Website Drop Down Searching

Ham n Cheese · 12-17-2006, 06:46 PM

Does anyone know the proper way to get a drop down search function going on a site, such as the way eztv does it (#eztv @ EFNET)

If it can be done in simple HTML that's best, looking for the most simple way to get a feature like that on a website.

Zippygoose · 12-17-2006, 06:54 PM

Adding search to a site involves both a database and scripting language (php + MySQL for example).

Users are uploading items to EZ TV's database which is then being queried via the search form. Can you be a little more specific?

Kallian · 12-17-2006, 07:06 PM

Yeah, that drop down box is providing constraints. scripting language + database, like Zippy said.

If this is for your music Ham, then you'll have to have a way for the users to submit the music which automagically adds it to the database. Then you can provide a search form.

Also, I'm sure there's a way to do this with open source software... no need to write it from scratch.

Ham n Cheese · 12-17-2006, 10:34 PM

It's not for myself actually. Just basically a search that will take me to the results of a catalog in channelonline's catalog or the site's pages themself. The drop down search would be nice to take to certain sections of the catalog itself as well. I was just using EZTV as an example of a what I meant.

Also what if I were to do it for my music site, would I really need to have a way for them to add it to a database? Can't the results of a search just find something in a text/link form on my site that leads to an offsite anyway?

Thanks

Kallian · 12-18-2006, 07:44 AM

You might be able to put a google search function on your site.

Other than that, you'd have a script that searched the database that your forum stores its posts in.

Ham n Cheese · 12-27-2006, 10:59 AM

What about drop down menus? I built one once but it used active x so doesn't show up in firefox. What's the easiest way to make one of those for a site? Or better yet is there a software that will do it for me?

Kallian · 12-28-2006, 12:41 AM

Forms : Drop Down Menu - HTML Tutorial

toss in a submit button and you're done.

Ham n Cheese · 12-28-2006, 06:01 PM

Thanks that'll be kind of what I'm looking for in the original posts. I guess I'm just bad at describing it. What I'm looking for now is something like you hover over it, more options drop down and each one is a working hyperlink.

Kallian · 12-28-2006, 08:12 PM

javascript. I don't have an example for you but you might be able to find something.

12-17-2006, 06:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ham n Cheese You can betray me Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 8,926 +18 Internets	Website Drop Down Searching Does anyone know the proper way to get a drop down search function going on a site, such as the way eztv does it (#eztv @ EFNET) If it can be done in simple HTML that's best, looking for the most simple way to get a feature like that on a website.

12-17-2006, 07:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kallian CHARLIE DON'T SURF! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 779 +0 Internets	Yeah, that drop down box is providing constraints. scripting language + database, like Zippy said. If this is for your music Ham, then you'll have to have a way for the users to submit the music which automagically adds it to the database. Then you can provide a search form. Also, I'm sure there's a way to do this with open source software... no need to write it from scratch. __________________ In Soviet Russia, Exception throws you! Last edited by Kallian : 12-17-2006 at 07:09 PM.

12-18-2006, 07:44 AM	#5 (permalink)
Kallian CHARLIE DON'T SURF! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 779 +0 Internets	You might be able to put a google search function on your site. Other than that, you'd have a script that searched the database that your forum stores its posts in. __________________ In Soviet Russia, Exception throws you!

12-28-2006, 12:41 AM	#7 (permalink)
Kallian CHARLIE DON'T SURF! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 779 +0 Internets	Forms : Drop Down Menu - HTML Tutorial toss in a submit button and you're done. __________________ In Soviet Russia, Exception throws you!

12-28-2006, 08:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
Kallian CHARLIE DON'T SURF! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 779 +0 Internets	javascript. I don't have an example for you but you might be able to find something. __________________ In Soviet Russia, Exception throws you!

12-17-2006, 06:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Zippygoose Math Enthusiast/Badass MC Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 650 +0 Internets	Adding search to a site involves both a database and scripting language (php + MySQL for example). Users are uploading items to EZ TV's database which is then being queried via the search form. Can you be a little more specific?

12-17-2006, 10:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ham n Cheese You can betray me Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 8,926 +18 Internets	It's not for myself actually. Just basically a search that will take me to the results of a catalog in channelonline's catalog or the site's pages themself. The drop down search would be nice to take to certain sections of the catalog itself as well. I was just using EZTV as an example of a what I meant. Also what if I were to do it for my music site, would I really need to have a way for them to add it to a database? Can't the results of a search just find something in a text/link form on my site that leads to an offsite anyway? Thanks

12-27-2006, 10:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
Ham n Cheese You can betray me Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 8,926 +18 Internets	What about drop down menus? I built one once but it used active x so doesn't show up in firefox. What's the easiest way to make one of those for a site? Or better yet is there a software that will do it for me?

12-28-2006, 06:01 PM	#8 (permalink)
Ham n Cheese You can betray me Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 8,926 +18 Internets	Thanks that'll be kind of what I'm looking for in the original posts. I guess I'm just bad at describing it. What I'm looking for now is something like you hover over it, more options drop down and each one is a working hyperlink.

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