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Hello,
I’d like to make an advanced search form that does not require a keyword, but can use one if one is entered. For example, I would like to search by category and just pull up everything entry in that category.
Here is the form I used that throws the “You did not submit a search term” error.

{exp:search:advanced_form channel="gallery" result_page="gallery/search_results" search_in="everywhere" no_result_page="gallery/no_results" }

<select name='cat_id[]'>
<option value="" selected="selected">Select a Category</option>
{exp:channel:categories channel="gallery" category_group="5"}
<option value='{category_id}'>{category_name}</option> 
{/exp:channel:categories}
</select> 
              
<input type="text" name="keywords" id="keywords" value="" size="18" maxlength="100">  
<input type="image" src="{site_url}images/site_graphics/search.png" value='Search'  alt="Search" name="image" width="25" height="25" >

{/exp:search:advanced_form}

Any ideas?
thanks! I appreciate your thoughts.

Hi Podzol,

I think it would be simpler for you to use the Category Dropdown Menu to link to all entries in a category and have a separate advanced search form.

If there is anything else I can do to help, just let me know.

Sean

Works like a charm.

I wish I could adjust the formatting so there isn’t and automatic

after it, though.
Other than that minor factor, it works perfectly!

Blake

Podzol,

Happy it’s working for you. I’m not sure what you’re referring to about adjusting the format so there isn’t and automatic. That bit is a little confusing, perhaps due to a typo.

Sean.

whoops! I forgot the code bracket around the break tag in my post. Sorry about that.

Podzol,

looking at the code sample here you can remove that
from your code just by deleting it. If that’s not working could you post a code sample and I’ll see what I can do.

Sean

I used this version, which doesn’t have a break best I can tell—not a big deal, I worked with it and the page looks just fine.

<form name="catmenu" action="">
    <select name="selcat">
        <option value="">--Select Category--</option>
        {exp:channel:categories channel="yourchannel" style="linear"}
            <option value="{path='channel'}">{category_name}</option>
        {/exp:channel:categories}
    </select>
</form>

Podzol,

Awesome. Really glad you got this working. I’m going to close the thread, but feel free to post again as needed.