[support] Trying to create a search form which allows users to input criteria and then displays matching nodes

[Kelly Tanguay]

Thank you for the tip! I've used views before and never even noticed this
feature. It looks like it's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again!

~Kelly


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> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:15:33 -0400
> From: Shai Gluskin <shai at content2zero.com>
> Subject: Re: [support] Trying to create a search form which allows
>        users to        input criteria and then displays matching nodes
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> Kelly,
>
> The most straightforward way to do this is using "exposed" filters with
> Views.
>
> Look in the "filters" section of the Views form and choose one of the
> criteria you want to give to users as a filter. After you've chosen the
> criteria, you'll see a button the right hand side which says "expose," you
> want to click on that.
>
> That should be enough to get you started. There are a gazillion options of
> how to set this up... experimenting is always a good thing!
>
> Good luck,
>
> Shai
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Kelly Tanguay <ocelotspot86 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > We are building a website for a car dealership. We have created a content
> > type for inventory which allows the administrator of the website to enter
> in
> > individual vehicles as inventory.
> >
> > Now we would like to add a feature where a client can search through the
> > inventory. For example, if a client wants to see all cars that are made
> by
> > Honda, or if a client wanted to search for cars withing a particular
> price
> > range. Ideally we would like to be able to display the search results
> with
> > views, but can hard code the page to display the different nodes if
> > necessary.
> >
> > I understand that I am going to have to make a custom form. From what I
> > understand, the best way to go about this is to take what the client
> > inputted, and use that information to get the form to query the database,
> > then display the nodes which match the criteria. However, I am a little
> > fuzzy about the details. Has anyone set up anything like this before, or
> > does anyone have any advice on the best way to go about doing something
> like
> > this?
> >
> > Thanks for any and all help!
> > Kelly
> >
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