count}** will show the number of product result. **{searchTerm}** will show the searched term.
*Result on live pa*ge:
#### 2.7. Tool bar
In this **Toolbar** section, you can enable/disable Filter, product layout views, sort by and total products. Also, you can change style and change texts.
* **Options:** There are some options allow you enable/disable the elements on toolbar.
* **Look & Feel:** Under this tab you can change style for all elements on the toolbar like text color, icon color...
\+ Filter and Total product:
\+ Sort by:
Grid/List view:
**Translations:** All text on Toolbar can be changed here. You can change to your language. The default language is English.
#### 2.8. Product item
The options here will applied to all product items on Grid and List layouts.
* **Border:** You can add a border to arrow **product image** or **product item**.
*Result for border around product image on live collection page:*
* **Product buttons:** They are the buttons on product item.
* **Button design:** We have several designs for buttons that you can choose here. You can choose different designs for buttons on mobile and desktop.
*Result for button **design 3 center** on desktop:*
*Result for button **design 5** on mobile:*
If you choose **design 7** for buttons, we have some options to change **background and text color** for **Add to cart** button:
#### 2.9. Product variants
If your products have **Color** and **Size** variants and you want to show them on product item, you can do that here and customize for variant options.
Go to **Theme customize -> Collection/Search pages -> Product item.**
* **Product color:**
\+ **Display product color:** If you enable this option, the color options will display below product image.
\+ **Show type:** You can choose to show **all colors** or **only show available colors** (this means that it will hide out-of-stock color variants)
\+ **Swatch layout type:** Here you can choose to show the variant options as **swatch color** or **swatch image.**
\+ **Swatch size:** You can change the **size** for swatch options. We have three sizes for you to select.
\+ **Swatch style:** You can change the style of swatch options to **rounded** or **square**.
\+ **Color option name to show Product color**s: This option to fill the **variant name** to. For example, in Shopify, the variant name of your products is "**Color**", you must fill that "**Color**" text to this option. Or the variant name is "**Colour**", you must fill to this option "**Colour**". That is, it must be the **same as the variant name in Shopify**, case sensitive. Press "enter" on your keyboard to add more names.
\+ **Show more options:** For example, you have all 10 variant options, you can adjust to show only 5 and when you click on show more colors, it will show all options.
#### 2.9. Quick view
#### 2.10. Pagination
#### 2.11. Filters
# Edit code
To edit code of Flash Search app in your theme, please go to **Action -> Edit code**.
Here you can custom **Javascript** or **CSS**. But make sure you know the code to be able to customize them :)
For example, I want to **center** the **product title, price** on the Collection page. It looks like this now:
I will add some css code to Flash Search app like this:
*Result:*
# Export
This is an extremely cool feature, it helps you **backup** all your data. You can export all data from this theme and import to other themes.
The backup is exported as a .zip file consisting of four files: code.css, code.js, customization.json and metadata.json.
# Import
Layout templates are the HTML, JS, CSS code of the search and filter widgets. You can upload layout templates and apply them to any your store's themes
To import a layout, go to **Layout -> Customization -> Layout templates**.
Please follow the steps below:
1. click on **Upload layout** button.
2. Click or drag file to this area to upload and click on **Upload files** button.
3. After uploading the templates, click on the **Apply to** button to select the themes that you want to apply the template to.
*Note: You can upload multiple files at the same time.*
# Product colors
# Product reviews
Layout is our filter and search widgets will install to your themes.
# Judge.me Product Reviews
## About Judge.me
**Judge.me** helps you collect and display star ratings and reviews about your products and Shopify store. Social proof from reviews and other user-generated content like photos and videos increases your conversion rate, organic traffic, and buyer engagement. Our photo and video reviews are free!
## Benefits of this integration
**Flash Search's Judge.me** integration helps your customer find high-rated products easier and significantly boosts your conversion rate.
