Search config

This module started out as a simple means of configuring the display of the advance search form. A few features have been added since thanks to the contributions of others.

In simple use cases the search_config module allows site admins to decide which fields to display on the advanced search form when enabled. This does not stop astute users from entering the search criteria directly into the search text fields. There is also the option of excluding node types from search results. Once selected they are also automatically removed from the advance search form. This gives more control over the content that can be searched to those who need it.

Search config now has the option of choosing which search implementation should be the default, for example, "content", "user", "apachesolr", etc. The regular "content" search provided by the node module is selected by default.

Three new permissions are also provided, these simple control the display of fields per role and is useful if fields should not be removed globally from the form.

The following fields or selected members of their groups can removed from the form globally or on role by role basis:

• keywords
• categories
• node types

Some of what this module does can also be achieved by theming the form.

Note: This module was based on this article: Hiding content from Drupal's search system. It does not remove nodes from the search index.