hi all.

ok, many of my users are "search challenged" and since a lot of internet users are used to seeing search boxes on the webpages they visit WIHTHOUT having to click anything (like the "Find" button on the groupee pages for example), i was toying with the idea of adding a search box right on some pages.

to make it crystal clear what i have in mind, i have pasted in a mockup below (what i want to add is boxed in red)...




... and the real deal is at

http://spaintalk.multimadrid.org/groupee/forums?a=corfrm&cf=4171030511

important: that "you are on the teachers discussion forum" box is composed of the following image...



... in the "Intro Wording" box for that specific forum in the groupee control panel (Groupee Community Control Panel » Forums » teachers discussion forum - Forum Settings) using the following html...

quote:

<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="table34">
<tr>
<td class="madrid_side_table" style="width: 150px">
<p align="center">
<img border="0" src="http://spaintalk.multimadrid.org/custom_eve/welcometeachdiscuss.gif" width="378" height="20" align="left"></p>

</td>
</tr>
</table>

so, it is simply an image in a styled table (td class="madrid_side_table" style="width: 150px") and in theory i could add a search box to the right of the "you are on the teachers discussion forum" image.

i do not know how to implement this (search box) an would like help.

what code would i need to use and where would i need to put it?

the idea is for the search box in question to query the entire community, not just the forum it is on.

i am aware that since the code is in the "Intro Wording" box in my control panel that the search box would appear only on the forum home pages and not on the topic view pages.

another possible location for the search box could be to the right of where i have it pictured in my mockup, at top in the right sidebar on my pages, see http://spaintalk.multimadrid.org/groupee/forums?a=corfrm&cf=4171030511 for the live forum.

if this is not possible, i am aware i can just put a "search" link where i want the search box to go and link it to the groupee advanced search page but i think an actual search box would be classic since, as i said, many internet users eyes are trained to see a search box as soon as a page loads.

thanks in advance.
saludos,
jer...

This message has been edited. Last edited by: jezmadrid,

Hi Jer,

I can't help but feel like you're my new best friend!

For the search box this is the code you'll need to create it:

<form method="get" action="http://spaintalk.multimadrid.org/groupee/forums?a=search" name="searchlitenew">
<input type="hidden" name="a" value="search">
<input type="text" name="reqWords" size="20">  <input class="ev_input" type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

Perhaps put that in a td to the right of your img?

April

hola April

of course you gave me EXACTLY what i needed!!! (once again).

see http://spaintalk.multimadrid.org/groupee/forums?a=corfrm&cf=5501053511 .

i feel like you are my new best friend AND my webmaster, pro-bono of course

you need to change your user title to "Master Craftsman"

saludos,
jer...

oh yay, glad it worked well!

Your community is really shaping up.

thanks April.

now only if it did not take me hours and hours to do what should take minutes.

oh well, guess ya can't rush an artist

saludos,
jer...

hey April.

no, don't fear, i do not need any more help (for the moment ).

just wanted to let ya know that the extra search boxes are on all of my main forum pages and working fine!!!

saludos,
jer...

Hi Jer,

That's really great!

For the record, I don't mind being helpful. Especially when lunch offers are on the line

jejejeje

get to madrid often?

saludos,
jer...