Search Based On Cookies

[TimFA]

Ok, I attempted to solve this one on my own and I came to the conclusion that I will have to render the entire page with JavaScript, which needless to say made me very unhappy. So I decided before I go ahead and do it, I'd ask you guys if there is an easier method.

Problem:
I have a page dedicated to searching and it has a set of radio buttons with onClick events to change where the search box is searching, I would like it to be that when click it sets a cookie and on refresh/revisit it will remember where you were searching. I also have a <span> tag which inside is whichever search engine you are using. I.e. "You are searching Google Search." I hope that it can remember that to, it also uses and onClick event. I was wondering if it was possible to do it without rendering the entire page in JavaScript, say something like the area for the form is inside a <span> or <div> tag so thatthe JavaScript can just output it.

Code for the Search:


<form>
Google it...<input name="searchselect" onClick="searchswitch_google();makeTxt('currentsearch','You are searching Google Search.');" value="google" type="radio" checked>
<br>
Yahoo! it...<input name="searchselect" onClick="searchswitch_yahoo();makeTxt('currentsearch','You are searching Yahoo! Search.');" value="yahoo" type="radio">
<br>
Microsoft Live! it...<input name="searchselect" onClick="searchswitch_live();makeTxt('currentsearch','You are searching Microsoft Live! Search.');" value="live" type="radio">
<br>
Ask it...<input name="searchselect" onClick="searchswitch_ask();makeTxt('currentsearch','You are searching Ask Search.');" value="ask" type="radio">
</form>
<br>
<form name="search" method="get" action="http://www.google.com/search">
<br>
<input class="field" name="q" size="25" maxlength="255" type="text">
<br>
<input class="field" value="Search" type="submit">
</form>


Code That Makes The Search Work:


function searchswitch_google()
{
document.forms.search.action='http://www.google.com/search';
}

function searchswitch_yahoo()
{
document.forms.search.action='http://search.yahoo.com/search';
}

function searchswitch_live()
{
document.forms.search.action='http://search.live.com/results.aspx';
}

function searchswitch_ask()
{
document.forms.search.action='http://www.ask.com/web';
}


Code For The "Current Searching...":


<span id="currentsearch">You are searching Google Search.</span>


Code That Makes "Current Searching..." Work:


function makeTxt(id,txt){
var obj = document.getElementById(id);
obj.firstChild?obj.firstChild.data=txt:obj.appendChild(document.createTextNode(txt))
}


Well, I'll wait.

-Tim

[vanbao]

Tim,

Did you solve this problem. If you did, would you mind sharing. I am looking for the same thing.

[TimFA]

I have not found a solution. I abandoned it long ago, and just used a system where I eliminated the radio buttons, they were the main reasons I wanted it, the radio button would remain selected on refresh.

[BLiZZaRD]

Sorry I didn't see this back then..

The simple solution is to set a cookie with isChecked and a value, then recall from that cookie on page load isChecked == 1 then google isChecked. etc.

A php session could also work.

However, I am not sure this will work if there is a default "checked" radio button already set...

[vanbao]

What I want to do is have a cookie like that is used on angieslist.com

Whenever a user log in, it remembers what you signed last time and automatically defaut to that.

Thank you so much.

[BLiZZaRD]

So are you asking how to make such a cookie? I am confused.

If so check out this link (http://www.evolt.org/article/comment/17/60265/index.html)

[TimFA]

I didn't see Bliz's reply, thank anyways. Otherwise I would have considered trying again.