wow, cool! I have implemented this but added a few polishing touches.
1. I don't want the "Javascript Disabled" showing when that is not the case.
2. I want the button only present if JS is indeed disabled.
3. I don't want the "Please wait" text if JS is disabled and they have to hit the submit button.
4. I also changed the URL variable to q (after the great Google)
5. Added the proper way to get php variables from an HTML GET string.
So here is my polished version
Code:
<?php
$substr = $_GET['q'];
?>
<HTML>
<BODY onLoad="document.process.submit();">
<TABLE width="100%" height="100%">
<TR>
<TD align="center" valign="middle" />
<FORM action="search.php" method="POST" name="process" />
<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" />
<script>document.write('Please wait while searching...') </script>
<noscript>
<h3>JavaScript is disabled in your browser.</h3>
<INPUT type="submit" name="submit1" value="Continue >>" />
</noscript>
<INPUT type="hidden" name="posted_data[substring]" size="16" value="<?php echo $substr ?>">
</FORM>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>