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+# Changelog - SimpleSearch Enhanced Edition
+
+## [3.0.0] - 2025-11-11 - MAJOR ENHANCEMENT RELEASE 🚀
+
+### 🎉 Major New Features
+
+#### Search Algorithm
+- ✨ **NEW**: Intelligent relevance scoring system
+  - Multi-factor relevance calculation
+  - Title matches weighted 10x higher
+  - Taxonomy matches weighted 5x
+  - Header matches weighted 3x
+  - Content matches baseline weight
+  - Exact phrase matching bonus
+  - Word boundary detection
+  - Match density scoring
+  - Early occurrence bonus
+- ✨ **NEW**: Results sorted by relevance (configurable)
+- ✨ **NEW**: Visual relevance indicators in results
+
+#### Pagination
+- ✨ **NEW**: Full pagination support
+  - Configurable results per page
+  - Smart page navigation
+  - Previous/Next buttons
+  - Page number display with ellipsis
+  - Jump to first/last page
+  - URL-based page parameters
+  - Mobile-responsive controls
+  - Current page highlighting
+- ✨ **NEW**: Result count information ("Showing 1-10 of 234")
+
+#### Search Highlighting
+- ✨ **NEW**: Search term highlighting in results
+  - Highlighted in titles
+  - Highlighted in excerpts
+  - Highlighted in content
+  - Multiple query term support
+- ✨ **NEW**: Smart excerpt extraction
+  - Context-aware excerpts
+  - Centered on search terms
+  - Word-boundary aware
+  - Configurable length
+- ✨ **NEW**: Twig filters for highlighting
+  - `|highlight(query)` filter
+  - `|excerpt(query, length)` filter
+  - Custom functions available
+
+#### User Interface
+- ✨ **NEW**: Modern, responsive design
+  - Mobile-first approach
+  - Tablet-optimized layouts
+  - Touch-friendly controls
+  - Smooth animations
+  - Card-based result display
+- ✨ **NEW**: Dark mode support
+  - Automatic detection via `prefers-color-scheme`
+  - Manual override support
+  - CSS variables for theming
+  - Smooth theme transitions
+- ✨ **NEW**: Enhanced accessibility
+  - Full ARIA support
+  - Keyboard navigation
+  - Screen reader optimized
+  - Focus management
+  - Semantic HTML
+  - Live regions for dynamic content
+
+#### Advanced Features
+- ✨ **NEW**: Instant search (live search as you type)
+  - Real-time results
+  - Debounced input (300ms)
+  - Quick preview of top results
+  - JSON API integration
+  - Loading indicators
+- ✨ **NEW**: Intelligent autocomplete
+  - Search suggestions
+  - Recent searches (localStorage)
+  - Keyboard navigation
+  - Cached suggestions
+  - Configurable max results
+- ✨ **NEW**: Keyboard shortcuts
+  - `Ctrl+K` / `Cmd+K` to focus search
+  - `/` for quick search focus
+  - `Escape` to clear and close
+  - Arrow keys for navigation
+  - `Enter` to select/submit
+- ✨ **NEW**: Enhanced search input
+  - Clear button
+  - Loading spinner
+  - Input validation
+  - Character counter hints
+  - Autofocus on results page
+
+#### Technical Improvements
+- ✨ **NEW**: Modern JavaScript (ES6+)
+  - Class-based architecture
+  - No jQuery dependency
+  - Async/await patterns
+  - localStorage integration
+  - Event-driven design
+  - Modular and extensible
+- ✨ **NEW**: PHP 7.1+ strict typing
+  - `declare(strict_types=1)`
+  - Full type hints
+  - Better performance
+  - Fewer bugs
+  - Modern PHP practices
+- ✨ **NEW**: Twig extensions
+  - Custom highlight filter
+  - Custom excerpt filter
+  - Safe HTML output
+  - Multi-query support
+- ✨ **NEW**: CSS architecture
+  - CSS variables for theming
+  - Modern Grid and Flexbox
+  - Smooth transitions
+  - Hardware-accelerated animations
+  - Print-optimized styles
+
+### 📊 Configuration Additions
+
+- ✨ `use_modern_assets`: Enable modern CSS/JS (default: true)
+- ✨ `relevance_sort`: Sort by relevance score (default: true)
+- ✨ `results_per_page`: Number of results per page (default: 10)
+- ✨ `show_pagination_info`: Show result count info (default: true)
+- ✨ `show_excerpts`: Use smart excerpts (default: true)
+- ✨ `excerpt_length`: Excerpt character length (default: 200)
+- ✨ `show_relevance_score`: Show relevance bars (default: true)
+- ✨ `show_result_count`: Show total results (default: true)
+- ✨ `instant_search`: Enable live search (default: false)
+- ✨ `autocomplete`: Enable suggestions (default: false)
+- ✨ `keyboard_shortcuts`: Enable keyboard shortcuts (default: true)
+- ✨ `cache_enabled`: Enable search caching (default: false)
+- ✨ `cache_lifetime`: Cache duration in seconds (default: 3600)
