Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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Lesson 2.4: Choosing searchable attributes Updated Markdown page
Learners read which attributes of a class are searchable, decide which ones should be, change one on their training installation and rebuild the index so the change takes effect. 30 minutes.
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Lesson 2.2: Delayed indexing and the indexcontent cronjob Updated Markdown page
Learners switch on delayed indexing on their training installation, watch published content wait in the queue, and index it by running the global cronjob part, from the shell and from Setup > Cronjobs. 35 minutes.
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Lesson 2.1: Indexing at publish Updated Markdown page
Learners follow what happens to the search index when content is published, edited, hidden, moved or trashed, and prove it with searches on their training installation. 25 minutes.
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Lesson 2.3: Rebuilding the search index Updated Markdown page
Learners decide when the whole search index must be rebuilt, run bin/php/updatesearchindex.php with and without --clean on their training installation, and read its output and audit entry. 30 minutes.
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Module 3: Searching in practice Updated Markdown page
The third module of the Search course, the admin search and the advanced search, the content finder, the site search for visitors, and search statistics. Four lessons, 2 hours.
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Lesson 3.4: Search statistics Updated Markdown page
Learners switch on search statistics for the public siteaccess of their training installation, read Setup > Search statistics, turn phrases that found nothing into content work, and weigh the personal data the phrases…
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Lesson 3.3: Site search for visitors Updated Markdown page
Learners test the public site's search as a visitor, control it through the address parameters SearchText, SubTreeArray and SearchPageLimit, explain how PathPrefix limits it to one site, and name the template that shows…
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Lesson 3.1: The admin search and the advanced search Updated Markdown page
Learners use the administration's quick search with its scope, read the results page, and narrow a search with the advanced search by phrase, class, class attribute, section and publication date. 30 minutes.
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Lesson 3.2: The content finder Updated Markdown page
Learners find content by object id, node id, remote id, URL alias, page address or file path with Setup > Content finder, read a result's versions, locations and trash entries, and know who may use it. 30 minutes.
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Module 4: Solr and ezfind Updated Markdown page
The fourth module of the Search course, installing ezfind and a Solr server, exp:solr and the Solr settings, indexing with Solr, and relevance, elevation and facets. Four lessons, 2 hours 10 minutes.
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Lesson 4.2: exp:solr and the Solr settings Updated Markdown page
Learners tell the kernel's [SolrSettings] block from ezfind's [SolrBase] block in solr.ini, configure a running Solr with Url, and check it with exp:solr status and ping, as a monitoring check would. 30 minutes.
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Lesson 4.3: Indexing with Solr Updated Markdown page
Learners build the Solr index with the extension's updatesearchindexsolr.php, explain commits, the optimize and subtree cronjob parts, and why moves and visibility changes reach Solr, and keep the index in step with the…
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Lesson 4.1: Installing ezfind and a Solr server Updated Markdown page
Learners add the ezfind extension to their training installation with Composer, activate it, create its table, start the Solr server the extension ships, and confirm that the site search now runs on ezsolr. 35 minutes.
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Lesson 4.4: Relevance, elevation and facets Updated Markdown page
Learners tune what comes first in Solr results with index-time boosts, query boosts and elevation of chosen objects, exclude classes from the index, and see what highlighting, spell checking and facets offer. 35 minutes.
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Module 5: Tuning and troubleshooting Updated Markdown page
The fifth module of the Search course, tuning the search settings, search and languages, a checklist for missing results, and measuring search performance. Four lessons, 2 hours.
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Lesson 5.2: Search and languages Updated Markdown page
Learners explain how a translated object is indexed and which translations a siteaccess's search lists, test a search in two languages on their training installation, and name ezfind's language settings. 25 minutes.
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Lesson 5.4: Search performance and capacity Updated Markdown page
Learners measure the speed of the search page with exp:benchmark, compare it before and after a settings change, and name the levers that keep search fast as a site grows, from limits and delayed indexing to Solr. 30…
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Lesson 5.1: Tuning the search settings Updated Markdown page
Learners change the built-in engine's search settings per siteaccess with exp:ini, switch on wildcards with a minimum length, adjust the stop word rule and the result limits, and judge each change by its effect and its…
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Lesson 5.3: When results are missing Updated Markdown page
Learners work through a fixed checklist for "search does not find it" reports, from permissions and visibility to delayed indexing, searchable attributes, settings, the index and Solr, and solve four prepared cases on…
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Site administration: course overview Updated Markdown page
The course for people who run an Exponential site, the Setup area and settings, users, roles and policies, sections, siteaccesses and states, caches, cronjobs and workflows, logs and the audit trail, security, backups…