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This step is only required if you are leveraging Hawksearch for category pages or browse pages. If you are using Hawksearch to replace the BigCommerce search only, the following steps do not need to be completed.

Hawksearch by default uses the JavaScript client-side integration to power the search page for Bigcommerce sites.

Once the app is installed and approved, the search and autocomplete feature from Hawksearch are turned on by default.

However, to turn on drive the category products listing feature from Hawksearchthrough Hawksearch for even on other pages ono your site - such as landing pages that are based on categories or brands, the steps below are required to be completed on your admin portal. 

Update Theme Files

The default theme’s category.html template will need to be customized to allow for results from Hawksearch to display properly and power the category pages from Big Commerce.

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templates > pages > category.html

Replace the HTML between {{#partial "page"}} and {{/partial}} with the following code:   

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