website searches for visitors
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Last Post: February 9, 2011 (RSS)
By rez - February 9, 2011
Where can learn how to set up a website search form for visitors.
If I have a database full recipes or food items and descriptions, I want a user to be able to search for words in the items and description fields. Like searching for "bacon" would bring up all item names that had bacon in the title or description.
So I would need to set up a form that searches the db and lists the records (in this case I would want to list chicken bacon sandwich, bacon cheeseburger item names as maybe links to the full item and description or recipe.
I see searches mentioned here but most seem to be referring to the admin's search? How are website searches done on the front end?
If I have a database full recipes or food items and descriptions, I want a user to be able to search for words in the items and description fields. Like searching for "bacon" would bring up all item names that had bacon in the title or description.
So I would need to set up a form that searches the db and lists the records (in this case I would want to list chicken bacon sandwich, bacon cheeseburger item names as maybe links to the full item and description or recipe.
I see searches mentioned here but most seem to be referring to the admin's search? How are website searches done on the front end?
Re: [rez] website searches for visitors
By Jason - February 9, 2011
Hi,
Take a look at the Search Engine section of the CMS Builder docs:
http://www.interactivetools.com/docs/cmsbuilder/viewer_search.html
These can be used on front end forms.
For example, if you have a CMS Builder field called "description" and you wanted to search for a string within that field, you could use an HTML field like this:
Hope this helps get you started.
Take a look at the Search Engine section of the CMS Builder docs:
http://www.interactivetools.com/docs/cmsbuilder/viewer_search.html
These can be used on front end forms.
For example, if you have a CMS Builder field called "description" and you wanted to search for a string within that field, you could use an HTML field like this:
<input type= "text" name= "description_keyword" />Hope this helps get you started.
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Re: [Jason] website searches for visitors
By rez - February 9, 2011
Oh. Looks great. Question, looking at the custom form documentation, I am wondering how to make a keyword search through the title AND the description?
thanks.
thanks.
Re: [rez] website searches for visitors
By Jason - February 9, 2011
You can string names of fields together separated by commas. _keyword goes at the end.
Hope this helps
<input type="text" name="title,description_keyword" />Hope this helps
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