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title: "Focus on a feature: Search engine"
description: "Did you know that since the Beautiful Apps Engine Update #753, you can now add a Search Engine to your app ?   It can be very useful for your users, by allowing"
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date: 2013-04-29
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# Focus on a feature: Search engine

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# Focus on a feature: Search engine

Written by [Dumè Siacci](https://www.goodbarber.com/blog/author/dominique-siacci/)  on Monday 29 April 2013· Last update: Saturday 27 April 2019

Did you know that since the [Beautiful Apps Engine Update #753](https://www.goodbarber.com/blog/beautiful-apps-engine-update-753-a122/), you can now add a Search Engine to your app ?

It can be very useful for your users, by allowing them to search a specific term within the whole content of your blog.

## How can I activate the search engine in my app?

![](https://cmsphoto.ww-cdn.com/superstatic/41269/art/default/5462141-8149988.jpg?v=1367250248.6852872)

To activate the search engine, you need to have a **WordPress** or **WMaker** section plugged into your app.

In your GoodBarber backend, go in the **Content > Sections** menu, and **Edit your Article section**. Click on **Advanced Settings**, **Enable** the search engine option, and save your modifications.

 **NB:** If you don't see the search engine option, click on the **Save the section** button to flush the backend cache.

## How can I customize the design of my search engine?

Once your section has a search engine enabled, you can go to the **Design > Global** menu to customize the design of the search bar for all your sections. You can also edit the design of the search bar for a **specific section** of your app.

If your app has been built with an update of the Beautiful Apps Engine previous to **#753**, you'll need to publish an update on the Store to activate the Search Engine. Otherwise, just go to the **Publication > Update** menu, and click on Publish modifications.

- [#Design](https://www.goodbarber.com/blog/tags/design)
- [#Update](https://www.goodbarber.com/blog/tags/update)

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About the author[Dominique Siacci](https://www.goodbarber.com/blog/author/dominique-siacci/)CTO

Co-founder and CTO of GoodBarber. I drive the product's technical vision: architecture, infrastructure, and more recently the integration of AI at the core of the platform. A developer at heart, I stay close to the code and the engineering decisions that enable thousands of GoodBarber users to publish their apps without writing a single line of code.

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