Search adjustment for Chilean pharmacies in jumpseller

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# Making Pharmacies Smarter in Jumpseller: Custom Fields & Bioequivalents  

In Chile, pharmacies are legally required to **show the cheapest bioequivalent medications first** in search results. Makes sense, right? Why push people to pay more when there’s a perfectly good alternative?  

Now, **Jumpseller doesn’t do this by default**—but we can fix that using **Custom Fields**. The problem? Well... our custom fields setup is a bit like talking to a robot. Ever seen code like `field[0]`? Yeah, super intuitive. Thanks, past developers.  

But don’t worry—I’ll guide you through **how to add bioequivalents** and **make sure they show up first** in search results, while still keeping Jumpseller’s original search logic intact.  

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## 1. Add Custom Fields to Products  

First, you need to **manually add a custom field** to each product:  
- **Label:** `bioequivalent`  
- **Value:** A comma-separated list of **permalinks** for bioequivalent products, **ordered from cheapest to most expensive**.

### Example:  
For an expensive **brand-name drug**, set:  
- **Custom Field (`bioequivalent`) → Value:** `generic-med1, generic-med2, generic-med3`  

This way, when someone searches for the brand-name drug, we **sneak in the cheaper options first** before showing the expensive one.  

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## 2. Modify the Search Results Template  

Now comes the fun part: **hacking Jumpseller’s Liquid template** to make this work.  

The logic:  
1. Go through **each product in the search results**.  
2. If a product has the `bioequivalent` field, grab its **cheaper alternative products** and **display them first**.  
3. Then, and **only then**, show the original product.  
4. Move on to the next product and repeat.  

### Updated Liquid Code:
```liquid
{% for product in search.results %}
  {% assign bioequivalents = "" | split: "," %}

  <!-- Oh look, here comes the clunky custom field structure -->
  {% for field in product.custom_fields %}
    {% if field[0] == "bioequivalent" %}
      {% for custom_field_value in field[1] %}
        {% assign bioequivalents = custom_field_value.value | split: ',' %}
      {% endfor %}
    {% endif %}
  {% endfor %}

  <!-- Show Bioequivalent Products First -->
  {% for bioequ in bioequivalents %}
    {% assign bio_product = products.product[bioequ] %}
    {% if bio_product %}
      <div class="product">
        <h2>{{ bio_product.name }}</h2>
        <p>Price: {{ bio_product.price | money }}</p>
        <a href="{{ bio_product.url }}">View Product</a>
      </div>
    {% endif %}
  {% endfor %}

  <!-- Now, show the original product (because we HAVE to) -->
  <div class="product">
    <h2>{{ product.name }}</h2>
    <p>Price: {{ product.price | money }}</p>
    <a href="{{ product.url }}">View Product</a>
  </div>
{% endfor %}