[mneimne]

1 year, 8 months ago #29412

I have a site that displays a wide range or product categories (electronics, food, apparels, etc..)

I have the following issue, when a user searches for the term “apple”, I want the products that are in “Electronics” category to appear first, then the ones under “food”.

The thing is, when search for the term apple, users expect to see Apple related products and not the fruit.

Thanks,

[wpsolr]

1 year, 8 months ago #29413

You can boost your category values in WPSOLR’s screen 2.3

But boost values do not depend on keywords: “Electronics” will be favoured for all keywords.

[mneimne]

1 year, 8 months ago #29414

Thanks for the reply, I checked that page, but didn’t know how to configure it.
Let’s say I selected the category in the boost options, how can I configure it to prioritize electronics category when the search term is “apple”

[wpsolr]

1 year, 8 months ago #29415

You cannot. Boost values are not related to keywords, but to boosted content instead.

For instance:
Electronics^2
Food^1

[mneimne]

1 year, 8 months ago #29416

oh, I’ll give it a try then!
Thanks

[mneimne]

1 year, 8 months ago #29418

I applied the below on the product_cat field, but I am still getting grocery results before electronics:
grocery^0.5
electronics-mobiles^1
I am not sure this is the correct field name, am I missing anything.

Note: I reran the indexer.

[wpsolr]

1 year, 8 months ago #29419

0.5 is lower than 1, which means grocery results are shown after electronics-mobiles

[wpsolr]

1 year, 8 months ago #29420

You also need to use the label of the categories on the boost values, not the slug.

[mneimne]

1 year, 8 months ago #29427

Thanks a lot, it is working, one last question :D.
The boost is working on the last category, how can I make it work on the category hierarchy, example: Electronics & Mobiles > Mobile Phones > Apple, I want to boost Electronics & Mobiles.
Best,

[wpsolr]

1 year, 8 months ago #29428

You would have to apply the whole hierarchy to your products: product “Phone XXX” must have categories “Electronics & Mobiles”, “Mobile Phones”, and “Apple”.

[mneimne]

1 year, 8 months ago #29442

Thanks!
Everything is working as expected.

[mneimne]

1 year, 7 months ago #29466

Hi again
I am facing a weird scenario, when the search term is not found, I always get results from the boosted queries, Even if I put a complete test random characters.
Anyway to fix this?
Thanks,

[wpsolr]

1 year, 7 months ago #29467

https://www.wpsolr.com/forums/topic/boost-values/ could help.

[mneimne]

1 year, 7 months ago #29468

Thanks, any idea when this will come out?
Best

[wpsolr]

1 year, 7 months ago #29469

It is out. You can download the fix on the roadmap link.