## Integration requirements
**Judge.me** app must be installed.
## Integrate Judge.me to Flash Search
To integrate Judge.me to Flash Search, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to **Integrations -> Apps -> Product reviews -> Toggle Judge.me on**
2\. Wait for some minutes for sync review ratings from Judge.me into Flash Search.
3\. After finished, go to your store, and here is the result:
**On the collection/search page:**
**On the search bar:**
## Create a filter with Judge.me review ratings
To create a filter with Judge.me review ratings, please follow our guide below:
{% content-ref url="/pages/278LXZDIO7YgyaRS02eV" %}
[Creating first filter](/getting-started/creating-first-filter)
{% endcontent-ref %}
# Growave ‑ Loyalty, Reviews, Wishlist +2
## About Growave
**Growave** - all-in-one Shopify marketing app with powerful tools for photo reviews, wishlists, loyalty programs, gift cards, referrals, and UGC.
## Benefits of this integration
**Flash Search's** **Growave** integration helps your customer find high-rated products easier and significantly boosts your conversion rate.
## Integration requirements
**Growave** app must be installed.
## Integrate Growave to Flash Search
To integrate Growave to Flash Search, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to **Integrations -> Apps -> Product reviews -> Toggle Growave on**
2.
2\. Wait for some minutes for sync review ratings from Growave into Flash Search.
3\. After finished, go to your store, and here is the result:
**On the collection/search page:**
**On the search bar:**
## Create a filter with Growave review ratings
To create a filter with Growave review ratings, please follow our guide below:
{% content-ref url="/pages/sllopDYirNFCzGbeniUX" %}
[Filter by review rating](/filters/filters/filter-by-review-rating)
{% endcontent-ref %}
# Loox Product Reviews & Photos
## About Loox
#### Collect Photo & Video Reviews
Send automatic review request emails, ask customers for reviews with delivery-based timing, and offer discounts for adding a photo or video
#### Beautiful looking widgets
Enjoy a first-class user interface, and choose from attractive customer review widgets - Grid, List, Carousel, Popup, Sidebar and cart page!
#### Generate traffic and referrals
Share Loox reviews on social; SEO; Google Shopping; Facebook Pixel Integration. Offer referral discounts to boost word-of-mouth & retention
## Benefits of this integration
**Flash Search's** **Loox** integration helps your customer find high-rated products easier and significantly boosts your conversion rate.
## Integration requirements
**Loox** app must be installed.
## Integrate Loox to Flash Search
To integrate Loox to Flash Search, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to **Integrations -> Apps -> Product reviews -> Toggle Loox on**
2\. Wait for some minutes for sync review ratings from Loox into Flash Search.
3\. After finished, go to your store, and here is the result:
**On the collection/search page:**
**On the search bar:**
## Create a filter with Loox review ratings
To create a filter with Loox review ratings, please follow our guide below:
{% content-ref url="/pages/sllopDYirNFCzGbeniUX" %}
[Filter by review rating](/filters/filters/filter-by-review-rating)
{% endcontent-ref %}
# Ryviu: Aliexpress Reviews App
## About Ryviu
Ryviu Product Reviews app is a Shopify reviews app that helps you generate social proof and customer support interactions by providing product evaluations and answering product questions. It is trusted by more than 30,000 Shopify users and has over 800 positive reviews from Shopify users.
## Integration requirements
**Ryviu** app must be installed.
## Benefits of this integration
**Flash Search's** **Ryviu** integration helps your customer find high-rated products easier and significantly boosts your conversion rate.
## Integrate **Ryviu** to Flash Search
To integrate Ryviu to Flash Search, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to **Integrations -> Apps -> Product reviews -> Toggle Ryviu on**
2\. Wait for some minutes for sync review ratings from Ryviu into Flash Search.
3\. After finished, go to your store, and here is the result:
**On the collection/search page:**
**On the search bar:**
## Create a filter with **Ryviu** review ratings
To create a filter with Ryviu review ratings, please follow our guide below:
{% content-ref url="/pages/sllopDYirNFCzGbeniUX" %}
[Filter by review rating](/filters/filters/filter-by-review-rating)
{% endcontent-ref %}
# Yotpo Product Reviews & Photos
## About Yotpo
**Yotpo** helps thousands of forward-thinking brands like Rebecca Minkoff, MVMT, and Steve Madden to collect reviews, ratings, photos, and videos and turn customer content into sales. Yotpo is the leading eCommerce marketing platform, with over 500 employees and 100 support agents.
