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Changing the minimum word length allowed for searching

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When using the flexicontent search view, you may want to change the minimum search word length allowed.

Note that both FLEXIcontent and MySql pose a limit to this

Set a minimum characters in the menu item pointing to search view
Edit mysql.ini (or mysql.cnf, or my.ini) file and change variable "ft_min_word_len" to put a lower limit, e.g.:
```
# The MySQL server
[mysqld]
ft_min_word_len=2
```

ΝΟΤΕ 1: if you do not have access mysql.ini file to change this variable, then you will have to contact you web host provider ΝΟΤΕ 2: If using FLEXIcontent Search module, you will need to create a joomla menu item pointing to search view (if you don't have one already). ΝΟΤΕ 3: If you don't want the menu item to appear you can create it, inside the FLEXIcontent hidden menu (if it doesnot exist there already), this way the menu item will be activated, and the parameters defined in there will be used (e.g. the minimum characters parameter will be used) !!!