Search Engine Issue

#1 / Aug 09, 2010 7:00pm
TCSLions
12 posts
Original Search Code:
```
        
 
        <div id="search_box"> 
            <form id="search_form" method="post" action="/"> 
                <input type="text" id="s" value="Search" class="swap_value" /> 
                <input type="image" src="images/clear.gif" width="29" height="29" id="go" alt="Search" title="Search" /> 
            </form> 
        </div>
```
I am trying to plug in the correct code to make the results show on my “search/index” page.

Been trying to follow - http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/modules/search/index.html, but obviously it doesn’t match up perfectly.

The website is http://www.tcslions.org/tcs - I’ve just about got all the big rocks done, but this issue. I’ve racked my brain around every tutorial I can find, I started using EE cause I was told it was designer friendly… help please.

#2 / Aug 10, 2010 3:41am

John Henry Donovan

12339 posts

TCSLions,

If you are using version 1 of EE you need to be using the correct documentation.

Have you tried the Simple Search Form?

{exp:search:simple_form channel="news"}

<label for="keywords">Search:</label>

<input type="text" name="keywords" id="keywords" value="" size="18" maxlength="100" /></p>

<input type="submit" value="submit" class="submit" /></p>

{/exp:search:simple_form}

#3 / Aug 10, 2010 2:09pm

TCSLions
12 posts

I placed that in there and and still errors out to system created page. I’ve been able to figure everything else out up to this point.

RB
#4 / Aug 10, 2010 11:45pm

Sue Crocker
26054 posts

RB, have you tried putting the code John posted in a stand alone template?

Did you set a return parameter?

http://expressionengine.com/legacy_docs/modules/search/simple.html#par_result_page
#5 / Aug 11, 2010 12:49am

TCSLions
12 posts

That is the other thing I’m getting confused on, I don’t wanna just search “news” I want to search the whole site.

#6 / Aug 11, 2010 10:16pm

News is fine for now, I don’t need the advanced link. I have a custom search form up top if you can see and like I said I ultimately want to search the entire site, nothing fancy, just nice and simple.

I just put that in and got the same result. Going to try and walk back through everything again and try see if I did something wrong.

This is what i have (located at search/index)

<table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" width="100%">
<tr>
<th>{lang:title}</th>
<th>{lang:date}</th>
<th>{lang:excerpt}</th>
</tr>
{exp:search:search_results switch="resultRowOne|resultRowTwo"}
<tr class="{switch}">
<td width="30%" valign="top"><b><a href="http://{auto_path}">{title}</a></b></td><td width="10%" valign="top">{entry_date format="%m/%d/%y"}</td>
<td width="10%" valign="top">{entry_date format="%m/%d/%y"}</td>
<td width="50%" valign="top">{excerpt}</td>
{/exp:search:search_results}
</table>
{if paginate}
<div class='paginate'>
<span class='pagecount'>{page_count}</span>  {paginate}
</div>



{/if}

#8 / Aug 12, 2010 7:15pm

Brandon Jones
5500 posts

TCSLions,

Can you confirm the version and build of EE you’re using?
#9 / Aug 12, 2010 9:53pm

TCSLions
12 posts

1.6.9

Build: 20100430

#10 / Aug 13, 2010 6:38pm

Brandon Jones

5500 posts

TCSLions,

If you make a template called search/results and put this code in it:

<table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" width="100%">
<tr>
<th>{lang:title}</th>
<th>{lang:date}</th>
<th>{lang:excerpt}</th>
</tr>
{exp:search:search_results switch="resultRowOne|resultRowTwo"}
<tr class="{switch}">
<td width="30%" valign="top"><b><a href="http://{auto_path}">{title}</a></b></td><td width="10%" valign="top">{entry_date format="%m/%d/%y"}</td>
<td width="10%" valign="top">{entry_date format="%m/%d/%y"}</td>
<td width="50%" valign="top">{excerpt}</td>
{/exp:search:search_results}
</table>
{if paginate}
<div class='paginate'>
<span class='pagecount'>{page_count}</span>  {paginate}
</div>

Then make your search/index page just:

{exp:search:simple_form weblog="news" result_page="search/results" }

<label for="keywords">Search:</label>

<input type="text" name="keywords" id="keywords" value="" size="18" maxlength="100" /></p>

<a href="http://{path=search/index}">Advanced Search</a>

<input type="submit" value="submit" class="submit" /></p>

{/exp:search:simple_form}

Do you get redirected to the search/results template?

#11 / Sep 14, 2010 2:48pm

TCSLions
12 posts

It errors out to this
http://tcslions.org/tcs/index.php?/search/results/74ba6574bc4b266a72e32d7a865b86a1/

(sorry for delay, been swamped with outer stuff)

#12 / Sep 15, 2010 3:07am

John Henry Donovan

12339 posts

TCSLions,

Can I confirm that the only thing you have in the index template inside the search group is the following please

{exp:search:simple_form weblog="news" result_page="search/results" }

<label for="keywords">Search:</label>

<input type="text" name="keywords" id="keywords" value="" size="18" maxlength="100" /></p>

<a href="http://{path=search/index}">Advanced Search</a>

<input type="submit" value="submit" class="submit" /></p>

{/exp:search:simple_form}

It looks like you put the search results code in there too?
http://tcslions.org/tcs/index.php?/search/

#13 / Oct 05, 2011 4:43pm

hadri
18 posts

opened new thread
#14 / Oct 08, 2011 11:37pm

Dan Decker
7338 posts

hadri,

I take that to mean you opened a new thread to report your issue? If so, we will be helping out there.

Cheers,

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