Using Dynamic Parameters with search: - Display no entries by default until the form is submitted | ExpressionEngine 1 Tech Support

#1 / Sep 16, 2010 1:39am

aerometric

9 posts

I’m using a form to filter weblog entries in the sidebar of a page. The form is setup like this:

<form method="post" name="" id="contact-search" action="{path='contact'}">
<select class="dropdown" name="search:salesrep_region" id="salesrep_region">
    <option value="">Select Your State</option>
    <option value="Alaska">Alaska</option>
    <option value="Alabama">Alabama</option>
    ...
</select>
<input type="submit" class="submit" id="btn-filter" value="Search" />
</form>

The “salesrep_region” is a custom field with a field type of FF Checkbox Group (using the FieldFrame add-on).

Here’s the code where I have the filtered entries displayed:

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="regional_sales_reps" dynamic="off" disable="categories|category_fields|member_data|pagination|trackbacks" dynamic_parameters="search:salesrep_region"}
<h3>{title}</h3>
<p><strong>Phone:</strong> {salesrep_phone}<br />
<strong>Fax:</strong> {salesrep_fax}<br />
<strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:{salesrep_email}">{salesrep_email}</a><br />
{/exp:weblog:entries}

The form filters exactly as expected. There’s only one problem:

How can I have nothing displayed by default (on page load)? I only want to display entries AFTER the form is submitted.

Thanks for your help,
Dave

#2 / Sep 16, 2010 12:18pm

Rob Allen

3114 posts

You could use a segment to do this.

If your search form is on the contact/index template set the path to contact/results

Then use a conditional to only display stuff if the segment = “results”.

<form method="post" name="" id="contact-search" action="{path='contact/results'}">
<select class="dropdown" name="search:salesrep_region" id="salesrep_region">
    <option value="">Select Your State</option>
    <option value="Alaska">Alaska</option>
    <option value="Alabama">Alabama</option>
    ...
</select>
<input type="submit" class="submit" id="btn-filter" value="Search" />
</form>  

{if segment_2 == "results"}
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="regional_sales_reps" dynamic="off" disable="categories|category_fields|member_data|pagination|trackbacks" dynamic_parameters="search:salesrep_region"}
<h3>{title}</h3>
<p><strong>Phone:</strong> {salesrep_phone}<br />
<strong>Fax:</strong> {salesrep_fax}<br />
<strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:{salesrep_email}">{salesrep_email}</a><br />
{/exp:weblog:entries} <br />
{/if}

#3 / Sep 16, 2010 7:05pm

Sue Crocker
26054 posts

Thanks for the assist, bluedreamer!

areometric, does that bit of code help?

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