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    OPAC: Building an External Voyager Webpage Search Form

    Created By: Lesli M. Moore
    Created on: 5/14/2019



    [This article was copied from the Voyager Wiki.]

    Step One: Opening FORM tag

    <form method="get" action="http://www.your.edu/vwebv/search">

    Step Two: Input tag - "Terms to search"

    <input name="searchArg" class="inputStyle" size="55" type="text">

    Step Three: Selection tags - "Search Within"

    <select size="7" name="searchCode">

    <!--

    # searchCode can be any code in SysAdmin

    # CMD or BT equals command search

    # FT equals full text keyword search

    # + equals Browse

    # * equals Relevance

    # ^ equals Automatic AND

    # | equals Automatic OR

    # @ equals Headings Keyword (automatically ANDs search terms)

    # Relevance cannot be used with browse searches

    # Browse and relevance cannot be used with headings keyword searches

    -->

    <option value="GKEY^">Keyword</option>

    <option value="NKEY^">Name</option>

    <option value="SKEY^">Subject</option>

    <option value="TKEY^" selected="selected">Title</option>

    </select>

    Step Four: Selection tags - "Limit To" (OPTIONAL)

    <select size="7" name="limitTo">

    <!--

    # Valid Limit Types:

    #  LANG   Language

    #  MEDI   Medium (or Format)

    #  PLAC   Place

    #  STAT   Status

    #  TYPE   Item Type

    #  DATE   Date

    #  LOCA   Location

    # Limit codes are available in .../vwebv/ui/SKIN/xsl/userTextConfigs/limits.xml

    # Location Limit Groups are available in SysAdmin

    -->

    <option value="LOCA=LOCA_LIMIT_NAME">Limit Name Here</option>

    <option value="MEDI=LIMIT_CODE_HERE">Limit Name Here</option>

    <option value="PLAC=LIMIT_CODE_HERE">Limit Name Here</option>

    <option value="STAT=LIMIT_CODE_HERE">Limit Name Here</option>

    <option value="TYPE=LIMIT_CODE_HERE">Limit Name Here</option>

    <option value="DATE=DATE_VALUE_HERE">Limit Name Here</option>

    <option value="LANG=LIMIT_CODE_HERE">Limit Name Here</option>

    </select>

    Step Five: Sort By (OPTIONAL)

    <select size="5" name="sortBy">

    <!-- Valid Sort By Options

    #  AUTHOR

    #  TITLE

    #  PUB_DATE

    #  PUB_DATE_DESC

    #  RELEVANCE

     -->

    <option value="AUTHOR">Author</option>

    <option value="TITLE">Title</option>

    <option value="PUB_DATE">Pub Date Ascending</option>

    <option value="PUB_DATE_DESC">Pub Date Descending</option>

    <option value="RELEVANCE">Relevance</option>

    </select>

    Step Six: Hidden tags

    <!-- Record Count -->

    <input value="25" name="recCount" type="hidden">

     

    <!-- Search Types -->

    <!--

    # Unless you are going to include multiple searchArg

    # commands stick to Quick (0) or Basic (1) searchType

    -->

    <input value="1" name="searchType" type="hidden">

    Step Seven: Submit button

    <!-- Submit Button -->

    <input value="Search" type="submit" alt="Get search results" src="/vwebv/ui/SKIN/images/btn_go.gif">

    Step Eight: Closing FORM tag

    </form>

    Your completed form code will look like:

    <form method="get" action="http://www.your.edu/vwebv/search">

    <input name="searchArg" class="inputStyle" size="55" type="text"><br /><br />

    <select size="7" name="searchCode">

    <option value="GKEY^">Keyword</option>

    <option value="NKEY^">Name</option>

    <option value="SKEY^">Subject</option>

    <option value="TKEY^" selected="selected">Title</option>

    </select><br /><br />

    <select size="7" name="limitTo">

    <option value="DATE=1999-2013">Published in the last 15 years</option>

    <option value="DATE=2003-2013">Published in the last 10 years</option>

    <option value="DATE=2008-2013">Published in the last 5 years</option>

    <option value="DATE=2013">Published this year (2013)</option>

    <option value="DATE=2012">Published last year (2012)</option>

    </select><br /><br />

    <select size="5" name="sortBy">

    <option value="AUTHOR">Author</option>

    <option value="TITLE">Title</option>

    <option value="PUB_DATE">Pub Date Ascending</option>

    <option value="PUB_DATE_DESC">Pub Date Descending</option>

    <option value="RELEVANCE">Relevance</option>

    </select><br />

    <input value="25" name="recCount" type="hidden">

    <input value="1" name="searchType" type="hidden">

    <br /><input value="Search" type="submit" alt="Get search results" src="/vwebv/ui/SKIN/images/btn_go.gif">

    </form>

    You may want to add labels to your form:

    <form method="get" action="http://www.your.edu/vwebv/search">

    Search for: <input name="searchArg" class="inputStyle" size="55" type="text"><br /><br />

    Search In: <select size="7" name="searchCode">

    <option value="GKEY^">Keyword</option>

    <option value="NKEY^">Name</option>

    <option value="SKEY^">Subject</option>

    <option value="TKEY^" selected="selected">Title</option>

    </select><br /><br />

    Limit to: <select size="7" name="limitTo">

    <!-- <option selected="selected">Limits</option> -->

    <option value="DATE=1999-2013">Published in the last 15 years</option>

    <option value="DATE=2003-2013">Published in the last 10 years</option>

    <option value="DATE=2008-2013">Published in the last 5 years</option>

    <option value="DATE=2013">Published this year (2013)</option>

    <option value="DATE=2012">Published last year (2012)</option>

    </select><br /><br />

    Sort by: <select size="5" name="sortBy">

    <option value="AUTHOR">Author</option>

    <option value="TITLE">Title</option>

    <option value="PUB_DATE">Pub Date Ascending</option>

    <option value="PUB_DATE_DESC">Pub Date Descending</option>

    <option value="RELEVANCE">Relevance</option>

    </select><br />

    <input value="25" name="recCount" type="hidden">

    <input value="1" name="searchType" type="hidden">

    <br /><input value="Search" type="submit" alt="Get search results" src="/vwebv/ui/SKIN/images/btn_go.gif">

    </form>




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