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## [How to return only PDF and Word files?](https://community.swiftype.com/t/how-to-return-only-pdf-and-word-files/655)

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**Author:** [@yqz](https://community.swiftype.com/u/yqz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/how-to-return-only-pdf-and-word-files/655 "2018-04-05T21:22:22Z")

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I have a search engine crawling the whole site. On some pages of the site, there are links to PDF or Word files. How can I only get the PDF or Word files in my search results? Or can I do a faceted search for PDF and Wo…

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## [Remove default CSS](https://community.swiftype.com/t/remove-default-css/647)

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**Author:** [@wilsonc1](https://community.swiftype.com/u/wilsonc1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/remove-default-css/647 "2018-03-28T23:41:22Z")

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Googles PageSpeed Insight Tool flags http://s.swiftypecdn.com/assets/new\_embed-bee561032092eaa907cef89871bd8feb.css as a render blocking asset, and suggests optimizing the delivery. We would like to be able to inline th…

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## [Limit the scope of a search to just a particular directory on your site?](https://community.swiftype.com/t/limit-the-scope-of-a-search-to-just-a-particular-directory-on-your-site/587)

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**Author:** [@sy1913](https://community.swiftype.com/u/sy1913)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/limit-the-scope-of-a-search-to-just-a-particular-directory-on-your-site/587 "2018-03-28T00:37:38Z")

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Is there a way to have a search limited to a scope of just searching a particular directory? For example, we want to have a search field on the front page where users have the radio button options to search the entire s…

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## [Problems with Google Analytics Site Search Tracking](https://community.swiftype.com/t/problems-with-google-analytics-site-search-tracking/620)

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**Author:** [@media](https://community.swiftype.com/u/media)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/problems-with-google-analytics-site-search-tracking/620 "2018-03-22T00:12:04Z")

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I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. I’ve set this up a couple of times before and it was always super easy. This time, however, I can’t get Google Analytics to return any Swiftype site search data. Here’s how I have GA…

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## [Adding subdomains](https://community.swiftype.com/t/adding-subdomains/601)

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**Author:** [@rihobuled](https://community.swiftype.com/u/rihobuled)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/adding-subdomains/601 "2018-02-28T01:59:08Z")

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Hi, I would like to add a couple of sub domains to my engine.

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## [Swiftype Crawl indexes content thats hidden](https://community.swiftype.com/t/swiftype-crawl-indexes-content-thats-hidden/585)

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**Author:** [@j.vanblokland](https://community.swiftype.com/u/j.vanblokland)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 8:16am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/swiftype-crawl-indexes-content-thats-hidden/585 "2018-02-21T08:16:20Z")

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In the HTML we have some content (legacy) which has display:none. (by inline css). Is it desired behavior that the Swiftype crawl indexes hidden content?

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## [Use submit button without surrounding form](https://community.swiftype.com/t/use-submit-button-without-surrounding-form/502)

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**Author:** [@notify](https://community.swiftype.com/u/notify)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 11:46am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/use-submit-button-without-surrounding-form/502 "2018-02-13T11:46:03Z")

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Using a Sharepoint website, the entire website’s markup is added in one big form. Meaning that I can’t use the following solution: Is it possible to use submit button without the form tag, using vanilla JS?

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## [Crawler running for 3 days](https://community.swiftype.com/t/crawler-running-for-3-days/560)

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**Author:** [@sysadmin](https://community.swiftype.com/u/sysadmin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/crawler-running-for-3-days/560 "2018-02-06T00:52:04Z")

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Is it possible it is in a loop or following too many redirects? Our website is developed in Domino / Lotus Notes. It replicates every 30 minutes. Would that process make it restart or confuse it?

