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How to add category dropdown beside search box?

i want to add a dropdown menu for categories beside search box on my homepage to filter search based on categories. Pls help.

Re: How to add category dropdown beside search box?

skin/common_files/customer/search.tpl

After...

Code:

<span class="search">{$lng.lbl_search}:</span>

Insert...

Code:

        <select name="posted_data[categoryid]">

        <option value="">{$lng.lbl_all}</option>

        {foreach from=$categories_menu_list item=c}

        <option value="{$c.categoryid}">{$c.category}</option>

        {/foreach}

        </select>

Re: How to add category dropdown beside search box?

above code worked like a charm in regular old 3column skin.
Im using smarty template for 4.4.2.Unable to get the result. Pls suggest me of how to use this code for smarty template.:D/

Re: How to add category dropdown beside search box?

Hi,
Works perfectly in my site..

Thanks Phil

Re: How to add category dropdown beside search box?

I placed this in sidebar and It works great.

Is there a way to add Manufacturers dropdown select to it as well?

I tried by copying manufacturers code from search_result.tpl but it only works on category pages and search results, on other pages it displays empty list .
Here is the code :

PHP Code:


		
			
{capture name=manufacturers_items} 
                {section name=mnf loop=$manufacturers}
                  <option  value="{$manufacturers[mnf].manufacturerid}"{if  $manufacturers[mnf].selected eq 'Y'}  selected="selected"{/if}>{$manufacturers[mnf].manufacturer}</option>
                {/section}
              {/capture}

               <select name="posted_data[manufacturers][]" class="adv-search-select">
                    {$smarty.capture.manufacturers_items}
                  </select>

I also tried to clone this category code to use manufacturers but nothing shows up here is the second code:

PHP Code:


		
			
<select name="posted_data[manufacturers]" class="adv-search-select" style="width:170px;margin:5px;">
        <option value="">Select Manufacturer</option>
        {foreach from=$manufacturers_menu_list item=c}
        <option value="{$c.manufacturerid}">{$c.manufacturer}</option>
        {/foreach}
        </select>

Am I missing something?
Anyone has a working code to display manufacturers and categories by the search box?

Thanks for your help.

Re: How to add category dropdown beside search box?

Run /cleanup.php ? or un-tick 'cache the menu' in Flyout menu module