"Live search" in CMSBuilder
3 posts by 2 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder
Last Post: January 27, 2009 (RSS)
By aev - January 27, 2009
Hi!
Would it be possible to create a "live search" like seen on Adobe.com using CMSBuilder?
To see what I mean in action:
Go to adobe.com, type acrobat in searchbox, don't hit enter, wait for searchresults.
-aev-
Would it be possible to create a "live search" like seen on Adobe.com using CMSBuilder?
To see what I mean in action:
Go to adobe.com, type acrobat in searchbox, don't hit enter, wait for searchresults.
-aev-
Re: [aev] "Live search" in CMSBuilder
By Dave - January 27, 2009
Hi aev,
Yes, but it's mostly ajax and javascript that does that and you'd need to hand code that or find a pre-written component. Basically instead of waiting for the user to hit submit you're just loading the results right away and overlaying them on the page.
I'd browse through these jQuery plugins and search for things like "ajax" "auto complete", "suggest", and "facebook". http://plugins.jquery.com/
Note that if you've never implemented something like this before it can take a bit of time to do. The trick is getting it all working with plain html first. You get the dynamic ajax part working, but loading a static html page for the search results. Then you get the dynamic search results working with CMS Builder on another page where you still need to click submit, then you combine them.
Hope that helps!
Yes, but it's mostly ajax and javascript that does that and you'd need to hand code that or find a pre-written component. Basically instead of waiting for the user to hit submit you're just loading the results right away and overlaying them on the page.
I'd browse through these jQuery plugins and search for things like "ajax" "auto complete", "suggest", and "facebook". http://plugins.jquery.com/
Note that if you've never implemented something like this before it can take a bit of time to do. The trick is getting it all working with plain html first. You get the dynamic ajax part working, but loading a static html page for the search results. Then you get the dynamic search results working with CMS Builder on another page where you still need to click submit, then you combine them.
Hope that helps!
Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com
interactivetools.com
Re: [Dave] "Live search" in CMSBuilder
By aev - January 27, 2009
Yes, thanks a lot!
I'll give it a try, I guess for small CMSB sites with 20-100 pages the ajax results would show up pretty fast. A cool feature isn't necessary useful if it is slow.
-aev-
I'll give it a try, I guess for small CMSB sites with 20-100 pages the ajax results would show up pretty fast. A cool feature isn't necessary useful if it is slow.
-aev-