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## [Need help fixing the code](https://community.swiftype.com/t/need-help-fixing-the-code/533)

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**Author:** [@alexanderbiscajin](https://community.swiftype.com/u/alexanderbiscajin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 9:26am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/need-help-fixing-the-code/533 "2017-12-21T09:26:55Z")

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I have been creating a custom taxonomy for my post. I have exactly followed the steps mentioned in the article https://www.wpblog.com/create-custom-taxonomies-in-wordpress/ but still having error i don’t know whether the…

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## [Can 'Add a Result' include sections?](https://community.swiftype.com/t/can-add-a-result-include-sections/530)

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**Author:** [@rkeairns](https://community.swiftype.com/u/rkeairns)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/can-add-a-result-include-sections/530 "2017-12-14T15:33:09Z")

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This post makes it sound possible, but I can’t find a way to manage Weights in the Swiftype dashboard - Does Swiftype index anchor tag URLs when crawling a page? What I would like is for my sections to show up when I am…

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## [Sitemap not detected for domain - how can I add the sitemap?](https://community.swiftype.com/t/sitemap-not-detected-for-domain-how-can-i-add-the-sitemap/487)

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**Author:** [@DaveLee](https://community.swiftype.com/u/DaveLee)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/sitemap-not-detected-for-domain-how-can-i-add-the-sitemap/487 "2017-11-09T20:15:46Z")

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I’m new to Swiftype, and evaluating the demo version. I’ve created a new engine and specified the domain, which is a subfolder on my site; e.g. example.co.uk/foo/bar/ There is a sitemap (XML) at that location, but it i…

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## [Engine limitations](https://community.swiftype.com/t/engine-limitations/475)

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**Author:** [@mtg](https://community.swiftype.com/u/mtg)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/engine-limitations/475 "2017-11-01T17:26:56Z")

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We’re trying to create a new engine but the UI is telling me I’ve reached my limit for total number of engines and wants me to upgrade. But nowhere can I see how many I can have at the next level. I don’t even see any c…

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## [Sorting by clicks](https://community.swiftype.com/t/sorting-by-clicks/441)

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**Author:** [@marcin.czeczko](https://community.swiftype.com/u/marcin.czeczko)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2017, 10:12am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/sorting-by-clicks/441 "2017-09-25T10:12:23Z")

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I see in the documentation that OOTB results are sorted by relevance. I can do sort by any other supported property type. However, I’m looking a way how to sort results by trending results - possibly by highest clicks on…

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## [Sitemap not working for pages with locale-suffix](https://community.swiftype.com/t/sitemap-not-working-for-pages-with-locale-suffix/397)

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**Author:** [@aendekerk](https://community.swiftype.com/u/aendekerk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2017, 7:15am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/sitemap-not-working-for-pages-with-locale-suffix/397 "2017-07-12T07:15:47Z")

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Hi, i have multiple pages being indexed by Swiftype, most work just fine. Two of my Pages have localized versions like example.com/en-GB and example.com/fr-BE. I configured them as this as the domains for the url in th…

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## [Word In Title of a Post Not showing Up In Swiftype Search](https://community.swiftype.com/t/word-in-title-of-a-post-not-showing-up-in-swiftype-search/393)

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**Author:** [@kentheriot](https://community.swiftype.com/u/kentheriot)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2017, 5:27am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/word-in-title-of-a-post-not-showing-up-in-swiftype-search/393 "2017-07-12T05:27:16Z")

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I have a post called 'Review Of The Electro-Voice RE20 Dynamic Microphone." And yet, when I do a search on my site for “RE20” it does not find that post. Usually it works really well. Anyone else have this problem? Ken …

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## [Searching a specific branch of my site](https://community.swiftype.com/t/searching-a-specific-branch-of-my-site/390)

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**Author:** [@mirthe](https://community.swiftype.com/u/mirthe)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/searching-a-specific-branch-of-my-site/390 "2017-07-11T23:15:47Z")

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Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to search for a specific term in only part of the site. In google sitesearch I achieved this by using the site: syntax. So looking for information on food for a specific species o…

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## [Format requirements for 'date' data type](https://community.swiftype.com/t/format-requirements-for-date-data-type/377)

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**Author:** [@kim.koehler](https://community.swiftype.com/u/kim.koehler)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/format-requirements-for-date-data-type/377 "2017-06-21T00:25:13Z")

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For ‘date’ data types: Is it permissible to use a date-only format (e.g. yyyy-mm-dd), or is a full Datetime (yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss) required?

