Is there a way to allow the standard DNN Search function to be utilized in searching through products? Even if it separates the search function with the rest of the site and simply shows results from the BuyNow page?
In order for users to use the regular dnn search with the cart we would need to implement dnn's iSearchable interface which is built for indexing static content like web pages and does not do real-time database indexing for content. The dnn scheduler is used to update iSsearchable content and is more costly then doing indexed select statements with db indexes to return search results. I think a better approach would be to create a new search module for the cart that can be placed on any page/pane in your portal to search products in real time using sql stmts.
Yes.... I ended up turning off the Site Search, because too many people were complaining. We have about 2900 items in our store, and people were using the DNN search, then screaming that it couldn't find the item.