## Benefits of this integration
**Flash Search's** **Yotpo** integration helps your customer find high-rated products easier and significantly boosts your conversion rate.
## Integration requirements
**Yotpo** app must be installed.
## Integrate Yotpo to Flash Search
To integrate Yotpo to Flash Search, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to **Integrations -> Apps -> Product reviews -> Toggle Yotpo on**
2\. Go to Yotpo app, on Yotpo app admin, click User icon on the right side -**> Settings -> General settings -> API Credentials -> API Key -> Copy API Key** and go to the next step.
3\. Copy the API key you got from the previous step **->** **Click Integrate button** **->** Wait for some minutes for sync review ratings from Yotpo into Flash Search.
3\. After finished, go to your store, and here is the result:
**On the collection/search page:**
**On the search bar:**
## Create a filter with Yotpo review ratings
To create a filter with Yotpo review ratings, please follow our guide below:
{% content-ref url="/pages/sllopDYirNFCzGbeniUX" %}
[Filter by review rating](/filters/filters/filter-by-review-rating)
{% endcontent-ref %}
# Stamped Product Reviews & UGC
## About Stamped
Loved by Shopify retailers of all sizes, with thousands of 5\* reviews, Stamped is a powerful, easy-to-use customer marketing platform that helps you capture and showcase high-impact reviews & ratings, customer photos/videos, and Q\&A.
## Benefits of this integration
**Flash Search's** **Stamped** integration helps your customer find high-rated products easier and significantly boosts your conversion rate.
## Integration requirements
**Stamped** app must be installed.
## Integrate Stamped to Flash Search
To integrate Stamped to Flash Search, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to **Integrations -> Apps -> Product reviews -> Toggle Stamped on**
2\. Wait for some minutes for sync review ratings from Stamped into Flash Search.
3\. After finished, go to your store, and here is the result:
**On the collection/search page:**
**On the search bar:**
## Create a filter with Stamped review ratings
To create a filter with Stamped review ratings, please follow our guide below:
{% content-ref url="/pages/sllopDYirNFCzGbeniUX" %}
[Filter by review rating](/filters/filters/filter-by-review-rating)
{% endcontent-ref %}
# Wishlist
# Growave ‑ Loyalty, Reviews, Wishlist +2
## About Growave
**Growave** - all-in-one Shopify marketing app with powerful tools for photo reviews, wishlists, loyalty programs, gift cards, referrals, and UGC.
## Benefits of this integration
**Flash Search's** **Growave** **integration** helps display the Growave wishlist on the collection and search pages that were generated by Flash Search.
## Integration requirements
**Growave** app must be installed.
## Integrate Growave to Flash Search
To integrate Growave to Flash Search, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to **Integrations -> Apps -> Wishlist -> Toggle Growave on**
3\. After finished, go to your store, and here is the result on the collection/search page:
# Wishlist Plus
## About Wishlist Plus
Enables customers to bookmark their favorite products and pick up where they left off when they return. And they spend a lot more! Wishlist Plus users’ conversion rates are higher and they spend more per purchase. Run personalized marketing campaigns out of the box via email, Facebook and Instagram based on wishlist activity.
## Benefits of this integration
**Flash Search's** **Wishlist Plus** **integration** helps display the **Wishlist Plus** wishlist on the collection and search pages that were generated by Flash Search.
## Integration requirements
**Wishlist Plus** app must be installed.
## Integrate Wishlist Plus to Flash Search
To integrate **Wishlist Plus** to Flash Search, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to **Integrations -> Apps -> Wishlist -> Toggle Wishlist Plus on**
3\. After finished, go to your store, and here is the result on the collection/search page:
# Wishlist Hero
## About Wishlist Hero
#### Great Free Plan
500 wishlist items/mo with many features including ability to share the wishlist, and Non-English support.
