Tutorial: Better DSP Store Searches

Having trouble finding that little gold butterfly clip you saw in that cute layout two weeks ago? You remember that it was created by a DSP designer, but who? And what kit was it in? No worries, the DSP Advanced Search feature will find it for you quickly and easily.

In the DSP Store you will see 2 Search boxes, one at the top and one on the right-hand side. Look at the one on the right-hand side. Just below the Search button you will see a link called Advanced Search. Don't be intimidated by this powerful link. This is what is going to help you find that perfect item for your layout!

When you click the Advanced Search link, a page will come up that looks like this:

Here's where you can get specific and search for exactly what you're looking for. As an example we'll search for my gold butterfly clip in my Batik Butterfly Add-on Pack.  Here's the element that we're searching for:

Now if we just enter the word "butterfly" in the Search Criteria category you'll see that we'll get 11 products containing butterflies. You could search through all of these products to find the butterfly clip, but let's save some time and get more specific.  Let's add the word "clip" to our search and see what happens. Uh oh. Nothing came up. Why is that? If you just add words to the Search Criteria box, it searches titles only. Click the box "Search in Product Descriptions" and try again.

Voila! Only 2 products came up and there's the butterfly clip- right in the first item listed! Success!  Clicking the Search in Product Descriptions box will greatly improve your search success.  Product titles do not carry much information about the kit, but the DSP designers are very careful to include as much detail as possible in their product descriptions.

You can also search by category, designer, price or date. If you have a lot of details about what you're looking for, you can get very specific using these other search options. However, if you're like me and can't remember to many specific details about a product, then the Search Criteria box and checking the Search in Products and Descriptions box is the way to go!

Happy Searching!