Remembering mv_searchspec (Was: Re: Thanks a lot!)

[Frank Miedreich <miedreich@acm.org>]

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Hi Gideon,

I am sending question and answer to the list, as other people might find
this useful.

>Dear Frank,
>
>Thanks a lot for helping me out with the small, but annoying problem with
>the [more-list].
>You seem to be quite an expert, so I was wondering if you could help me out
>one last time.
>As a header, for my search-result page I use this:
>
>[if value mv_search_match_count > 0]
> Search results for [value mv_searchspec][/if]
> [no-match]
> No Match Found
> [/no-match]
>
>This works fine, as long as there is only one page with results. As soon as
>you go to a next-page, the header says: "Search results for". Minivend
>leaves out the search-specification value.
>
>Is there any way to solve this ?
>
>Thanks again,
>
>-Gideon

Sure.

Put the following stuff on your searchpage:

[set search values]
[value name="searchterm" set="[value mv_searchspec]"]
[/set]

and include:

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="mv_check" VALUE="search values">

in your search definition.

this will allow you to display [value searchterm] on all subsequent result
pages.

As an added extra you get the option to let users edit their searchterm on
subsequent searches by setting mv_searchspec with:

<INPUT TYPE="Text" NAME="mv_searchspec" VALUE="[value searchterm]">

This way they can conveniently correct a search when they dicover a simple
typo.


A second solution is setting a scratch var or value on the result page, if
mv_searchspec is not empty. Display that variable. Same effect.


Greetings, Frank


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Frank Miedreich
Max-Planck-Institut fuer psychologische Forschung


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