#### Email Reminders
Send reminders for wishlisted items when they have low stock or price drop
**Easy Customization**
Easily customized to match your brand & language. Show as a menu item, header menu or floating. Show on product, collection and quick views.
## Benefits of this integration
**Flash Search's** **Wishlist Hero** **integration** helps display the **Wishlist Hero** wishlist on the collection and search pages that were generated by Flash Search.
## Integration requirements
**Wishlist Hero** app must be installed.
## Integrate Wishlist Hero to Flash Search
To integrate Wishlist Hero to Flash Search, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to **Integrations -> Apps -> Wishlist -> Toggle Wishlist Hero on**
3\. After finished, go to your store, and here is the result on the collection/search page:
# Wishlist King
## About Wishlist King
#### The Wishlist App that works!
Let your customers conveniently save products to their wishlist from anywhere in your shop and Add to Cart directly from the wishlist page.
#### Free Setup & Customisation
We integrate the app on your store's theme, so it will blend seamlessly with your store's look & feel. Works perfectly on desktop & mobile.
#### Integrations
Integrates with Klaviyo, all popular multi language and collection filter apps.
## Benefits of this integration
**Flash Search's** **Wishlist King** **integration** helps display the **Wishlist King** wishlist on the collection and search pages that were generated by Flash Search.
## Integration requirements
**Wishlist King** app must be installed.
## Integrate Wishlist King to Flash Search
To integrate Wishlist King to Flash Search, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to **Integrations -> Apps -> Wishlist -> Toggle Wishlist King on**
3\. After finished, go to your store, and here is the result on the collection/search page:
# Smart Wishlist
## About Smart Wishlist
**Smart Wishlist** is the next generation wishlist for Shopify Stores which enables your customers to create wishlist without user registration or login. It is really simple to use and the wishlist can be created by just one-click. It is super-easy to setup and anyone with no coding experience can easily do this. It is used by large number of stores including many Shopify Plus stores.
## Benefits of this integration
**Flash Search's** **Smart Wishlist** **integration** helps display the **Smart Wishlist** on the collection and search pages that were generated by Flash Search.
## Integration requirements
**Smart Wishlist** app must be installed.
## Integrate Wishlist King to Flash Search
To integrate **Smart Wishlist** to Flash Search, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to **Integrations -> Apps -> Wishlist -> Toggle Smart Wishlist on**
3\. After finished, go to your store, and here is the result on the collection/search page:
# Languages
# Translate Your Store ‑ Weglot
## About Weglot
With **Weglot**, you can have an instantly translated store in under 5 minutes. Manage your translations easily with a first layer of machine translation for speed and automation, then use Weglot’s post-editing features to control the quality of your translations or order professional translations.
## Benefits of this integration
**Flash Search's** **Weglot** integration helps your store get the benefits below:
* Your collection/search pages will be translated into a user-selected language.
* Your user can find the products by their language and the search result would be translated to their language automatically on the search bar and search page.
## Integrate **Weglot** to Flash Search
To integrate Weglot to Flash Search, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to **Integrations -> Apps -> Languages -> Toggle Weglot on**
2\. After toggled, we have 2 options:
**Translate suggestion:** Helps your users to search with the language that differs from your store language on the suggestion box. For example, If your customers come from **Vietnam** and your store's original language is **English**, they could search for **ghế** (equal to **Chair** in English)**,** the search result would show the results that were translated to **Vietnamese.**
Toggle it off if you don't want to use this feature.
**Translate search**: Helps your users to search with the language that differs from your store language on the search page. This feature is similar to the **Translate suggestion** feature, but the difference is that it applies to **search page**.
After toggling and configuring the options above, click **Integrate** button to begin to integrate Weglot to Flash Search. Wait some seconds to finish.
