[Gibberish]

OK I got the drop downs to generate finally and now I have a simple question that I cannot find the answer too.

IF I put the select tags on the advanced_search.tpl they generate fine. If I put the same tags on my custom specific_search.tpl they do not generate. It is using the same form tag so it should be calling to the same php file right? What I am guessing is there is a file somewhere that I did not active the tpl or maybe php file.

Here is my customer/specific_search.php:

<?php

#
# $Id: search.php,v 1.50 2003/11/12 14:42:07 svowl Exp $
#


#
#   BRAND query
# 
$brand_query = "SELECT distinct brand FROM $sql_tbl[products] WHERE forsale='Y' ORDER BY brand"; 

#
#   model query
# 
$model_query = "SELECT distinct b_model FROM $sql_tbl[products] WHERE forsale='Y' ORDER BY b_model"; 

// assign query to smarty. 
$brand = func_query($brand_query); 
$model = func_query($model_query); 
$smarty->assign("brand",$brand);
$smarty->assign("model",$model);

$smarty->assign("main","specific_search");


$smarty->display("customer/home.tpl");


?>

Here is my skin1/customer/main/specific_search.tpl:

{* $Id: specfic_search.tpl,v 1.19 2003/04/15 06:23:26 svowl Exp $ *}




<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2">
  <form action="specific_search.php" name="specificsearch">
    
    <tr valign="top"> 
      <td height="40" colspan="6" align="left" valign="middle"><font class="CategoriesList" color="#FF6600">Specific 
        Search:</font>
 <hr size=1 noshade width="100%" align="left"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr> 
      <td width="12" height="45" valign="top"></td>
      <td width="212" align="center" valign="top" ><font class="SectionBody">Make:</font>
 
			<select onChange="javascript:document.specificsearch.submit()" name="brand"> 
					<option value="">All</option> 
				{section name="brand" loop=$brand}  
					<option value="{ $brand[brand].brand }">{ $brand[brand].brand|escape }</option>        
				{/section} 
			</select> 
	</td>
      <td width="123" align="center" valign="top" > <font class="SectionBody">Model:</font>
 
        <select onChange="javascript:document.specificsearch.submit()" name="brand"> 
					<option value="">All</option> 
				{section name="brand" loop=$brand}  
					<option value="{ $brand[brand].brand }">{ $brand[brand].brand|escape }</option>        
				{/section} 
			</select>  </td>
      <td width="93" align="center" valign="top" > <font class="SectionBody">Year:</font>
 
        <select onChange="javascript:document.specificsearch.submit()" name="brand"> 
					<option value="">All</option> 
				{section name="brand" loop=$brand}  
					<option value="{ $brand[brand].brand }">{ $brand[brand].brand|escape }</option>        
				{/section} 
			</select>  </td>
      <td width="88" valign="top"></td>
      <td width="342" valign="center"><a href="javascript:specificsearch.submit()">{include 
        file="buttons/search.tpl" style="button" type="input"}</a></td>
		</tr>
		 </form>
	   <tr> 
      <td height="21" colspan="6" valign="top"><hr size=1 noshade></td>
    <tr> 
      <td height="2"></td>
      <td ></td>
      <td ></td>
      <td ></td>
      <td></td>
      <td></td>

</table>

I think its a matter of linking the tpl to the php but I cannot see the problem.

Also I did name specific_search.tpl in the home_main.tpl.

Like I said I know the code works but I think the linking is bad and I cannot find where.