Greetings:

Is it possible via a Global or Plugin to have a different search results template dependent upon the Search Results?

I have some 'set' search terms as Menu items. I would like a special template to display for each of these terms, that way I can customise each template.

I have the PageBuilder plugin, however it does not span multiple pages, so that isn't really an option.

Anyone got any ideas?


Thanks,


Clint.
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Hi Clint

If you want the complete search results page different for each search you can try using the dynamic_preserve option of “t” which is for the template i.e. “t=template1” “t=template2” in your search string.
You will need to set up new template folders with link and search results template in them.

<form action="<%db_cgi_url%>/search.cgi" method="GET">
<input type="hidden" name="t" value="template1">

Or something like:

/search.cgi?query=search&t=template1&pps=Yes&bool=and&substring=0&mh=10&Submit=Search

If you want just the link display to be different do a template dump and see what variables are available and you may be able to use a <%if%> statement in there with <%if pps=’Yes’%>link1.html<%elseif =’isPick=Yes%>link2<%endif%>

Another option might be to use a hidden variable depending on which way you are going to set it up.

Regards

minesite

Clint,

Not using it myself but have you looked at the SearchFilter plugin? Sounds a bit like what you're trying to do.


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I am also looking for a template for search results and I found this thread.

Anyway, I tried search.cgi?query=*&catid=11&t=category_search_results&sb=Add_Date&so=DESC

But get the following error msg:

A fatal error has occured:

GT::Template::Inheritance (55408): Wrong argument passed to this subroutine. Usage: Path /hsphere/local/home/pocketdo/pocketdownload.com/v5/admin/templates/category_search_results does not exist or is not a directory at /hsphere/local/home/pocketdo/pocketdownload.com/v5/admin/GT/Config.pm line 374.

Please enable debugging in setup for more details.

I have created the template category_search_results.html from the admin area.

Help

Gavin

t=TEMPLATE_SET_NAME
p=PAGE_TEMPLATE_NAME

However, I don't believe you can override the p= on a search. You're best bet, is to make a new template set (or a copy), and then you can use something like;

search.cgi?query=*&catid=11;sb=Add_Date&so=DESC;t=new_template_set_name

To make a new template set, the best bet is to log in via SSH/Telnet, and type;



Hope that helps.

Cheers

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Thanks Andy You're right about can't overriding the p=..., I'll try creating a new template as you suggested.

Thanks again

Gavin

Hi Andy:

Thanks for the tip. So, if I were to want a special search template for eg. search term 'pps' then I would create a directory 'under' the "templates" directory called pps? If I was only interested in the search results being different then I could name this particular template "search_results.html". Am I on the right track here?


Thanks,



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Exactly! We are going to start working like this with our Plugins (i.e Add_Spider installs the templates into a new template set, called 'addspider'). This will hopefully make our plugins a bit cleaner on install, and even easier to customize :)

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Hi

Is it possible to use globals with a new template set?

I created a new template set for a customised search results page but can't seem to call any globals.

I'm gettting "Unknown Tag" errors. Is there anyway around this?

Cheers.

If you're using a new template set it will be looking for the globals in the new template set. I think that you need to inherit from your other template set (search for 'inherit' in the forum to see how to do this).

There are issues with inheretance. If this is a new template set, it's often easier to just copy your globals.txt file to the new template set. Just remember to edit all globals.txt files if you add/change the globals.

I tried using inheretance as it seemed to work, but ended up working around most of it.

if using a .tplinfo file doesn't help. copying the globals.txt file should.


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