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Duda Integration

As a Duda Website Builder user, you're used to setting up new website features without writing code. The Site Search 360 Duda app lets you add search to your site the same no-code way.

Installing the Duda app takes three steps:

  1. Add the Site Search 360 app and widget to your site.
  2. Customize the widget's design and functionality per your unique requirements — see Customize the Duda Widget and Configure Your Duda Search in the Control Panel.
  3. Publish or republish your site to make the search go live.

If something doesn't look or work as expected, see Duda Troubleshooting.

Adding the widget to your site​

Like any app that extends Duda's default functionality, start in the site editor:

App Store placement in the Site Editor

Search for "Site Search 360" and install the app in the App Store.

Use the widget's entry in the App Store to see the plan your search is on, upgrade, or open your Site Search 360 Control Panel for advanced configuration settings.

Site Search 360 entry in the App Store

Once the app is installed, add it to your site. Go to the "Widgets" tab in the left side panel menu, look up "360", and drag and drop the search bar wherever you want it — in the navigation menu, header, footer, or any other element.

Site Search 360 widget

Make sure to publish or republish your site when you first install the widget. This starts a full crawl of your site and adds all available pages to your search results.

Republish button

Next, adjust the widget's look and feel in Customize the Duda Widget.

Widget vs Manual Integration​

The Duda app has some limitations compared to Site Search 360 projects on non-Duda sites:

  • There's no free trial for exploring the "Batman" plan's capabilities
  • The Free plan is limited to 10 pages; "Columbo", in its turn, is limited to 200
  • Search needs to be added and set up separately for desktop, tablet and mobile
  • Results can only be shown in overlay - they can't be embedded or displayed fullscreen
  • PDFs can only be indexed if they are listed in a separate sitemap

Despite these limitations, the Duda app offers advantages over manual integration:

  • Paid plans cost less: manually integrated "Columbo" and "Holmes" are $9 and $49 per month, while the Duda versions are $5 and $30
  • Manually integrated "Columbo" projects include Site Search 360 branding in search results and suggestions; the Duda "Columbo" plan removes all branding
  • Updating a manually integrated search requires waiting for the next scheduled re-crawl or manually re-indexing; with Duda, republishing the site reflects configuration changes instantly
  • With Duda, no coding is required to integrate or customize the search
  • Content extraction happens automatically using Duda's default sitemaps, and the widget can create Result Groups for products and blog posts out of the box

To integrate the search manually instead:

  • Create an account for your site on our registration page. If the registration page redirects you to the Duda App Store, email us — we'll add your project to the Site Search 360 database and transfer ownership to you on your first login.
  • Configure your search's functionality in the Control Panel (see the Control Panel guide) — these settings are almost identical for widget and manual integrations
  • Set up the design of your search in the "Design & Publish" section of the Control Panel (explored in detail in our introductory article on the Search Designer)
  • Press "Publish" in the top right corner to get a bundled JavaScript integration code:
  • Paste the integration code in the last line of body-end.html under "Site HTML/CSS" in Duda's Developer Mode:
  • Save the changes to complete the manual integration

This process is less automated than the widget, but straightforward.

If you have questions about the app, contact our support team at any time.