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Revision as of 23:38, 28 October 2009
Theme file of the Advanced Search Module is located here:
- \com_jreviews\jreviews\views\themes\{theme_name}\modules\advanced_search.thtml
You can create different search forms by copying the theme file, and adding a suffix to the file name.
Theme Suffix Examples:
advanced_search_movies.thtml - enter "_movies" as Advanced search template suffix in the module's parameters
advanced_search_hotels.thtml - enter "_hotel" as Advanced search template suffix in the module's parameters
Adding custom fields into Advanced Search Module
This is the code that displays default elements of the module:
<div class="jr_fieldDiv"> <?php __t("Category");?>: {category} Keywords: <input type="text" id="jr_advSearchKeywords<?php echo $module_id;?>" name="data[keywords]" value="" /> <input type="submit" name="advanced_button" value="<?php __t("Search");?>" class="button" /> </div>
To add your custom fields into the form, use these tags:
- {jr_fieldname}: outputs the field
- {jr_fieldname_label}: outputs the field title
For example:
<div class="jr_fieldDiv"> <?php __t("Category");?>: {category} {jr_brand_label}: {jr_brand} Keywords: <input type="text" id="jr_advSearchKeywords<?php echo $module_id;?>" name="data[keywords]" value="" /> <input type="submit" name="advanced_button" value="<?php __t("Search");?>" class="button" /> </div>
{jr_brand_label}: {jr_brand} was added into the default code.
And the Advanced Search Module now looks like this:
Use the same process to add your other custom fields also.
[Single select]<=>[Multiple select] Conversion
If you have a single select custom field and want to display it as multiple select, use this:
- {jr_fieldname|m|10} - the last parameter (10) is the size of the field.
The opposite is also possible, to convert multiple select custom field into single select on advanced search form, use this:
- {jr_fieldname|s}
Behavior of search results with select lists
- Multiple select - Since multiple selects allow multiple values to be stored the search will only return the records matching ALL values selected.
- Single select - When a single select list is converted to a multiple select the search will return records matching any of the selected values.