X-Cart forums - search box on the side

searched for a while but didn't see this already done, so here is my mod for a search box that utilizes the left hand side menu

create file "sidesearch.tpl"

Code:

{* $Id: sidesearch.tpl 2006/02/04 mteam *}



{capture name=menu}



<TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">  

<FORM method="POST" action="search.php" name="productsearchform">

<INPUT type="hidden" name="simple_search" value="Y">

<INPUT type="hidden" name="mode" value="search">

<INPUT type="hidden" name="posted_data[by_title]" value="Y">

<INPUT type="hidden" name="posted_data[by_shortdescr]" value="Y">

<INPUT type="hidden" name="posted_data[by_fulldescr]" value="Y">



<tr align=center>

 <TD valign="middle"> 

  <INPUT type="text" name="posted_data[substring]" size="16" 



value="{$search_prefilled.substring|escape}">

 </TD>



 <TD valign="middle"> 

  <A href="javascript: document.productsearchform.submit()">{include 



file="buttons/search_head.tpl"}</A>

 </TD>

</tr>

<tr align=center>



  <TD colspan=2 height=25><U>{$lng.lbl_advanced_search}</U></TD>

</TR>

</FORM>

</TABLE>

{/capture}

{ include file="menu.tpl" menu_title=$lng.lbl_search menu_content=$smarty.capture.menu}

then, put this in your home.tpl where you want the search box to go:

Code:

{ include file="customer/sidesearch.tpl" }

then, i removed this from my head.tpl

Code:



<TR> 

<TD class="HeadLine" height="22">

{if $usertype eq "C"}

{ include file="customer/search.tpl" }

{/if}

</TD>







<TD class="HeadLine" align="right">

{if ($usertype eq "C" || $usertype eq "B")and $all_languages_cnt gt 1}



<TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<FORM action="home.php" method="GET" name="sl_form">

<INPUT type="hidden" name="redirect" 



value="{$smarty.server.PHP_SELF}?{$smarty.server.QUERY_STRING}">



<TR>

<TD>

{$lng.lbl_select_language}:

<SELECT name="sl" onChange="javascript: document.sl_form.submit()">

{section name=ai loop=$all_languages}

<OPTION value="{$all_languages[ai].code}"{if $store_language eq $all_languages[ai].code} 



selected{/if}>{$all_languages[ai].language}</OPTION>

{/section}

</SELECT>

</TD></TR>



</FORM>

</TABLE>

{else}



{/if}

</TD>

</TR>

you could remove more or less, depending on what you use up there.

hope this helps someone, let me know if it doesn't work as it should

mike