Today we are proud to announce the immediate availability of Advanced Site Search 3.0.3 (build 1332), which is fully compatible with Joomla! 1.5 and 2.5!

This is a maintenance release.

Notes: This release is to fix an issue in the Joomla 2.5 installation process of Advanced Site Search.

In the last decade, the world has experienced a revolution in data indexing both online and in the personal computing space.

Joomla has not kept pace with these trends as the existing technology built into the core of the content management system is nearly a decade old.

As a result, search results in Joomla are displayed arbitrarily and without context.

In response to this deficit, today we are proud to announce the official launch of Advanced Site Search for Joomla 1.7 and Joomla 1.5.

This extension is a radical re-imagining of the standard Joomla search application offering numerous advantages for end users.

Today we make available the latest version of Advanced Search . This version now has native support for Joomla! 1.5 while retaining Joomla! 1.0 compatibility. In addition, the entire Advanced Search suite is now bundled into one easy installer.

This version is also the foundation for some exciting new features we have on the horizon, including better tighter control of search results filtering. Enjoy!

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• Download Advanced Search
• Discuss Advanced Search on the forum

Advanced Search has been selected for the coveted 'Extension of the Month' from Alledia.com. Thanks for the recognition guys. The community has needed this type of simple yet flexible extension for some time and validation from the experts at Alledia means alot, including the helpful review and feature highlights which help spread the word.

You can read the entire news item over at alledia.com.

Let’s face it, the default search functionality included in Joomla! is sorely lacking in features and options. At a minimum, most modern web sites allow the user to choose what area of the site in which to limit their search.

The new Advanced Search extension from Anything Digital provides this functionality giving both the end user and site administrator unprecedented control of their site search.

Features include content-specific search result filtering, language-specific search result filtering (Joomfish-enabled sites only), Dynamic detection/usage of searchable content types, SEO/SEF ready with built-in support for sh404sef, W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional, W3C CSS Valid and customizable display of searchable content types using CSS styles.

Access to the Advanced Search extension suite requires a subscription fee of just $10 USD and includes 6 months of unlimited, personal access to the following extensions:

• Core Component - search engine application
• Search Module - standard search module (specific mambots can be pre-selected in the module parameters)
• Search Selector Module - search module allow users to quickly search one mambot or all mambots using a drop-down menu of all available mambots
• Menu Search Mambot - search mambot allowing the names of menu items to be searched
• Author Search Mambot - search mambot allowing the names of content Authors to be searched