How to Enable File Search in OSDownloads Pro

You may want to make your downloadable files searchable at the front of your Joomla site:

This feature available only in the OSDownloads Pro version.

To be searchable, your files must have some text in their "Description" box.

Here is how to enable file search in OSDownloads Pro.

Ensure you have you have the "Smart Search - OSDownloads" plugin installed and enabled:

In your Joomla admin dashboard, go to System > Site Modules > New and create and publish the "Smart Search" module:

Go to Components > Smart Search > Index and click the Index button in the top left corner:

You will see your OSDownloads Pro files indexed:

list of indexed osdownloads pro files

Go to your site's front and test the search. As shown in the very top image, the search results page will list your downloadable files.