SiteSearch Ecommerce Guide
Step by step guide on setting up a scrape of any shopify store, configuring the web component, and adding the script tag to your site.
How to use Trieve SiteSearch for Ecommerce Storefronts
Conveniently, most Shopify stores have a products.json file available at
https://foostoreurl.com/products.json that contains all the product data for
Google and other search engines to index. You can see an example at
https://ridge.com/products.json. Trieve
takes advantage of this to scrape your store.
If you are interested in the business context of us developing this product, you can read more about it in the introduction section here.
Steps to set up Trieve SiteSearch for your Shopify Store
1. Navigate to the Crawl Settings for your dataset
Create a new dataset on the first screen of the Trieve dashboard. Once you have created the dataset, click on the dataset name to navigate to the crawl settings using the sidebar.
2. Add the Shopify Store URL, select the Shopify option, and click Start Scraping
Fill out the form as shown below, and click the “Start Scraping” button to begin scraping your store.
3. Navigate to the Demo Page for your dataset
Once the scrape is complete, navigate to the demo page for your dataset using the sidebar and click “Publish Dataset” to make the data available for search.
4. Configure the Web Component for your site
Fill out the form to customize the appearance of the search component to match your site’s branding. Use the tooltips to help you understand the various fields.
5. Add a tab message with code
Once you have configured the search component, scroll to the bottom and go to the “Tab Message” section and add a tag with a code snippet to get the code you will put into the script tag to add the component to your site.
6. View your demo page
Scroll back to the top of the page and click the “View Demo Page” button to see the search component in action.
7. Find the code block on the demo page
Scroll down to the bottom of the demo page to find the code block and copy its contents.
8. Test and add the script tag to your site
We like to use the tampermonkey browswer extension to test the script tag before adding it to our site. Once you have tested the script tag, add it to your site’s head tag in your HTML.
Here are some common guides for adding a script tag to common platforms:
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