Search plugin (I18N)

[hameau]

Hello,

I'd like to request the addition of a 'menu order' sort for search results.

I have a site with a catalogue of products. Each product has its own page, built on a I18N Special Pages template.

I have a catalogue 'overview' page, where the page contents is generated by

Code:

(% searchresults tags=_prodcat max=6 numWords=1p order:url showPaging=1 HEADER="" %)

In order to have the product preview (numWords=1p) shown in the same order as the menu listing (from lowest-specification to highest-specification, for example), it is necessary to craft the slug of each page to make sure that (order:url) gives me the required result. I do this by manually prefixing a number to the automatically generated slug.

Two disadvantages to this approach:

• manual adjustment is necessary when adding a new product page or changing the order
  
• the sort-order prefix is visible in the page URL, which can be unsightly
  

In other use cases, it would allow a simple method of manually forcing a search display order, simply by changing the menu order (drag & drop in the Page Options). Even if the page is subsequently removed from the menu (by clearing the 'Add this page to the menu' box), the sort order would remain.

Would this be doable, please?