Jack_mcs Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 (edited) This contribution allows searching of the entire site. It adds the following features: - Search in product descriptions - Search in product attributes - Search in language files - If a search is performed on a word and no product matches are found, a form appears allowing the customer to email the shop owner asking for information about the product. - A modified version of the Advanced Search Box is included. The price boxes and category selector can be enabled/disabled via settings in the includes/boxes/search.php file. Jack Edited November 9, 2008 by Jack_mcs Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotclutch Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Hi Jack Thanks for this contribution! Is the any way I can change the width of the search box to 125? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share Posted November 9, 2008 The width is set by the width of the column, as in all other boxes. If the box is too wide, it is probaby due to the category dropdown list although it may be due to the keyword box. You can remove that dropdown via a setting in the search box to determine which and then change the size of either to what you want. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotclutch Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 The width is set by the width of the column, as in all other boxes. If the box is too wide, it is probaby due to the category dropdown list although it may be due to the keyword box. You can remove that dropdown via a setting in the search box to determine which and then change the size of either to what you want. Jack Thanks...It is the cat box. I have one or two long category names that must be pushing the box out that wide. I turned to false in search.php and the box is normal width. Where would I adjust the width of the category box if I wanted to keep it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share Posted November 9, 2008 In the includes/boxes/search.php file, find this section of code tep_get_categories(array(array('id' => '', 'text' => BOX_ADVSEARCH_ALLCAT))) and change it to tep_get_categories(array(array('id' => '', 'text' => BOX_ADVSEARCH_ALLCAT))), '', ' style="width: 100"' changing the 100 to whatever you want the width to be. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotclutch Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 In the includes/boxes/search.php file, find this section of codetep_get_categories(array(array('id' => '', 'text' => BOX_ADVSEARCH_ALLCAT))) and change it to tep_get_categories(array(array('id' => '', 'text' => BOX_ADVSEARCH_ALLCAT))), '', ' style="width: 100"' changing the 100 to whatever you want the width to be. Jack There seems to be a syntax error somewhere. I've got tep_get_categories(array(array('id' => '', 'text' => BOX_ADVSEARCH_ALLCAT)))) . '</td></tr>' : ''); in search.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 That's correct. After the BOX_ADVSEARCH_ALLCAT))), you would add the code as shown. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotclutch Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 That's correct. After the BOX_ADVSEARCH_ALLCAT))), you would add the code as shown. Jack Ahh...Thank you very much. I got confused with the brackets. All working now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 A new version has been uploaded. It contains the following changes: - Added code on the email form to check for valid input - Added an option in the search box to allow setting of the dropdown width Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Hi Jack, I have a store where I don't have any price on any products following the oscommerce default price set up. I added prices to each product as attributes depending on size. Ex 2oz=$6. Will your contribution help my customers find a product price range from my attributes? If not, would it be possible to add that function to this contribution? Is there a contribution that would do that? Thanks! Ricardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 It depends on how you have it setup. Normal an attribute will appear as 2oz ($6), where the $6 is added dynamically by the code so it is not part of the attribute. In that case, the contribution won't find it. But if your attribute is actually named 2oz=$6, then it will find it. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Jack 21 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Hi Jack, thank you for the contribution - a very good one. Questions In product_listing.php, i want to alter the submit button to the style used in contact_us.php. I've added the following: '<tr><td height="5"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="right" class="productListing-data">' . tep_image_submit('button_continue.gif', IMAGE_BUTTON_CONTINUE, 'name="request_submit"') . '</a></td></tr>' . '</table>'); But it doesn't work. Can you point me in right direction? Thank you in advance! I can't also understand the closing </a>... BJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 The </a> is a mistake and should be removed. I don't see a problem with the rest of it so maybe the </a> is the problem. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Jack 21 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 The </a> is a mistake and should be removed. I don't see a problem with the rest of it so maybe the </a> is the problem. Jack Thank you for your help. Unfortunately it doesn't work. I will be redirected to advanced_search.php with the warning, that one field must be filled as a minimum. Also no e-mail will be processed. Any suggestion? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 I checked the button code here and it works fine so there muct be a problem in your installation or something on the server that is preventing it, assuming that you are actually filling in the form, of course. