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ken707
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Sep 5, 2002, 6:46 AM
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I would like to create two drop down boxes, One containing cities and the other containing counties.
I would like to give the visitor the option of searching by city or county by making a selection in the drop down boxes.
How can I do this?
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chrisl
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Sep 5, 2002, 9:30 AM
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Hi,
I am a new user and worked on this issue yesterday. Simply copy an existing drop down in the _search_query.html starting with the <tr><td> tag to the </td></tr>, paste it where you want your drop-down and then modify the fields to reflect your search criteria.
For example - you have:
<tr>
<td><font size=2 face="arial"> Type </font></td>
<td>
<select name="lfield8_keyword">
<option value="">Any
<option>Home
<option>Condo
<option>Townhouse
<option>Apartment
<option>Mobile Home
<option>Lot
<option>Acreage
<option>Duplex
<option>Triplex
<option>Farm or Ranch
<option>Other
</select>
</td>
</tr>
Copy it and paste it where you want the drop-down, then modify it, like:
<tr>
<td><font size=2 face="arial"> Location</font></td>
<td>
<select name="lfield3_keyword">
<option value="">Any Location
<option>City 1
<option>City 2
<option>City 3
<option>City 4
<option>etc.....
</select>
</td>
</tr>
The "lfield3_keyword" is important as it reflects, in this case, the city name filed "lfield3". Give it a try - should work.
Chris
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ken707
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Sep 24, 2002, 1:25 AM
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i tried this
<tr>
<td><font face="arial" size=2> City</font></td>
<td>
<select name="lfield25_keyword" size="1" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt">
<option selected>Any</option>
<option>Benicia</option>
<option>Dixon</option>
<option>Fairfield</option>
<option>Suisun</option>
<option>Vacaville</option>
<option>Vallejo</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><font face="arial" size=2> County</font></td>
<td>
<select name="lfield24_keyword" size="1" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt">
<option selected>Any</option>
<option>Napa County </option>
<option>Solano County</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
I'm not sure if it has to do with the fields, any ideas?
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chrisl
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Sep 24, 2002, 10:51 AM
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<tr>
<td><font face="arial" size=2> City</font></td>
<td>
<select name="lfield25_keyword">
<option value="">Any
<option>Benicia
<option>Dixon
<option>Fairfield
<option>Suisun
<option>Vacaville
<option>Vallejo
</select>
</td>
</tr>
Assuming that you have developed a new field - "lfield25" - in the listing template and have uploaded listings with that field completed (you may wish to review that procedure), this should work - the key being the new field "lfield25". As noted I do not present myself as an expert in this so you may wish to run it by tech.
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Damon
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Sep 24, 2002, 11:21 AM
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Hi Ken,
Your almost there. :)
Replace
<option selected>Any</option>
with
<option value="">Any </option>
and that should make search work correctly. If you have any other questions, let me know.
Cheers
Damon Edis
interactivetools.com
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ken707
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Sep 25, 2002, 11:13 PM
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Excellent, that was it.
Thanks 
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