Kentico CMS allows you to perform index-based searching through all documents in the Kentico CMS repository. For this to work, you need to have a search index created. Go to Site Manager -> Administration -> Smart search and choose to create a New index. In the following dialog, enter the following details:

 

•Display name: My website

•Code name: MyWebSite

•Index type: Documents

•Analyzer type: Standard

•Stop words: Default

•Assign index to website MyWebSite: enabled

 

Click OK. You will be redirected to the index's editing interface. Switch to the Index tab and click Add allowed content (). In the following dialog, enter /% into the Path field and click OK. Switch to the Sites tab and make sure that the index is assigned to My website. Switch to the Cultures tab and choose the default culture of your site (typically English - United States).

 

Finally, switch to the General tab and Rebuild () the index. Once the index gets rebuilt, the documents on the site are prepared to be searched.

 

 

Now we need to create the search page. Return to CMS Desk, select the root, click New and choose to create a new Page (menu item). Enter Search as the page name and choose the General/Search page template. Click Save.

 

Click the Down arrow in the main toolbar until you move the Search page to the end of the list.

 

 

Switch to the Design tab, choose to Configure () the SearchDialogWithResults web part and choose the previously created index in its Indexes property. Click OK.

 

Now switch to the live site and view the page. Enter PC into the Search for box and click Search.

 

 

When you click a search result, you will be redirected to the appropriate document.