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## [Data-swiftype-name metadata not being saved if it's outside of a true data-swiftype-index area?](https://community.swiftype.com/t/data-swiftype-name-metadata-not-being-saved-if-its-outside-of-a-true-data-swiftype-index-area/346)

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**Author:** [@pmillspdx](https://community.swiftype.com/u/pmillspdx)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/data-swiftype-name-metadata-not-being-saved-if-its-outside-of-a-true-data-swiftype-index-area/346 "2017-04-14T23:14:12Z")

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We have a site that shows breadcrumbs outlining the parents of the current page. We don’t want to have this area crawled, since it could return false positives, but we do want to store it in the meta data for each page, …

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## [Optimizing search in Wordpress (to tag or not to tag?)](https://community.swiftype.com/t/optimizing-search-in-wordpress-to-tag-or-not-to-tag/330)

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**Author:** [@marketing1](https://community.swiftype.com/u/marketing1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/optimizing-search-in-wordpress-to-tag-or-not-to-tag/330 "2017-03-24T22:26:54Z")

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We are using Wordpress, what is the best setup for tagged pages i Wordpress in section Manage Weights? We also have pages that are not tagged, what is you recommended setup?

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## [How can I add an aria-label to the search box in the Swiftype Overlay?](https://community.swiftype.com/t/how-can-i-add-an-aria-label-to-the-search-box-in-the-swiftype-overlay/324)

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**Author:** [@bkimura](https://community.swiftype.com/u/bkimura)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/how-can-i-add-an-aria-label-to-the-search-box-in-the-swiftype-overlay/324 "2017-03-15T21:27:53Z")

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I would appreciate it if someone can explain how to add an aria-label to the search box in the Swiftype Overlay. My site is generating an ADA-compliance error without the aria-label. Any help would be much appreciated! …

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## [User's location via API](https://community.swiftype.com/t/users-location-via-api/304)

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**Author:** [@matthewcrist](https://community.swiftype.com/u/matthewcrist)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/users-location-via-api/304 "2017-01-18T23:52:53Z")

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We’re primarily using the API to search our site. This means that in the analytics, all of our users are coming from the same location (the server we’re hosting the search on). Is there a way to work around this?

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## [Sorting of Blacklist](https://community.swiftype.com/t/sorting-of-blacklist/299)

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**Author:** [@CPTN](https://community.swiftype.com/u/CPTN)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/sorting-of-blacklist/299 "2017-01-06T21:55:56Z")

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Is it possible to implement sorting of the blacklist in alphabetical order to make it easier to eliminate redundant filters. Also is it possible to export the blacklist as a robots.txt in the event we’ve made more chang…

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## [Issue with the Search widget on my website](https://community.swiftype.com/t/issue-with-the-search-widget-on-my-website/296)

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**Author:** [@theslyshow](https://community.swiftype.com/u/theslyshow)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/issue-with-the-search-widget-on-my-website/296 "2016-12-14T22:40:28Z")

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Having an issue with the search widget that’s posted on my website, could someone please give me the proper code for my searchbox.php \<form\> \<input type="text" class="st-default-search-input"\> \<button type="subm…

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## [Can Swiftype link different terms to the same query?](https://community.swiftype.com/t/can-swiftype-link-different-terms-to-the-same-query/287)

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**Author:** [@jlizanac](https://community.swiftype.com/u/jlizanac)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/can-swiftype-link-different-terms-to-the-same-query/287 "2016-11-08T22:56:39Z")

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I’m trying to get the exact same results from a given group of terms. I already configured a query to the main term of the set, pinning the results I need and deleting all the others, and also I configured the group of t…

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## [Issues Loading Result Images - June 7, 2016 \[Resolved\]](https://community.swiftype.com/t/issues-loading-result-images-june-7-2016-resolved/236)

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**Author:** [@cpatton](https://community.swiftype.com/u/cpatton)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/issues-loading-result-images-june-7-2016-resolved/236 "2016-06-08T00:26:11Z")

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Some of you may have noticed that intermittently result images are failing to load. Rest assured that we’re actively investigating the issue with our image processing service, and we’ll update this post as soon as it ha…

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