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Sep 1, 2009, 11:35 AM
Herculinks
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Static term for search box
How do we create a static term for the search box?

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Sep 1, 2009, 12:20 PM
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Re: [Herculinks] Static term for search box In reply to
You mean like /search/somethigng , and that goes to search.cgi?query=something

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You can't do it for "box" (well, you could - with some JS probably, but not got time to play around with that =))

Doing it just as a link its pretty simple with a rewrite rule. Something like:

Code:
RewriteRule ^search/(.*) /cgi-bin/search.cgi?query=$1 [L]

..but that will only partly work (for example, the span pages etc won't have the same thing).

I've done it before - where it coverts like that - and even works with span pages - but its long winded to do, and pretty complex.

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Sep 1, 2009, 12:39 PM
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Okay, so how do we create preset words in the search box area?

For example, all viewers see the preset words "enter your search term" in the search box area.

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http://www.herculinks.com

Adult directory, search and TGP
http://www.herculesporn.com
Sep 1, 2009, 12:52 PM
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Oh, thats simple. Just put something like this:

Code:
value="<%if query%><%else%>Please enter your query<%endif%>"

You could even go as far as something like this on the input gox too:

Code:
onfocus="this.value='';"

..or even more:

Code:
onfocus="if (this.value == 'Please enter your query') { this.value = '' }

This would then remove the content, when they click on it (unless the content is different to "Please enter your query)

All untested, but should work.

UPDATE - just tried this, and works perfecto =)

Code:
<input type="text" name="query" size="20" value="<%if query%><%query%><%else%>Please enter your query<%endif%>" onfocus="if (this.value == 'Please enter your query') { this.value = '' }" />

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