Re: PCS search results page
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 18391
interpreted = N
texte = Have you tried Your search for [formvariables name=yourcheck][value] [/formariables]? >>>>Whoever does the web pages there at PCS, would you mind sharing the webdna >>>>at the top of the WebCat Talk archives search results page, the part that >>>>says ' 100 messages found containing 'stuff you typed'. I finally got it >>>>to work on my page, but it only returns the first keyword, not all of them. >>> >>>This is usually because your hyperlink href has spaces in it. If you hover >>>over your hyperlink and see spaces instead of %20 in the URL, then that >>>means you need to add a [URL] around the [group1data] in the
(not in >>>the sentence Your search of [group1data], because that's just being >>>displayed on a page and not a link in a browser, so spaces are fine there). >> >>It's a form based search, so there's no . Sorry, I guess my case is >>different from PCS's search page anyway. I have a series of checkboxes, all >>name=group1data, as well as a type-in field also named group1data. It only >>recognizes the first checked box. If no boxes are checked, and they enter a >>series of words in the text input field, it will pick up all of those >>words. > > >Hi Terry, > >Your search will work fine the way you've done it -- with all the >checkboxes (and your input field) having the same name -- but this is a >bad practice to get into, and besides, it's technically *not* the correct >method of creating a search form. The correct method is to give each >checkbox and input field a unique name ... which is why I made this >suggestion in my previous response message posted to the list. > >The problem you're running into is just one of several limitations >inherent in doing things the *short cut* way instead of doing things the >*right* way. > >You simply cannot display all the search parameters at the top of the >results page if you use a single field name in your form for several >different search parameters. > >Even though WebCat is willing to concatenate all your same-name >[fieldname] values into a single search parameter (thus making it easy for >you to use a single field name with checkboxes), WebCat doesn't have any >idea *which* of those values it is supposed to display on the results page >when you place a [fieldname] tag on the top of that page like this: > >Your search for [fieldname] found [numfound] matching items: > >Sure, WebCat sees a [fieldname] tag at the top of your results page ... >but since you created several DIFFERENT values for [fieldname] in your >search form, WebCat doesn't know which of those values you wish to display >... > >Should it use the *first* value of [fieldname] you created in your form? >Or should it use the second value? Or the third? Or the fourth? > >Since WebCat doesn't know which one to use, it uses the first value it >finds. And that's why you are NOT getting all your search parameters >displayed whenever more than one field is used in your search. > >Therefore, the only way for you to *properly* deal with this situation is >to start over, and use a different name for each input field and checkbox >on your form: > >1- Re-write your HTML form so that it uses a different field name for each >checkbox and each input field. Don't use these same name shortcuts >anymore, they only create potential problems ... > >2- Change your search string so that it deals with each of the individual >checkbox and field names you've placed into your form. > >3- Change the line at the top of your results page from Your search for >[fieldname] found [numfound] matching items: to something like: > >Your search for [inputfield1] [inputfield2] [checkbox1] [checkbox2] >[checkbox3] [checkbox4] [checkbox5] [checkbox6] [checkbox7] found >[numfound] matching items:. > >Following these suggestions will actually solve your problems ... :) > >Sincerely, >Ken Grome >808-737-6499 >WebDNA Solutions >mailto:ken@webdna.net >http://www.webdna.net Jay Van Vark ******************************* Pacific Coast Software | eCommerce (WebCatalog) 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | Site Hosting & Development Suite 453 | http://www.smithmicro.com San Diego, CA 92128 ******************************* 619.675.1106** PGP key available upon request. **
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Have you tried Your search for [formvariables name=yourcheck][value] [/formariables]? >>>>Whoever does the web pages there at PCS, would you mind sharing the webdna >>>>at the top of the WebCat Talk archives search results page, the part that >>>>says ' 100 messages found containing 'stuff you typed'. I finally got it >>>>to work on my page, but it only returns the first keyword, not all of them. >>> >>>This is usually because your hyperlink href has spaces in it. If you hover >>>over your hyperlink and see spaces instead of %20 in the URL, then that >>>means you need to add a [url] around the [group1data] in the (not in >>>the sentence Your search of [group1data], because that's just being >>>displayed on a page and not a link in a browser, so spaces are fine there). >> >>It's a form based search, so there's no . Sorry, I guess my case is >>different from PCS's search page anyway. I have a series of checkboxes, all >>name=group1data, as well as a type-in field also named group1data. It only >>recognizes the first checked box. If no boxes are checked, and they enter a >>series of words in the text input field, it will pick up all of those >>words. > > >Hi Terry, > >Your search will work fine the way you've done it -- with all the >checkboxes (and your input field) having the same name -- but this is a >bad practice to get into, and besides, it's technically *not* the correct >method of creating a search form. The correct method is to give each >checkbox and input field a unique name ... which is why I made this >suggestion in my previous response message posted to the list. > >The problem you're running into is just one of several limitations >inherent in doing things the *short cut* way instead of doing things the >*right* way. > >You simply cannot display all the search parameters at the top of the >results page if you use a single field name in your form for several >different search parameters. > >Even though WebCat is willing to concatenate all your same-name >[fieldname] values into a single search parameter (thus making it easy for >you to use a single field name with checkboxes), WebCat doesn't have any >idea *which* of those values it is supposed to display on the results page >when you place a [fieldname] tag on the top of that page like this: > >Your search for [fieldname] found [numfound] matching items: > >Sure, WebCat sees a [fieldname] tag at the top of your results page ... >but since you created several DIFFERENT values for [fieldname] in your >search form, WebCat doesn't know which of those values you wish to display >... > >Should it use the *first* value of [fieldname] you created in your form? >Or should it use the second value? Or the third? Or the fourth? > >Since WebCat doesn't know which one to use, it uses the first value it >finds. And that's why you are NOT getting all your search parameters >displayed whenever more than one field is used in your search. > >Therefore, the only way for you to *properly* deal with this situation is >to start over, and use a different name for each input field and checkbox >on your form: > >1- Re-write your HTML form so that it uses a different field name for each >checkbox and each input field. Don't use these same name shortcuts >anymore, they only create potential problems ... > >2- Change your search string so that it deals with each of the individual >checkbox and field names you've placed into your form. > >3- Change the line at the top of your results page from Your search for >[fieldname] found [numfound] matching items: to something like: > >Your search for [inputfield1] [inputfield2] [checkbox1] [checkbox2] >[checkbox3] [checkbox4] [checkbox5] [checkbox6] [checkbox7] found >[numfound] matching items:. > >Following these suggestions will actually solve your problems ... :) > >Sincerely, >Ken Grome >808-737-6499 >WebDNA Solutions >mailto:ken@webdna.net >http://www.webdna.net Jay Van Vark ******************************* Pacific Coast Software | eCommerce (WebCatalog) 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | Site Hosting & Development Suite 453 | http://www.smithmicro.com San Diego, CA 92128 ******************************* 619.675.1106** PGP key available upon request. **
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