Search based on category you are in

[StoreOwner]

Lets say I have multiple products for different categories, I was thinking this would be cool to have it so when you search for something it looks only in the category you are in or if you are not in a category it will make you select the category you wan't to search in.

[yaritai]

Lets say I have multiple products for different categories, I was thinking this would be cool to have it so when you search for something it looks only in the category you are in or if you are not in a category it will make you select the category you wan't to search in.

Have you ever considered test driving your site to see what functional capabilities zencart has? I say this as the advanced search already HAS this function to filter out categories and subcategories.

But if you are speaking not using the advanced search and just the search box, then sure you could implement the search box to limit the results to the current category. However, is this really neccesary from a customer standpoint? I would not go this route but instead include a mod like dynamic filter as it has sorting capabilities on that is dependent on the category you are in to show the selections.

[StoreOwner]

Have you ever considered test driving your site to see what functional capabilities zencart has? I say this as the advanced search already HAS this function to filter out categories and subcategories.

But if you are speaking not using the advanced search and just the search box, then sure you could implement the search box to limit the results to the current category. However, is this really neccesary from a customer standpoint? I would not go this route but instead include a mod like dynamic filter as it has sorting capabilities on that is dependent on the category you are in to show the selections.

I would like it because for a shop like mine it would slim things down for customers, instead of having to search nonstop + see what products I have it would make things way easier..

Searching is used very often in my store..

[balihr]

I definitely agree with yaritai that this is not an option I'd like seeing - advanced search already has an option to search in specific category. The results might come out confusing, or even worse, you might not get the results that might lead to a sale...

But, it's your site and you decide if you want to have it. I'll assume you want this for your header search box. Unless it was previously customized or replaced with another mod, you could try the following:
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/sideboxes/tpl_search_header.php
Find:

$content .= zen_draw_hidden_field('search_in_description', '1') . zen_hide_session_id();

and replace with:

// BOF search in current category only
  $content .= zen_draw_hidden_field('search_in_description', '1');
  if($current_category_id) {
	  $content .= zen_draw_hidden_field('categories_id', $current_category_id);
	  $content .= zen_draw_hidden_field('inc_subcat', '1');
  }
  $content .=  zen_hide_session_id();
  // EOF search in current category only

Please note that I advise against doing this, but I don't know your specific requirements nor your site and products so this might actually be a good idea in some specific cases.

Regards,
Leonard

[StoreOwner]

I definitely agree with yaritai that this is not an option I'd like seeing - advanced search already has an option to search in specific category. The results might come out confusing, or even worse, you might not get the results that might lead to a sale...

But, it's your site and you decide if you want to have it. I'll assume you want this for your header search box. Unless it was previously customized or replaced with another mod, you could try the following:
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/sideboxes/tpl_search_header.php
Find:

$content .= zen_draw_hidden_field('search_in_description', '1') . zen_hide_session_id();

and replace with:

// BOF search in current category only
  $content .= zen_draw_hidden_field('search_in_description', '1');
  if($current_category_id) {
	  $content .= zen_draw_hidden_field('categories_id', $current_category_id);
	  $content .= zen_draw_hidden_field('inc_subcat', '1');
  }
  $content .=  zen_hide_session_id();
  // EOF search in current category only

Please note that I advise against doing this, but I don't know your specific requirements nor your site and products so this might actually be a good idea in some specific cases.

Regards,
Leonard

Thanks again Leonard, one more thing and I think my store looks complete

Can I add a search bar in product listing page above product image product name price and centered?

or is this a pain to do?

[balihr]

Can I add a search bar in product listing page above product image product name price and centered?

To be perfectly honest - I have no idea. I've never had any similar requests...

You might give this a try, although I have no idea if it'll work:
edit your includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/template/tpl_index_categories.php, add a new div above the pagination and then require tpl_search_header.php (which you'll need to modify a bit to echo the $content so it would be best to duplicate the file and rename it). You would do the same for tpl_index_product_list.php. Oh, and you'll need to exclude the code based on $current_page_base because, for example, advanced_search_results uses tpl_index_product_list.php for the results...

This is just an idea which I haven't tested, although I don't see a reason why it wouldn't work. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to go play with it right now, sorry.

[StoreOwner]

Alright thx again, I will just leave it for now maybe mess with it later :)

[StoreOwner]

Alright so I started messing with it again and It doesn't seem to work right, just displays the code in the categories

at the top of tpl_index_categories.php I add this

<div class="searchListing" id="indexCategories">
require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_search_header.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_search_header.php');
}

[StoreOwner]

Bumpity bump bump

[balihr]

Alright so I started messing with it again and It doesn't seem to work right, just displays the code in the categories

at the top of tpl_index_categories.php I add this

<div class="searchListing" id="indexCategories">
require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_search_header.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_search_header.php');
}

If this is the EXACT code you added, then of course it's not working - you need to wrap the php code inside php tags... Something like this:

<div id="categorySearch">
<?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_search_header.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_search_header.php'); ?>
</div>

Keep in mind this WON'T work unless you modify the tpl_search_header.php file as well and echo the content, but if you do that in the same file, you'll mess it up for the header... The best solution would be to create a clone of the header search box and then use that for listing pages, but you could always use the hillbilly method like this:

<div id="categorySearch">
<?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_search_header.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_search_header.php');
echo $content; ?>
</div>

Just don't tell anyone you heard this from me...

Regards,
L.