ok this call seems to work
[!AjaxSearch? ajaxSearch=`0` &showIntro=`0` &showResults=`0` &tplInput=`newas` &landingPage=`8` &moreResults=`0` &parents=`1,51` &clearDefault=`0` &extract=`0`!]
not sure if I need both &moreResults and &showResults together...
I took the input.tpl from the new ajax install tweaked it along the lines of my old template, the class seemed to stay the same as it took the css the same way as the old basic template in older versions of ajaxsearch did.
there was a couple of hours sorry folks, but it wasn’t something minor. will now check on my linux box as well as virtual box for older browsers.
once I feel good about this, I will update my second language ajaxsearch.
I still need to know how to get rid of the search box on the landing page without effecting the main search box though, any ideas?