X-Cart forums

[bluski]

Thanks, Cherie for your proper 'get string' code. Much appreciated.

Not to get off the topic too much, but...

is there a simple way to add a word search that searches the content of any/all created pages (pages.php?pageid=1...)?

thanks

[connie]

I wonder if a cutomer wants to refer the search result to his friends, what link can he use? Normally he uses search.php, not auto_search.php
I would like to know how to sort this out too.

[shirley2005]

What is this mod for?
Provide a link for customer to view all products?

[bluecat]

Thanks for the follow up on this, that worked; however, it only searches the first word that's entered for me. i.e. 1&2&3 only searches 1

[cherie]

Originally Posted by bluecat

Thanks for the follow up on this, that worked; however, it only searches the first word that's entered for me. i.e. 1&2&3 only searches 1

This is untested, but as far as I can tell, you simply separate search words with spaces so searching for "1 2 3" would look like:

...auto_search.php?q=1%202%203

...or more clearly, searching for "firstword secondword thirdword":

...auto_search.php?q=firstword%20secondword%20thirdword

Again, this is just a guess.

[bluecat]

Originally Posted by cherie

This is untested, but as far as I can tell, you simply separate search words with spaces so searching for "1 2 3" would look like:

...auto_search.php?q=1%202%203

...or more clearly, searching for "firstword secondword thirdword":

...auto_search.php?q=firstword%20secondword%20thirdword

Again, this is just a guess.

That worked perfectly. Thank you VERY MUCH!!

[smith]

Hi

I've used this auto-search MOD for searching a string in the URL. Works great thks, but I'd like to be able to search by category also.

Version 3 uses '&in_category=' but any ideas of how to apply this principle in V4?

Thanks in advance

Xcart 4.013

[cherie]

Originally Posted by smith

I've used this auto-search MOD for searching a string in the URL. Works great thks, but I'd like to be able to search by category also.

Version 3 uses '&in_category=' but any ideas of how to apply this principle in V4?

It appears you just need to add another hidden form field for posted_data[categoryid] and either hardcode the value there or pass it as another variable in your get string. You'd be using the categoryid number.

[smith]

Thanks Cherie. I think I'm getting somewhere!

Is there a way of editing 'Advanced search options' so that 'Main category' & 'Additional category' checkboxes are ticked? I've been delving with 'customer/main/search_result.tpl' but can't see what to change.

Any advice would be appreciated

[cherie]

Just take a peek at the page source for advanced search. That's all I do. I notice these checkboxes:

<TD width="5"><INPUT type="checkbox" name="posted_data[category_main]"></TD><TD nowrap>Main category</TD>
<TD width="5"><INPUT type="checkbox" name="posted_data[category_extra]"></TD><TD nowrap>Additional category</TD>

so if I wanted to make sure "additional categories" is checked in the auto search then I would just add the following:

<input type="hidden" name="posted_data[category_extra]" value="yes" />

You can see how "category_extra" is referenced in include/search.php. You can add most of the advanced search fields in this way. You could also pass in another variable in your GET string to turn this on/off.