Advanced search, please help?

[dimar]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to modify the advanced search by creating dropdownmenu's. In all the files I looked (html_output.php, tpl_advacned_search_default.php) I found DrByte's name, so if he (or anyone else) could help me, it would be great.

I want to create a dropdown which i hard-code by hand. it doesn't have to get something out of databases, so I just need to know how to create a dropdown menu within ZenCart, but at this time I can't seem to get it to work.

I found a dropdown which I would like to edit, but don't know where to begin. Could anyone give me some kind of "template" how to insert my own values and names?

<fieldset class="floatingBox back">
    <legend><?php echo ENTRY_CATEGORIES; ?></legend>
    <div class="floatLeft"><?php echo zen_draw_pull_down_menu('categories_id', zen_get_categories(array(array('id' => '', 'text' => TEXT_ALL_CATEGORIES)), '0' ,'', '1'), $sData['categories_id']); ?></div>
<?php echo zen_draw_checkbox_field('inc_subcat', '1', $sData['inc_subcat'], 'id="inc-subcat"'); ?><label class="checkboxLabel" for="inc-subcat"><?php echo ENTRY_INCLUDE_SUBCATEGORIES; ?></label>
<br class="clearBoth" />
</fieldset>

THE GOAL I'D LIKE TO REACH:

What I intend to do is create dropdown menu's with, for example:

dropdown 1) Nike, adidas, puma
dropdown 2) walking, running, climbing
dropdown 3) cheap, expensive, normal

The things that people choose I would like to put in a normal searchfield next to eachother, so that for example in the search field it says: Nike Walking expensive and then I search on that.

In my products I would have a number of shoes that have that exact text in their description.

Could you Please Help me?

Thanks in advance!
DMR

[dimar]

Maybe this is easier to follow

As I understand, this is how to call a dropdownmenu

<?php echo zen_draw_pull_down_menu ('1', '2', $sData['3'];?>

1: WHATGOES HERE?
2: names of the values?
3: ??

I'm looking to find out how to put an entire list of options in that one line of code

(the next step, having multiple dropdowns and linking them is for after that! )

Thanks a million if you could help!
DMR

[dimar]

Never mind, I've managed to figure stuff out. When everything is finished, I'll post it here

[jonnyboy22]

how did you sus this out? I am looking to add a simular feature

[dimar]

Oh, totally forgot to post how to do this. I did it with a kind of workaround, so it may not be pretty..

I don't have time now, but I'll post it soon. If you haven't heard from me after the weekend, post again because I probably forgot

Best,
D