[vbresults.com] Searchable Custom Pages

Compatible XF 2.x versions

Additional requirements: PHP 7.1+

Visible branding: Yes, but removable with payment

Summary

This add-on allows you to make custom pages searchable by using a custom database table that is shared by XenForo and your in-house system. Built to work alongside Custom PHP Pages, but can work without it.

MySQL database administration knowledge is required.

Under Admin > Add-ons > Install/upgrade from archive, import/install the attached add-on zip
Under to Admin > Setup > Options > Searchable custom page options and confirm the settings are correct, then save. The forum database user must have SELECT access to the source database.
Under to Admin > Tools > Cron Entries and run 'Searchable Custom Pages: Pull' once. This adds pages to the search index for the first time; it will also run automatically at midnight.

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Sample

Custom table:

Search term:

Custom table schema (Note: you can set any schema you want using the settings):

SQL:

CREATE TABLE `pages` (
  `page_id` smallint(4) NOT NULL,
  `page_type` varchar(25) NOT NULL,
  `target` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
  `title` varchar(200) DEFAULT NULL,
  `description` varchar(300) DEFAULT NULL,
  `active` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
  `created` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT current_timestamp(),
  `updated` datetime DEFAULT NULL ON UPDATE current_timestamp()
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

--
-- Dumping data for table `pages`
--

INSERT INTO `pages` (`page_id`, `page_type`, `target`, `title`, `description`, `active`, `created`, `updated`) VALUES
(1, 'products', '/products/1', 'Product 1', 'Text for Product 1 search result.', 1, '2025-06-05 00:00:00', '2025-06-05 07:19:21');

Source table columns:

Code:

[category]
key=page_type

[page]
page_id=page_id
title=title
description=description
pathname=target
active=active
page_date=created
last_update=updated

Inflection map (if you have more than one page type, you can define them here):

Code:

[plural]

products=Products

[singular]

products=Product

Search result:

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[vbresults.com] Searchable Custom Pages 1.1.8

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