Task Status

• Analyze current search setup (Google CSE active, Algolia configured)
• Create basic search interface (_includes/search-pagefind.html)
• Create test page (search-pagefind.html)
• IN PROGRESS: Create working GitHub workflow for Pagefind
• Test complete implementation
• Document switching between search providers

Implementation Plan

Step 1: Clean Pagefind Search Interface

• Simple HTML div for search
• Load Pagefind CSS and JS from /_pagefind/ directory
• Initialize PagefindUI with minimal config

Step 2: GitHub Workflow Strategy

• Create separate workflow that builds Jekyll + runs Pagefind
• Deploy complete site (including _pagefind files) to GitHub Pages
• Replace existing deployment workflow when ready

Step 3: Testing Process

1. Push workflow changes
2. Trigger workflow manually
3. Test /search-pagefind/ page
4. Verify search functionality works
5. Switch main search if successful

Current Issues Encountered

• ❌ GitHub Action cloudcannon/pagefind-action@v1 doesn’t exist
• ❌ Manual Pagefind installation had download/extraction issues
• ❌ Search interface shows but Pagefind files not found (expected - no workflow running yet)

Next Steps

1. Create clean, working GitHub workflow using npm installation
2. Test workflow deployment
3. Verify search functionality
4. Document final switching process

Files Created

• _includes/search-pagefind.html - Search interface
• search-pagefind.html - Test page
• .github/workflows/pagefind-build.yml - Separate workflow (needs fixing)
• search-test.html - Basic JS test page