local_search

local_search:
  enable: false
  preload: false # Preload the search data when the page loads

This configuration item is used to set the website search function, which is very practical and is recommended to be enabled. When enabled, a search button will appear on the right side of the navigation bar in the header.

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Search function configuration process:

1. Install the plugin hexo-generator-searchdb in the root directory of the Hexo project.

   $ npm install hexo-generator-searchdb

2. Add the following configuration items at the bottom of the Hexo configuration file _config.redefine.yml.

   # Search
   # See: https://github.com/theme-next/hexo-generator-searchdb
   search:
     path: search.json
     field: post
     content: true
     format: striptags

3. The value of the local_search.enable configuration item in the theme configuration file _config.redefine.yml is set to true.

   local_search:
     enable: true

   ::: tip The local_search.preload configuration item indicates whether to preload search data on page load. :::

Site-wide article search renderings:

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