Custom Search Form with Results Displaying on New Page... Please help.

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runningthingz Reply #1, 18 years, 1 month ago
Hey guys. I would like to have a basic search form that displays the results on a new page. I also want to use my modified form, not the standard template one.

Here is the code for my form:
```
<form action="index.php?id=2" method="post">
                                <span class="sbox_l"></span>
				<span class="sbox"><input type="search" id="srch_fld" placeholder="Search..." autosave="applestyle_srch" results="5" onkeyup="applesearch.onChange('srch_fld','srch_clear')" /></span>
				<span class="sbox_r" id="srch_clear"></span>
</form>
```
Here is the code on my search results page:
```
[!AjaxSearch? &ajaxSearch=`0` &AS_landing=`2`!]
```
Do I have to change anything in the snippet itself? Do I have to modify the look of the form in the template file or can I just assign the correct form action to my already existing form?

Thanks!!
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coroico Reply #2, 18 years ago

First download the version 1.8.
I would like to have a basic search form that displays the results on a new page.
With 1.8 for that use &AS_landing parameter. See the "landing" test on the demo site.
I also want to use my modified form, not the standard template one.
Simply adapt the templates:

==== Extended place holder templating and template parameters

To use un anoter template, define the template name and location with
@FILE:assets/snippets/ajaxSearch180/templates/folderName/templateName.tpl.htm
or create a chunck parameter by copy/paste and change of an existing template.

&tplLayout : chunk to style the ajaxSearch input form and layout
Global ajaxSearch layout (input form, intro message, results)
by default : /templates/layout.tpl.html

Non ajax mode & more results page :

&tplResults : chunk to style the output results outer
Results outer layout (number of results, list of results, paging)
by default : /templates/results.tpl.html

&tplResult : chunk to style each output result
Result template (title link, description, extract, breadcrumbs link)
by default : /templates/result.tpl.html

&tplPaging : chunk to style the paging links
Paging link template (pages, current page)
by default : /templates/paging.tpl.html

Ajax mode :

&tplAjaxResults : chunk to style the ajax output results outer
Results outer layout (number of results, list of results, more results link)
by default : /templates/ajaxResults.tpl.html

&tplAjaxResult : chunk to style each ajax output result
Result template (title link, description, extract, breadcrumbs link)
by default : /templates/ajaxResult.tpl.html

For more information read the ajaxSearch_version_180.txt. Wiki documentation coming soon.