+- ✨ `enable_json_api`: Enable JSON endpoint (default: true)
+- ✨ `enable_autocomplete_api`: Enable autocomplete API (default: false)
+
+### 🔧 Code Quality Improvements
+
+- ♻️ Refactored `notFound()` method into modular scoring system
+- ♻️ Added comprehensive PHPDoc documentation
+- ♻️ Separated concerns: scoring, matching, pagination
+- ♻️ Improved code organization and readability
+- ♻️ Added proper error handling
+- ♻️ Optimized performance with better algorithms
+- ♻️ Added caching infrastructure (ready for implementation)
+
+### 📱 New Files Added
+
+- ➕ `js/simplesearch.modern.js` - Modern ES6+ JavaScript
+- ➕ `css/simplesearch.modern.css` - Enhanced responsive CSS
+- ➕ `twig/SimplesearchTwigExtension.php` - Twig filters and functions
+- ➕ `FEATURES.md` - Comprehensive feature documentation
+- ➕ `CHANGELOG_ENHANCED.md` - This changelog
+
+### 🎨 Template Enhancements
+
+- 🔄 Updated `simplesearch_results.html.twig`
+  - Added pagination controls
+  - Added result count display
+  - Added no-results message
+  - Improved accessibility
+- 🔄 Updated `simplesearch_item.html.twig`
+  - Added highlighting support
+  - Added smart excerpts
+  - Added relevance score display
+  - Improved ARIA labels
+- 🔄 Updated `simplesearch_searchbox.html.twig`
+  - Already had autofocus
+  - Enhanced with accessibility
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- 🐛 Fixed duplicate variable assignment in `notFound()` method
+- 🐛 Fixed potential type errors with strict typing
+- 🐛 Improved regex escaping for special characters
+- 🐛 Fixed word boundary matching edge cases
+
+### 🔐 Security Improvements
+
+- 🔒 Proper HTML escaping in Twig extension
+- 🔒 XSS protection in highlighting function
+- 🔒 Input validation and sanitization
+- 🔒 Safe query parameter handling
+
+### ⚡ Performance Optimizations
+
+- ⚡ Debounced instant search (reduces server load)
+- ⚡ Client-side autocomplete caching
+- ⚡ Efficient DOM operations
+- ⚡ Hardware-accelerated CSS animations
+- ⚡ Optimized regex patterns
+- ⚡ Smart pagination to reduce data transfer
+- ⚡ Lazy loading ready architecture
+
+### 📖 Documentation Improvements
+
+- 📝 Created comprehensive FEATURES.md
+- 📝 Enhanced inline code documentation
+- 📝 Added PHPDoc for all methods
+- 📝 Detailed configuration guide
+- 📝 Migration guide included
+- 📝 Troubleshooting section
+- 📝 Browser compatibility list
+
+### ♿ Accessibility Improvements
+
+- ♿ Full ARIA landmark roles
+- ♿ Screen reader announcements
+- ♿ Keyboard navigation support
+- ♿ Focus visible indicators
+- ♿ Semantic HTML structure
+- ♿ Alt text for all images
+- ♿ Skip links ready
+- ♿ High contrast mode support
+
+### 🌐 Browser Support
+
+- ✅ Chrome/Edge 90+
+- ✅ Firefox 88+
+- ✅ Safari 14+
+- ✅ Opera 76+
+- ✅ Mobile browsers
+- ⚠️ Legacy fallback available for older browsers
+
+### 🔄 Backward Compatibility
+
+- ✅ All existing features preserved
+- ✅ Legacy CSS/JS files maintained
+- ✅ Configuration backward compatible
+- ✅ Existing templates still work
+- ✅ API endpoints unchanged
+- ✅ No breaking changes for existing users
+
+### 🚀 Migration Path
+
+To use enhanced features:
+1. Update plugin
+2. Set `use_modern_assets: true` in config
+3. Enable desired advanced features
+4. Clear Grav cache
+5. Test thoroughly
+
+To stay with legacy version:
+1. Set `use_modern_assets: false`
+2. All features work as before
+
+### 🎯 Future Roadmap
+
+Potential future enhancements:
+- [ ] Advanced query operators (AND, OR, NOT, "exact phrases")
+- [ ] Fuzzy matching / typo tolerance
+- [ ] Search analytics and statistics
+- [ ] Popular searches widget
+- [ ] Search history management
+- [ ] Export search results
+- [ ] Search filters by date, category, author
+- [ ] Elasticsearch integration
+- [ ] Algolia integration
+- [ ] Voice search support
+- [ ] Multi-language search improvements
+- [ ] Search result bookmarking
+- [ ] Related searches suggestions
+- [ ] "Did you mean?" spelling corrections
+
+### 🙏 Credits
+
+Enhanced version created by Claude AI (Anthropic)
+Based on SimpleSearch plugin by Team Grav
+
+### 📄 License
+
+MIT License - Same as original plugin
+
+---
+
+## [2.3.0] - Previous Release
+
+See original CHANGELOG.md for previous version history.
+
+---
+
+**Note**: This enhanced version maintains full backward compatibility with version 2.3.0 while adding extensive new features. Users can opt-in to new features via configuration without breaking existing functionality.