Altering Search sidebox to work with EZ pages only

[ctcentralinfo]

I want to use EZ pages for help related topics only, I would like to create a sidebox that will allow customers to search for help related topics.

Is it possible to modify the search sidebox for Zen-cart to work with EZ pages only and if so how?

[ctcentralinfo]

I think that this would be a great addition to EZ pages, any suggestions?

[ctcentralinfo]

Here is the Search box tpl_search.php file:

<?php
/**
* Side Box Template
*
* @package templateSystem
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 Zen Cart Development Team
* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
* @version $Id: tpl_search.php 4142 2006-08-15 04:32:54Z drbyte $
*/
$content = "";
$content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="sideBoxContent centeredContent">';
$content .= zen_draw_form('quick_find', zen_href_link(FILENAME_ADVANCED_SEARCH_RESULT, '', 'NONSSL', false), 'get');
$content .= zen_draw_hidden_field('main_page',FILENAME_ADVANCED_SEARCH_RESULT);
$content .= zen_draw_hidden_field('search_in_description', '1') . zen_hide_session_id();

if (strtolower(IMAGE_USE_CSS_BUTTONS) == 'yes') {
$content .= zen_draw_input_field('keyword', '', 'size="18" maxlength="100" style="width: ' . ($column_width-30) . 'px"') . '<br />' . zen_image_submit (BUTTON_IMAGE_SEARCH,HEADER_SEARCH_BUTTON);
$content .= '<br /><a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_ADVANCED_SEARCH) . '">' . BOX_SEARCH_ADVANCED_SEARCH . '</a>';
} else {
$content .= zen_draw_input_field('keyword', '', 'size="18" maxlength="100" style="width: ' . ($column_width-30) . 'px" value="' . HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT . '" onfocus="if (this.value == \'' . HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT . '\') this.value = \'\';" onblur="if (this.value == \'\') this.value = \'' . HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT . '\';"') . '<br /><input type="submit" value="' . HEADER_SEARCH_BUTTON . '" style="width: 50px" />';
$content .= '<br /><a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_ADVANCED_SEARCH) . '">' . BOX_SEARCH_ADVANCED_SEARCH . '</a>';
}

$content .= "</form>";
$content .= '</div>';
?>

I don't quite get how the search function works, but I am wondering if the line highlighted in red above can be altered to get this effect.

[ctcentralinfo]

I am still interested in figuring out how to modify the default sidebox to search for words or phrases found in EZ pages only.

[DrByte]

At the present time, the site-search only does a search on products.
If you want a search option for EZ-Pages, you'll have to write one.

[ctcentralinfo]

At the present time, the site-search only does a search on products.
If you want a search option for EZ-Pages, you'll have to write one.

I am not a coder, and was hoping for a work around.

[paul3648]

I integrated a 3rd party search engine into my site. The search engine uses a spider to crawl the site, and content can be divided into categories such as products, info... - anything you want. It is not a simple set up, but if anyone is interested I can try to gather all the material and post it.

See my site here:

http://www.teafromtaiwan.com

Search box is in the right column.

[ctcentralinfo]

If you can get it to work with EZ populate only, that would be cool.

[paul3648]

If you can get it to work with EZ populate only, that would be cool.

You have to "train" the search engine - once the site is spidered you can include and exclude any content you like.

[ctcentralinfo]

You have to "train" the search engine - once the site is spidered you can include and exclude any content you like.

How do I go about doing that? Could I get your mod?