In the internet world, searching is a must-have feature of all websites, it is the first thing we do when we want to have information about anything on the internet, such as information about new movies, events, people or anything else..
Search feature is also integrated in the first versions of Joomla. And it has been improved with Smart Search feature since Joomla 1.6. Although the search engine had been improved after multiple versions of Joomla, it was still a pure PHP implementation of a search engine, so it had many limitations in performance, search techniques and response time.
On large sites that has large amount of data, Joomla suggest that you should use a standalone search engine such as ElasticSearch or Solr instead of its default search solutions. And if you are building a complex site with Joomla that has data comes from multiple 3rd extensions, you can face multiple difficult problems with the search engine that can not be easy to be solved. The ThemeXpert team also faced such difficulties when they was trying to improve a search engine on their website.
We're glad that ThemeXpert team have found that our Geek ElasticSearch component is the solution to solve all that problems. Back to 2 months ago, Parvez Akther - CEO of ThemeXpert was looking for a solution to improve a search engine of his website, he saw our component on JED then contacted us for more information about it. After some conversations, he found that our component was what he need to enhance the performance of his search engine. And now the instant search on ThemeXpert is the result of a successful integration with our search solution.
ThemeXpert also created a new plugin for Geek ElasticSearch component to index data of their own DigiCom component and sent us this plugin to add to package of Geek ElasticSearch.
Download Geek ElasticSearch version 2.2.0 support DigiCom
That's not the only good news! We partnered with them and ThemeXpert is offering 20% OFF for JoomlaGeek customers on all their templates, extensions and membership. You can use the coupon code JOOMLAGEEK when purchasing their products to achieve this deal.
About ThemeXpert
ThemeXpert creates beautiful responsive Premium Joomla Templates & WordPress Themes that are easy to use. ThemeXpert has also created the state of the art page builder for Joomla call Quix. With Quix you can build a lot of website layouts from simple to complex with mouse drag & drop interface. Responsive controls, image editor, parallax effect, animation, box shadow are among few awesome features of Quix. You can download Quix for free.
About DigiCom
Selling digital products with Joomla has never been easier before. DigiCom is the first and only e-commerce software targeted to sell digital products like : books, music, videos, membership, subscriptions, downloadable products. It's a free open source software builded by an amazing team at ThemeXpert. You can extend DigiCom power array from free to premium add-ons.