Only return x number of search results

[zarc]

Hi All

We are using the CGI script. Is there a way to only return a defined number of results for a search query?

Alternately, is there a way to only return one page (no "Next >>" links at bottom of page one) of search results?

Thanks

[David]

You can set the URL parameter, zoom_per_page=XX
Where XX is the number of results to display.

If you wish to do this on a HTML page without using a drop down form element, you can use a hidden field.

See these two past posts for more details.
Reducing number of results displayed per page
Default Results Per Page

[zarc]

Hi Ray

We only want to display one page of results. Currently, a search query "testxxx" returns 5 pages of 10 results per page as an example.

We are looking for a way to get the same search query to only return one page of 10 results without links to pages 2, 3, etc. at the bottom of the page.

Any ideas on how to achieve this?

Thanks

[Ray]

So you want it to say "50 results found" but yet only allow you to see the first 10, and there's no way of seeing the rest?

If that's the case, you could hide the "Results Pages: 1 2 3 Next>>" links with CSS. That part of the page is enclosed within the "result_pages" class and a CSS attribute such as "display: none;" will prevent it from being rendered.

Not sure if that's the best idea though, the user would likely be confused. You could also hide the "50 results found" message in a similar fashion. More information on customizing the appearance of your search page with CSS here:
http://www.wrensoft.com/zoom/support/css.html

[zarc]

Thanks Ray

The CSS route works perfectly. We will use a different CSS file for pages that we want to display this way.

Cheers