Configuring the General Search Hub Parameters With the .NET Interface Editor

After creating a Coveo .NET Front-End search hub or at any time later, you can set the general search hub parameters.

To configure the general search hub parameters with the .NET Interface Editor

1. Access the Coveo .NET Front-End Interface Editor (see Opening the .NET Interface Editor).

2. Select the search hub for which you want to set general parameters:

   1. Click the Search Hubs tab, and then click the Features menu.

   2. On the menu bar, in the Current Hub drop-down list, select the hub for which you want to make changes.

3. In the navigation panel on the left, click General.

4. In the panel on the right:

   

   1. Under Basic Configuration:

      1. In the Title box, enter the label for this search interface. This name appears at the top of the search interface in the tab allowing end-users to choose the interface.

         Note: When you plan to make available multi-language search interfaces, do not forget to click the button at the end of the parameter box to open the dialog box where you can enter translations for this text strings.

      2. In the Title Top Menu Visible Interfaces box, enter the maximum number of search interface links to appear on the top menu in a search interface. Other search interface links appear in a drop-down list.

         

   2. Under Position and Size:

      1. Select the Use all available horizontal space check box only when you want the search interfaces in the search hub to use the full width of the browser window.

      2. With the Use all available horizontal space check box cleared, you can rather center the search interface content in the browser window by selecting the Center search interface in available space check box.

         AND

         In the Interface Width box, enter a fixed search interface width in pixels. The default value is 975 pixels and is appropriate to ensure that the search interface fully appears in 1024 x 768 resolution screens.

      3. In the Default Facet Position drop-down list, select where the facets appear by default (Right, Top or Left zone) relative to search results for all the search interfaces in this hub.

      4. Coveo .NET Front-End 12.0.404+ (October 2013) Similarly, in the Default Related Results Position drop-down list, select where the Related Results panels appear by default (Right, Top or Left zone) relative to search results for all the search interfaces in this hub (see About Related Results in .NET Search Interfaces).

   3. Click Apply.