Search Form

[Fex]

Hi, I have a downloads page within my site and was wondering how I could make a search field where a user can enter in a file name or software name and it will search the current page for that word / download?

Thank you,
Fex

[hyperActive]

That would require knowledge of some kind of scripting language along with a databse software. I would reccomend PHP and MySql. There are tons of tutorials on the net. Try googleing it or http://www.w3schools.com/ is a good place to start.

Once you understand the languages, you would have to have a databse with all of your files some how indexed on it and using php you can search for a specific word n the title or description of the file.

Start with the basics though or consider getting a premade scrip for this at place like www.hotscripts.com

Hope that helped,
hyperActive

[Fex]

OK, thanks for that. I just thought something that would do the same as using Ctrl+F then searching for a word, I thought you could do somethign that basic via a form?

[Patrick_M]

Found this at DynamicDrive:
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex11/findpage.htm

Should be just what your looking for,

Patrick

[maritimer]

It is not very difficult to create such a form, you don’t actually have to create it yourself it comes ready, all you have to do is just install it on your web page. There are many such forms on the net and many of them are free of charge, all you have to do is just try to find one, it even comes with a manual how to configure it, so you shouldn’t have any problems.

[Fex]

Found this at DynamicDrive:
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex11/findpage.htm

Should be just what your looking for,

Patrick
Thank you Patrick, this one works very well and was exactly what I was looking for.

Cheers,

See it running here: http://www.fexnet.co.nz/files/software.htm

[MarkK]

Nice looking site, but there should also be search forms wich search your entire site (or the entire files section)