add a quick search to layout.tpl

[jason1971 +]

Hi everyone, v4.0.9 Hosted

What I am looking to acheive is to add a few seach fields and search button to the layout.tpl page, and have it all on one line.

The fields I want to include are a keyword search field and the drop down category/subcategory field and search button. so it should look like this

<center>KEYWORD SEARCH FIELD CATEGORY'S FIELD SEARCH BUTTON</center>

I have tried a few options myself, but cant seem to get it to work

any thoughts please ??? many many thanks

Jason

[seymourjames +]

You should be able to adapt the search module by changing the css and commenting out fields: ClassifiedMods Search Module or you can try to do it long hand by writing the appropriate code.

[jason1971 +]

Hi,

I think that placing the code in might be easier for me, mainly cos I didnt understand your first idea

The code I need to somehow confirure is using:
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<td>{$smarty.const.LANG_SEARCH_TEXT}{$smarty.const .LANG_COLON}</td>
<td><input name="searchtext" type="text" id="searchtext" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%">{$smarty.const.LANG_SEARCH_INCAT}{$sma rty.const.LANG_COLON}</td>
<td width="50%">
<select name="type" id="type" onChange="displaySec(this);">
<option value=''>{$smarty.const.LANG_SEARCH_ALLCAT}</option>
{foreach from=$getcats item=cat}
<option {if $cat.parent_id == 0}class="parent" {/if}value="{$cat.id}"{if $type==$cat.id} SELECTED{/if}>{$cat.name}</option>
{/foreach}
</select>
</td>
<div align="center"><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="{$smarty.const.LANG_SEARCH_BUTTON}" /></div>
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I am presuming this would be the part of the code I need ?, if so how do I configure it in to what I require please..... if thats what you mean by code

Thanks

Jason

[seymourjames +]

In general, search will not work unless you include all the necessary functions that you need. I have only ever implemented search on the home page (index.php) in a longhand fashion (i.e included all necessary functions and created my own form) using the developer version. This is not really the way to do it. In my case, I just wanted a better search on my home page.

We sell this module but this is my frank response. I still think that it would be quicker and tidier to simply use the search module proposed which fires up anywhere you place it (including on the layout.tpl - so it appears anywhere). It will save you a lot of time. You then style the module and edit the fields as you need.