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fuzzysearch

Fuzzy Search now with fuzzy misspelling corrections

Using the Fuzzy Search module, misspelled search keywords now highlight the correctly spelled word in the text. Usually. It is fuzzy after all.

This is currently in the dev version only.

Fuzzy search module ported to Drupal 6

I've just released a Drupal 6 version of the Fuzzy Search module. The module works independently of Drupal's core search, using its own index and settings.

Fuzzy means that it will return partial matches. If you search for treat, it would match treatise, treatment and treating. It also sorts results based on how accurate the match is. Treat would sore higher than treatment, becase treat matches the full keyword in your search.

Make a module use a custom node template

On my list of 2010 New Year's todo's, not necessarily resolutions, is to start a blog here. So let's jump right in.
 
I wanted to have better search for a new project I'm working on, but I'm not quite sure I need apache solr yet. So I found a Drupal 6 version of the Fuzzy Search module and started playing around.

One nice thing that any search should have is results that show why the item is a result. Fuzzy Search needed this, so I started tinkering.