**SOLVED** Max search results per page

[bob4u2000]

Hello guys,

Where can i limit the max. search results per page?.
I'm making a site with a lot of searchable items (1000-2000 items)
I want maybe 10 hits per page and a link to the next page with the next 10 search results.

The problem is my search output has got only images (150px * 150px ), so can you imagine 500 picture results?
This will blow my server

My site is useless without this option

[bob4u2000]

Solved***

Thanks to Ruud from the Dutch support team. He rewrote the search script.
Now i am able to navigate through my search results!

[pcwacht]

And the solution is... ?

[Ruud]

Ok, here it is.

Two modified files that should be replaced in the /search folder.

Note: this is an unofficial modification, to be used in WB 2.8.1 only.

[pcwacht]

Didn't test it, don't have a site with so many pages handy ...

THink this could be a good additition to WB-core
 
Can this be tested by others as well so the alterations could be, hopefully, made to core?
Then the Search Settings - search number per page, template for prev and next page etc. - needs to be altered.


Thanks
John

[Ruud]

Then the Search Settings - search number per page, template for prev and next page etc. - needs to be altered.

that is exactly the problem why these kind of nice additions don't make it to a next version.

If you want to do it right, you need extra data for a template block, backend template modifications, extra language translations, on/off switches, etc..

As long as there are not a lot of requests for something like this, it will not happen. It takes too much time of the very limited manpower.

Right now you can only set the results per page by setting the "max" value in the initial search form.
Use <input type="hidden" name="max" value="5" /> to get 5 results per page.

[pcwacht]

True.

[Argos]

Can't you add a function to the core, without adding a complete backend administration as well? So a kind of hidden extra function that you can enable in the code if you want. That's better than nothing. I think search pagination should be a core function, even if it's not completely administrable (hm... is that a word?) in the backend (yet). Lots of core functions need extra hacking in the code anyway to fully customize.

[crnogorac081]

I vote too, to add this in core

the pagination in search result page is really useful for any site..large and small..

[crnogorac081]

Also,

an addition, just noticed when you move from page 1 - to page xx, show_menu2 dissapears..

Here is a fix for it:

Code:

replace:
$parms = '&amp;max='.$pagination['max']
.'&amp;search_path='.htmlspecialchars($_REQUEST['search_path'])
.'&amp;string='.htmlspecialchars($_REQUEST['string'])
.'&amp;match='.htmlspecialchars($_REQUEST['match']) ;

WITH:
$parms = '&amp;max='.$pagination['max']
.'&amp;search_path='.htmlspecialchars($_REQUEST['search_path'])
.'&amp;string='.htmlspecialchars($_REQUEST['string'])
.'&amp;referrer='.intval(REFERRER_ID)
.'&amp;match='.htmlspecialchars($_REQUEST['match']) ;

As you can see, I added referrer line:    .'&amp;referrer='.intval(REFERRER_ID)   

cheers