2\. Our app generate collection/search pages to control the search results, and they are all dynamic pages. So in order to Weglot translate our pages, we need to configure on Weglot admin page. On Shopify admin page, go to **Apps -> Translate Your Store - Weglot -> Visual Editor**
3\. Go to Settings -> Shopify Settings -> And add some classes that help us translate dymamic pages. Here is the list of classes you need to add to Weglot:
**.fs-drawer**
**.fs-filters-section**
**.fs-is-item-wrapper**
**.fs-is-wrapper**
**.fs-quickview\_\_modal**
**.fs-select-dropdown**
**.fs-sr-wrapper**
**.fs-toolbar**
4\. After finished, go to your store**,** and here is the result:
Your collection/search pages will be translated to a user-selected language:
Your user can search by their language and the search result would be translated to their language automatically on **search bar** and **search page**:
# Feature status
# Search fields
**Search fields** are attributes of products in your store or created by metafields. They define which fields your customers can search for when looking for products. Search field includes:
* **Default search fields**: Default search fields are the product attributes (Title, description, product type ...)
* **Search fields by metafield**: The search fields that are created from metafields.
* **Search fields by variant metafield**: The search fields are created from product variant metafields.
# How to get Metaobject field key
You can learn more about what Metaobjects is:
**Metaobject fields:** which define the type of content you want to display in the metaobject. E.g: you define metaobject as **Designer**, you would define the fields as **name, description, photo ...**
**Metaobject field key:** This is used to identify a specific field.
To get the metaobject field key, follow the steps below:
1. Go to your **store admin -> Settings**
2. Go to **Custom data -> Select a metaobject definition**
3. In the **Fields** section, You can see 2 field names: **name, description**. At the bottom of field name, you can see 2 values: **designer.name**, **designer.description**. They are field keys. Our app will need the suffix of the key for creating search fields, so we need the key as **name** for name field, **description** for description field.
# Subscription plan
# Free trial
# Plans
# Billing policy
# Subscription plan exceeded
When your store's product count is greater than the limitation of the total product count of your plan, then your subscription plan is going to exceed.
After that our app will send an email to notify you about this. At this time you should upgrade to a higher plan.
Or you can remove some products that help your store's product count less than the total product coun of your plan, then click the **Sync your store** button to update your store's product count to our app.
After 5 days, if no required actions, our app will disable all features (Instant search and filter) on your store, and when you go to our app's admin, it will redirect to the pricing page to let you choose a higher plan to continue using our app.
# Uninstall
Well, this is a tough one for us :((. These are steps to make sure that uninstalling Flash search app is almost as easy as installing.
### **1. Backups**
Take backups before installing the app. Having the option of going back in time that you should be able to done. Please go to **Customization** -> Find the theme that you want to backup, and then click **Actions** -> **Export**.
### **2. Delete the theme layouts**
Before uninstalling the app, this is what needs to be done to delete it completely. From your Flash search admin, go to **Installation** -> **Themes**. Select the theme then click **Actions** -> **Uninstall layout**.
**Normal theme:**
Click **Uninstall**, it will take a few minutes to complete the process.
**Shopify Online Store 2.0 Theme:**
### **3. Delete app**
From your Shopify admin, go to **Apps** -> then click **delete** **app**.
So above is a guide on how to uninstall app. As easy as it seems, uninstalling the app does present some challenges, though they can be overcome if handled with care and an open mind.
# FAQ
# Flash Search & EComposer
If you are using EComposer Landing Page Builder to create your collection pages and wish to integrate FlashSearch, please check out our guide below.
Here's a step by step tutorial:
1. First, we would want to create a collection template in **EComposer**, you can check their guide on it [**here**](https://help.ecomposer.io/docs/pages-templates/create-new-page/required-plugins/).
2. After that, we need to remove elements like collection products and filters in EComposer.
3. Finally, we drag and drop the **Code** element and paste this code:
```
```
Please check out the video below for visual guidance.
{% embed url="" %}
{% hint style="info" %}
Note: Flash Search will replace the collection product section created by Ecomposer
{% endhint %}
# Support
