Howto create an advanced search page
We need to create a new page inside Workspace that contains the search form.
This can be done by creating an HTML code that contains only the required content.
This means that you should not include <head> and <html> etc. header tags into this file,
because the headers and footers will be loaded from the Workspace automatically.
You can download an example file here. (TIP: right-click the link and select "save target as..")
When the file is ready, use the Workspace File Manager to upload the file into Workspace.
When you create a link to your advanced search page,
use the following code:
<a href="?pageID=search.html">Advanced Search</a>
Where the search.html is the name of the file you uploaded into Workspace.
For additional information about using the File Manager,
see the "Including content from the Workspace file manager" HOWTO document.
Required settings for the form are:
<form accept-charset="UTF-8" method="POST" name="AdvancedSearch" action="PublishedService" encoding="UTF-8" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">
<input name="action" value="advancedsearch" type="hidden">
Implies that this form is for Advanced Search
<input name="file" value="page" type="hidden">
<input name="pageID" value="3" type="hidden">
Tells what page should be shown after the submit (3 = product list)
<input name="advancedsearch.attributes" value="name,publisher,all" type="hidden">
A list of the attributes that are used in this form.
For every attribute, you need to set type and properties:
<input name="advancedsearch.name" type="text" value="">
This creates an input field for the attribute "name" in which a user can type the search word(s).
<input name="advancedsearch.name.type" value="contains" type="hidden">
This tells that the attribute "name" is a type "contains" attribute.
Possible types are:
contains (if we are looking for a word "auto", the search matches also "automobile", "superauto" etc. strings)
exact (searches only for exact matches, applicable for e.g. item codes)
minvalue (searches only matches that are at least the search string value)
maxvalue (searches only matches that are at most the search string value)
<input name="advancedsearch.name.properties" value="name,textInfo2,textInfo3,textInfo4" type="hidden">
Possible properties are:
| itemCode |
Item code |
| name |
Product name |
| price |
Product price |
| vat |
VAT % |
| unitPrice |
Unit price |
| unitType |
Unit type |
| packetType |
Packet type |
| packetSize |
Packet size |
| title1 ... title4 |
Titles 1-4 |
| slogan1 ... slogan4 |
Slogans 1-4 |
| textInfo1 ... textInfo4 |
Info texts 1-4 |
| openField1 ... openField20 |
Open fields 1-20 |
| supplierId |
Supplier ID |
| supplierName |
Supplier name |
| supplierItemCode |
Suppliers product item code |
| manufacturerId |
Manufacturer ID |
| manufacturerName |
Manufacturer name |
| manufacturerItemCode |
Manufacturer item code |
| picture1Alt ... picture5Alt |
Picture 1-5 ALT text |
| file1LinkText ... file5LinkText |
File 1-5 link text |
Setting the product groups where the search is effective:
<input name="advancedsearch.groupcode" value="software,dvd,music" type="hidden">
You can restrict the searched groups by giving the group codes. The search is effective only to these groups.
<input name="advancedsearch.gid" value="345,533,895" type="hidden">
You can restrict the searched groups by giving the group IDs. The search is effective only to these groups.
<input name="advancedsearch.path" value="/Entertainment/" type="hidden">
You can restrict the searched groups by giving the group path names. The search is effective only to these groups.
Setting the ordering rules for the search results:
<input name="advancedsearch.orderby" value="price" type="hidden">
Tells the product field that is used for ordering.
<input name="advancedsearch.orderby.direction" value="desc" type="hidden">
Tells the direction of ordering. (desc = descending, asc = ascending).
You need to close the form by adding the </form> tag in the end.
View the example file
Other examples:
http://www.kirjapaikka.fi/PublishedService?pageID=laajahaku.html
http://www.suurikuu.fi/PublishedService?pageID=haku.html
http://kauppa.extremevideo.fi/PublishedService?pageID=haku
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Article information
Software: Smilehouse Workspace
Author: Juha Valvanne
About author: Juha Valvanne is working at Smilehouse as a User Interfaces
Designer and Project Manager.
Contact author: juha.valvanne@smilehouse.com
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