Adding extra field to search.php...

[abkeller]

My question is twofold;

1) how do you add an extra field you've created to the search.php page? Example; I want to change the "Select a category" search field to use the extra field that I've created (Manufacturer). I see the call in the search.tpl.php here;

<select name="type" id="select" onChange="displaySec(this);">
<option value=''>{$smarty.const.LANG_SEARCH_ALLCAT}</option>
{foreach from=$getcats item=cat}

<option value="{$cat.id}"{if $type==$cat.id} SELECTED{/if}>{$cat.name}</option>
{/foreach}
</select>

I'm not sure what the extra field label is. I look at the "Extra Fields" control panel and the only field ID I see is a number (11). What is the field ID of the new (extra) field I've created?

2) In creating the extra field I've selected the "Drop Down Menu" type, but I need to add way more selections than have been provided with empty fields in the admin control panel. If that sounds confusing, here it is another way; My custom field, "Manufacturer", needs to have up to 200 options for users to select. How do I add more to this list?

[midi510]

If you select a category on the search page, then whatever extra fields were bound to that category and checked as searchable in admin will "magically " appear. Then you can enter the parameters for the field(s) and process the search. That's how mine works.

[abkeller]

Thanks, Kirk for the answering my first question. I had somehow screwed up
search.tpl.php and this feature was no longer working. I was wondering why those extra fields were not displaying. I just restored the original search.tpl.php file and see that it is working again.

Thanks.

[abkeller]

As for the second part of my question I've already found the answer.

Even though a limited number of fields is displayed for adding items to the parent pull-down menu for an extra field, all you have to do is submit your updates after filling in all the fields. When you go back in to modify the list items for that extra field NEW, empty fields appear in control panel.

I have successfully added over 500 different manufacturers to my pull-down menu for the Manufacturer field I've created.

[midi510]

Wow, that's a lot of mfgrs. to scroll through. Did you think about using parent-child drop downs? Glad to see things are working out.