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Active1965
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Nov 2, 2008, 7:42 AM

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Search / Output Can't Post

Hi Guys

I am using listings manager and I find it a very powerfull software package Smile

I have 2 general questions regarding a search link and the the listing output.

QUESTION 1 My index.html page is outside the listman folder and I would like to place links on my index page to different cities that contain properties.

example - Link to all properties that contain the keyword London. What type of link / url should I use from my main index,html page ?

QUESTION 2

By default listings manager lists properties virtical - I would like to be able to list my properties horazontaly with only photos and a small piece of text under each photo.,

4 properties listed horazontaly with photos and then all other new listings that are added will also go in this format - 4 accross down the page.

Thanks

GB


Donna
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Nov 4, 2008, 12:36 PM

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Hi there!

You can create custom search results via a specific URL, so what you'd end up with is something like this:

<a href="/path/to/search.cgi?search=1&lfieldX_keyword=London">London Properties</a>

To break that down...

/path/to/search.cgi : the server path to your search.cgi program. Probably something like this: /listman/exec/search.cgi

search=1 : this tells the search engine that you want search results. It's required.

lfieldX_keyword=London : replace the "X" with the number of the field that you've saved your city in (or whatever other field you want to search on). For example, if your "City" field was lfield9, you'd use: lfield9_keyword=London

That's it! One other option, if you're not into constructing search results like this, is to simply run the search query and when you're looking at the page you want to link to, grab the URL. It'll likely have a lot more in it (as every field in your search page will be passed through it) but that won't matter since most of them will be empty, so it'll still have the same results.

For setting up multiple rows of listings... take a look at this tutorial:

http://www.interactivetools.com/forum/gforum.cgi?post=41018#41018

I hope this helps. :)

Donna

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