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hi
just want to know how can i make the search form work
every time I search for keyword
i got no result the page is blank

Check this in rotation settings

Search fields
If you don't use Sphinx the script will use Mysql
built-in functionality. It's slower so we limit amount of fields
Please, read the last WIKI about the last option.

is this the wiki for sphinx search
http://smartcj.com/wiki/doku.php?id=new_rotation_sphinx ?

Yes

do i need to add this code and how exactly?

Sphinx configs TCMS
TCMS (version 2.X)


searchd
{
listen = your_port:mysql41

addition of mysql41 is the most important part. It's called SphinxQL



source your_name_source
{
type = mysql

sql_host = localhost
sql_user =
sql_pass =
sql_db =
sql_port = 3306 # optional, default is 3306

sql_query_pre = SET NAMES utf8

sql_query = SELECT gi.gallery_id, UNIX_TIMESTAMP(gi.activation_date) as date, alt, description, gi.duration, sponsor_id, gs.total_ctr, gi.content_type, \
(SELECT group_concat(tag_name) FROM rot_gal2tag g2t \
LEFT JOIN rot_tags as t on t.tag_id = g2t.tag_id \
WHERE g2t.gallery_id = gi.gallery_id) as tags, \
(SELECT group_concat(tag_id) FROM rot_gal2tag g2t \
WHERE g2t.gallery_id = gi.gallery_id) as tag_ids, \
(SELECT group_concat(gss.group_id) FROM rot_gallery_stats1 as gss \
WHERE gss.gallery_id = gi.gallery_id AND group_id != 0) as categories \
FROM rot_gallery_info AS gi \
JOIN rot_gallery_data1 AS gd ON gi.gallery_id = gd.gallery_id \
JOIN rot_gallery_stats1 AS gs ON gs.gallery_id = gi.gallery_id \
WHERE gallery_status = 'active' and gallery_type = 0 \
and gs.best_thumb = 'yes' and gs.group_id = 0


sql_attr_timestamp = date
sql_attr_uint = duration
sql_attr_uint = sponsor_id
sql_attr_float = total_ctr
sql_attr_uint = content_type
sql_attr_multi = uint categories from field;
sql_attr_multi = uint tag_ids from field;

}


index your_name_index
{
source = your_name_source
path = /your_path
docinfo = extern
morphology = stem_en
charset_type = utf-8



I already create scj/sphinx directory
what file should I add on that sphinx directory?

yes, you have to add it to sphinx config
not to some folder

Also based on your questions I would recommend you to read some docs about Sphinx so you;d understand what you are doing
Or to ask admin to do it for you

ok

so I will just need to follow sphinx installation guide and modify the config and that's it?

what about using the built in search function only without sphinx?

how can I setup and where is the link for tutorial?

There's no setup
just /?search=.. and that's it

do i need to add anything from admin, if so where?