I need help with a search form

I haven't a clue really it's been years and I used to frontpage bots (cgi and the like) I only have fastcgi and php installed on my server... The page is an .html style page:

Code:

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<form action="" method="post" id="form" name="" target="_top">
          <div>
            <input type="text" value="Searching..." onfocus="if(this.value=='Searching...'){this.value=''}" onblur="if(this.value==''){this.value='Searching...'}" class="inp_1" >
            <a href="#" class="fleft" onclick="document.getElementById('form').submit()">
                        <img src="_images/main_site_images/button-1.gif" alt="" width="24" height="24" ></a> </div>
        </form>

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Is obviously the search form and the css for the form is:

Code:

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/*==================forms====================*/
input, select { vertical-align:middle; font-weight:normal;}
img {border:0; vertical-align:top; text-align:left;}

.inp_1 {width:249px; padding:5px 0 7px 10px; border:0px; background:url(_images/input-bg.gif) no-repeat; color:#828175; font-size:11px; float:left; margin-right:4px;}
textarea { width:287px; height:72px; background:#fff; overflow:auto;  border-top:1px solid #303030; border-left:1px solid #303030; border-bottom:1px solid #9f9f9f;  border-right:1px solid #9f9f9f; padding-left:3px;}

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If that in fact really matters much, I suspect not -- anyway, I purchased the template, of course you're pretty much on your own with this (their rules)

I attempted to create a blank template page called search.html to send the results to but it pulls up just a blank page. Can't I have a "div" or something like that on the page for results, or is it best to send the results to a "results page" (the latter is probably the smart way of going about it...

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If need be I will create a separate post for this question:

I have a url,

Code:

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http://foo.com/rrr/feeds/kw=network+engineer

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(as an example). I would like to create a form that would allow users to interact with the keywords(mk=) and then submit the url for results... any help would be greatly appreciated...

sorry, i'm not very good at that. but i did find this nice search script: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_ajax_livesearch.asp

Thanks I was just tinkering around with that and am getting a server application era for one reason or another.... created the links.xml, the php and javacripts placed them all in the same folder and nothing... I can browse the php file and come up with a "no suggestions" so I know that is working... Do I need to call ajax.js on the same page?

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Originally Posted by SpaceCowboy

I haven't a clue really it's been years and I used to frontpage bots (cgi and the like) I only have fastcgi and php installed on my server... The page is an .html style page:

Code:

---

<form action="" method="post" id="form" name="" target="_top">
          <div>
            <input type="text" value="Searching..." onfocus="if(this.value=='Searching...'){this.value=''}" onblur="if(this.value==''){this.value='Searching...'}" class="inp_1" >
            <a href="#" class="fleft" onclick="document.getElementById('form').submit()">
                        <img src="_images/main_site_images/button-1.gif" alt="" width="24" height="24" ></a> </div>
        </form>

---

Is obviously the search form and the css for the form is:

Code:

---

/*==================forms====================*/
input, select { vertical-align:middle; font-weight:normal;}
img {border:0; vertical-align:top; text-align:left;}

.inp_1 {width:249px; padding:5px 0 7px 10px; border:0px; background:url(_images/input-bg.gif) no-repeat; color:#828175; font-size:11px; float:left; margin-right:4px;}
textarea { width:287px; height:72px; background:#fff; overflow:auto;  border-top:1px solid #303030; border-left:1px solid #303030; border-bottom:1px solid #9f9f9f;  border-right:1px solid #9f9f9f; padding-left:3px;}

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If that in fact really matters much, I suspect not -- anyway, I purchased the template, of course you're pretty much on your own with this (their rules)

I attempted to create a blank template page called search.html to send the results to but it pulls up just a blank page. Can't I have a "div" or something like that on the page for results, or is it best to send the results to a "results page" (the latter is probably the smart way of going about it...

-----Part Two----
If need be I will create a separate post for this question:

I have a url,

Code:

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http://foo.com/rrr/feeds/kw=network+engineer

---

(as an example). I would like to create a form that would allow users to interact with the keywords(mk=) and then submit the url for results... any help would be greatly appreciated...

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try the ZOOM SEARCH ENGINE... Its free and can search up to 50 pages of your website by visitor using keywords..... you can upgrade..

http://www.wrensoft.com/zoom

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