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xr280xr
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Mar 8, 2006, 12:04 PM
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Hi,
I was wondering if you could expand on this line of the documentation a little bit:
"You can also build search forms yourself which are hard-coded to search certain categories, by using "hidden" input fields."
If you could give a short example it would be helpful. Also can you tell me what the hidden field with name="skin" and value="" is for in the basic search form? Can I take portions of the advanced search form and add them to the basic search form? For instance could I grab the Look For: Any Of the Words/All Words/Exact Phrase drop down list code and add it to the basic search form? Just trying to get a feel for how these forms work, thanks!
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Cliff
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Mar 9, 2006, 12:41 PM
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Hi xr280xr,
Thanks for posting and welcome to the discussion forum!
To build search forms which are hard-coded to search certain categories you just need to add the following hidden form field to the search form:
<input type="hidden" name="categories" value=3>
The line above will tell the search to look through category #3. To find out the category's record number, in the category editor select modify for the category that you want to include. On the modify screen remember the number on the end of the URL:
e.g.
admin.cgi?category_edit=3
In this example the number is 3 so this is the category number 3.
You can copy any element of the Advanced Search form in to the Basic Search form. The Basic Search is really just a trimmed down version of the Advanced Search. So feel free to use whatever fields you like!
I hope that helps 
Regards,
Cliff Stefanuk - Customer Service Manager
support@interactivetools.com
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xr280xr
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Mar 9, 2006, 3:52 PM
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Thanks, that makes sense. So I couldn't hard code it to search multiple categories then right? What about the hidden field named skin? Can you tell me it's purpose?
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Cliff
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Mar 10, 2006, 11:05 AM
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Hi xr280xr,
Actually setting up the program to search multiple categories is really simple. You can allow users to search multiple categories by joining the category ID's together like this:
<input type="hidden" name="categories" value="3,2,1">
Sorry I missed that skin question in your first post there! What you can do is specify the skin, or template that a form will use as it's results template by setting up a hidden input field like this:
<input type="hidden" name="skin" value="search_results_categoryA.html">
So the easiest thing to do would be to just make a copy of your existing _search_results.html template, and re-name it something appropriate like 'search_results_categoryA.html'. Then make the template look the way that you need to. So it's just a way of using a different look for different sections
Regards,
Cliff Stefanuk - Customer Service Manager
support@interactivetools.com
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xr280xr
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Mar 10, 2006, 12:09 PM
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Cool, everytime I learn something new about this program I like it more. Thanks!
Jesse
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