include advanced search on home page

[business]

I have been trying to include the advanced search (search.php) in the homepage. i tried to included the file search.tpl in home.tpl [[ {include file="search.tpl"} ]]. but it does not work this way. in another topic it stated that we need to include part of search.php in index.php ..... but which part? any help?

[Lhotch]

Are you referring to a 3rd party product when you say "Advanced Search" or are you trying to custom code something?

[business]

i mean the search page in 68C which we reach by going to search.php page.
it shows the category, city, price etc in the search form.

[seymourjames]

It is not so easy to do this directly by custom coding without the developer version and a knowledge of php and smarty. You would also need to do it for each page you wish to have search on. However, we do offer a module to put search on any page of your template. One line of code in showlistings or on the home page or whatever.

TemplateCodes | 68 Classifieds Global Search Module

I use this module personally on the home page of one classifieds site that I run and I also use it when a category is empty or their are empty search results from an initial search. It means search is provided directly to the visitor without them having to hit the menu search button again.

[damiun]

Hi,

You can also include the search .tpl template,

[business]

simply including search.tpl in home.tpl does not work.

[bowers01]

Did you want the categories to display on the home page? or are you happy with the dropdown?
If you are happy with just the dropdown rename search.php to index.php
If you want both templatecodes module would be a lot better.
Cheers

[seymourjames]

Thank you Nick,

Guys, it will not work properly with an advanced search without modifications to core files. Modifying core files is not smart - (upgrades). The only stable way to do this is through a module. Write your own or purchase one.

[business]

thanks Nick.. renaming the files worked the way I want.