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Is it possible to redirect from a catalog search to a category page?
For example, from "catalogsearch/result/?q=test" to "test.html"? A user would search for the term "test" and would be redirected to the category page of the category called "Test".
I've tried Catalog->URL Redirects, but it doesn't work.
You can do this by "URL Rewrite Management"
Catalog->URL Rewrite Management-> Click "Add URL Rewrite" button Then Select "For Category" -> Select a category you want to rewrite to product page.
Then enter your product url in 4th field "Request Path". here hoodies.html is my product URL: http://localhost.com/magento/hoodies.html and then Select "redirect permanent 301" from the list "Redirect".
Add the following node to local.xml file of your theme:
<catalogsearch_result_index>
<reference name="catalogsearch.leftnav">
<action method="unsetChild"><name>category_filter</name></action>
</reference>
</catalogsearch_result_index>
Best Answer
Magento has that ability built in, though it must be managed. If you go to Catalog -> Search Terms, you can enter the search query you want to redirect, and the destination URL for the redirect.