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Hi

I’ve got a POST form using the appropriate field names to query a particular weblog against certain custom fields using the {exp:weblog:entries} dynamic_parameters parameter, for example:

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="publications" dynamic_parameters="search:publication-title|search:publication-author|search:publication-reviewer|search:publication-year|category"}

The only issue I have with this is how do I then paginate results as you would using the {exp:Search} module?

Requiring a POST form it is not possible to carry search queries then over multiple pages.
Have found it possible to implement a client-sided solution (eg using Javascript to break the results into more digestible chunks and artificially paginate results) but this isn’t perfect.

Anyone got any suggestions or thoughts on how best to achieve this?

Cheers

Cole

EE details:
ExpressionEngine 1.6.9
Build:  20100430

Hi Cole,

You could use some PHP and save the search terms in a cookie. You would keep the search terms as long as they haven’t reset the search.

I believe Solspace’s Super Search module solves this by generating a has and appending it to the url that it uses to save the terms or even the resultset on the server side (for caching purposes).

Greetz,
Wouter

Or store it in a session: http://www.putyourlightson.net/projects/session_variables

This will come in handy if you go this route: http://ingowedler.com/blog/get_post_var_free_expressionengine_add_on

Thanks for the assist, guys. Does that make sense, tinyv?