[pmwiki-users] search not working

[Waylan Limberg]

On 12/31/05, Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 07:48:55PM +0100, Han Baas wrote:
> >
> > On 31-dec-2005, at 19:01, pmwiki-users-request at pmichaud.com wrote:
> >
> > >1.  Add an option to (:searchbox:) to tell it which page
> > >    (instead of Site.Search) to use to display search results.
> > >
> > >2.  Modify ?action=search so that if the current page has
> > >    a (:searchresults:) on it, then use it to display the
> > >    search results instead of Site.Search.
> > >
> > >#2 seems to be more intuitive to what authors and admins would
> > >expect.  We could also do #1, just to provide even more flexibility.
> >
> > Both are good, but I prefer #1: it is in line with pagelist templates.
I agree. With #1 we can, if we want, have the search results display
in a different page, while, with #2 leaving the current behavior but
define some special behavior for that page/group/etc.

>
> For #1 we need to define two options (and I need to know
> appropriate names for each).
>
> One option needs to allow the author to say "have the search
> land on XYZ page instead of the current page."

Hmm, some possable names: destination, results, page, post-to... but I
don't really like any of them. Anyone else
>
> The other option needs to allow the author to say "display the
> results of ?action=search using XYZ page instead of Site.Search".

Well, this would be the template for the search results, so have it
work the same as pagelist templates which I didn't find with a quick
look at the documentation index.


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Waylan Limberg
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