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Jack 21 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 I checked the button code here and it works fine so there muct be a problem in your installation or something on the server that is preventing it, assuming that you are actually filling in the form, of course. Jack Mysterious. Because it works fine with your provided submit button code, but not with the tep_image_submit. Perhaps you can help me with another modification. I have main categories with no products in, but with sub categories storing the products. The search did not find anything if a main category is selected in the search box. I want to force the search box to search also in the sub categories of the selected main cat. Is this possible? Thank you in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Jack 21 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 I checked the button code here and it works fine so there muct be a problem in your installation or something on the server that is preventing it, assuming that you are actually filling in the form, of course. Jack Just a note: I've found that it is necessary to add tep_hide_session_id to the search box form for browsers with secure configuration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 Mysterious. Because it works fine with your provided submit button code, but not with the tep_image_submit. Perhaps you can help me with another modification. I have main categories with no products in, but with sub categories storing the products. The search did not find anything if a main category is selected in the search box. I want to force the search box to search also in the sub categories of the selected main cat. Is this possible? Thank you in advance! I'll add this to the next version but for now, in includes/boxes/search.php, find 'text' => '<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td class="infoBoxContents" valign="top" colspan="3">' . BOX_ADVSEARCH_KW . '</td></tr><tr><td class="infoBoxContents" valign="top" colspan="3">' . tep_draw_hidden_field('search_in_description','1') . tep_draw_input_field('keywords', '', 'size="15" maxlength="30" style="width: ' . (BOX_WIDTH) . 'px" onFocus="form.keywords.value=\'\'"') . '</td></tr>' . and replace it with 'text' => '<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td class="infoBoxContents" valign="top" colspan="3">' . BOX_ADVSEARCH_KW . '</td></tr><tr><td class="infoBoxContents" valign="top" colspan="3">' . tep_draw_hidden_field('search_in_description','1') . tep_draw_hidden_field('inc_subcat','1') . tep_draw_input_field('keywords', '', 'size="15" maxlength="30" style="width: ' . (BOX_WIDTH) . 'px" onFocus="form.keywords.value=\'\'"') . '</td></tr>' . Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Jack 21 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 'text' => '<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td class="infoBoxContents" valign="top" colspan="3">' . BOX_ADVSEARCH_KW . '</td></tr><tr><td class="infoBoxContents" valign="top" colspan="3">' . tep_draw_hidden_field('search_in_description','1') . tep_draw_hidden_field('inc_subcat','1') . tep_draw_input_field('keywords', '', 'size="15" maxlength="30" style="width: ' . (BOX_WIDTH) . 'px" onFocus="form.keywords.value=\'\'"') . '</td></tr>' . Jack Thanks a lot, works like a charm! :-) I know, i'm a pain in the neck, but i have another issue. The code tests valid entries of the e-mail form by javascript, maybe disabled by some customers. What's the reason for to do so instead of using the validation functions, e.g. as in contact_us? Hopefully you don't misunderstand me, i don't want to grouch. I'm very appreciated to benefit from your work, coding and tips. Thank you in advance BJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 (edited) No offense taken, at all. :) As to why, it was just easier to do it that way. If there is a large enough request for it, I will change the code but I think the likelihood of it causing a problem is small. Javascript is, after all, used elsewhere in the shop (create account, checkout) and that isn't a problem, at least that I've ever seen. Although, such javascript code should be backed up with php code but I didn't see a great need for it. I could be mistaken though. Jack Edited November 26, 2008 by Jack_mcs Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Jack 21 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 No offense taken, at all. :) As to why, it was just easier to do it that way. If there is a large enough request for it, I will change the code but I think the likelihood of it causing a problem is small. Javascript is, after all, used elsewhere in the shop (create account, checkout) and that isn't a problem, at least that I've ever seen. Although, such javascript code should be backed up with php code but I didn't see a great need for it. I could be mistaken though. Jack Ok, hopefully you push this contrib forward. I have another question. It's necessary to handle language specific characters like äöüÄÖÜß (i'm german). Product names and descriptions stored as ISO. Is it possible to cast the special chars to e.g. ä a.s.o. before posting the keywords to the search? Otherwise the search will find nothing... Thank you in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Jack 21 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 I have another question. It's necessary to handle language specific characters like äöüÄÖÜß (i'm german). Product names and descriptions stored as ISO. Is it possible to cast the special chars to e.g. ä a.s.o. before posting the keywords to the search? Otherwise the search will find nothing... Forget the last, i'm blind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Jack 21 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 No offense taken, at all. :) As to why, it was just easier to do it that way. If there is a large enough request for it, I will change the code but I think the likelihood of it causing a problem is small. Javascript is, after all, used elsewhere in the shop (create account, checkout) and that isn't a problem, at least that I've ever seen. Although, such javascript code should be backed up with php code but I didn't see a great need for it. I could be mistaken though. Jack Once again. FWR told me a way to pass special language chars through SecurityPro. Now i have the problem described in my former post. Question: It's necessary to handle language specific characters like äöüÄÖÜß (i'm german). Product names and descriptions stored as ISO. Is it possible to cast the special chars to e.g. ä a.s.o. before posting the keywords to the search? Otherwise the search will find nothing... Thank you in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted November 27, 2008 Author Share Posted November 27, 2008 I tried doing a search on a nonexistent item and then sent an email with the form with äöüÄÖÜß in it and it was received successfully so it would appear to be a problem with your setup. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Jack 21 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 I tried doing a search on a nonexistent item and then sent an email with the form with äöüÄÖÜß in it and it was received successfully so it would appear to be a problem with your setup. Jack Oh, sorry, my explanation was not clear enough. It's not a problem with the e-mail form. I cannot find items/descriptions with the search if such a char is in the keyword. BJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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