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Making SimpleSearch Query TV Data in Evolution CMS

How to make SimpleSearch search TV data instead of stopping at core document fields only.

SimpleSearch is straightforward when the search target is just the page title or standard fields. It becomes more interesting when the useful content lives in TVs and those values need to become searchable too.

The original configuration already pointed in the right direction with &includeTVs=`1` and a TV prefix. The practical lesson is that search relevance depends heavily on which fields you deliberately expose to the search layer. If a field matters to users but exists only as a TV, leaving it out makes the search feel broken even when the snippet is technically working.

This is a strong Guide topic because search expectations grow quickly on content-rich Evolution CMS projects, and TV-aware search is often where teams start tightening their implementation.

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Designing RU and EN Alias Structures for Multilingual Evolution CMS URLs

How to think about alias strategy for bilingual RU/EN sites so language prefixes and page aliases do not fight each other.

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Building AJAX Search Result Panels with mSearch in Evolution CMS

How to wrap mSearch in an AJAX-driven result panel so search suggestions and paginated results update without a full page reload.