New User Questions

[pab1953]

I have Zoom Search Pro and I'm building a site using PC Dreamweaver. It's hosted on Linksky which supports PHP (among various other protocols). During construction, the site is using temporary paths that will change when it goes live. I'll be adding dozens of pages between now and launch. And after launch, up to a dozen pages will be added each week.

Given all of that, is it okay if I begin indexing and formatting pages with Zoom?

What code links my <form> code to Zoom?

[David]

PHP (among various other protocols)

PHP is a scripting language. Not a protocol.

But there is no reason not to start using Zoom with your site. Just update the index when you launch the site.

See also this FAQ
Q. How do I add search boxes to my web pages?

[pab1953]

Thanks.

Also ...

In addition to regular search boxes, I need to create some where people can modify their search by selecting categories from two drop-down menus.

How will these work with Zoom Search? What code will I use?

[David]

You can use the categories feature to get a drop down selection. To get more than 1 drop down you need custom meta fields. See the User's Guide for details.

And this FAQ page http://www.wrensoft.com/zoom/support...ta_fields.html

[shewy01]

Form to search keywords only

Im trying to create a sale form...i only want it to search for "keywords" only associated with my recommended links, i.e brand name, monitor size. Thanks for your time. Michael Shew


<form method="get" action="/search.php" class="zoom_searchform">
<p>
<input name="zoom_sort" value="0" type="hidden">
Search for:
<input name="zoom_query" size="20" value="Monitor" id="zoom_searchbox" class="zoom_searchbox" type="text">
<p>
<select name='zoom_query'>
<option value="All">All</option>
<option value="samsung">Samsung</option>
<option value="lg">LG</option>
<option value="asus">Asus</option>
</select>
<p>
<select name='zoom_query1'>
<option value="All">All</option>
<option value="20">20</option>
<option value="22">22</option>
<option value="23">23</option>
</select>
</p>
<p><span class="zoom_results_per_page">Results per page:
<select name="zoom_per_page">
<option selected="selected">100</option>
<option>20</option>
<option>50</option>
<option>100</option>
</select>
<br>
<br>
</span>
<span class="zoom_match">Match:
<input name="zoom_and" value="0" checked="checked" type="radio">
any search words
<input name="zoom_and" value="1" type="radio">
all search words

</span></p>
<p>
<input name="submit" type="submit" class="zoom_button" value="Submit" />
</p>

[Ray]

Im trying to create a sale form...i only want it to search for "keywords" only associated with my recommended links, i.e brand name, monitor size. Thanks for your time. Michael Shew

Perhaps you should look at the Custom Meta Fields feature instead.

The recommended links feature isn't really for this purpose. And what you are trying to do doesn't make much sense. You can't have multiple zoom_query parameters like that (and what's "zoom_query1" supposed to be?), they will just replace each other.

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