Web App Search Modifications

[Basilone1]

Has anyone found a way to create a web app search tool that will search multiple databases?

[smitchell80]

Hi,

To my knowledge this is not yet possible as the web app search will only search within it's web app items. 

Kind regards,

-Sidney

[Webmosphere_co_uk]

Hi Basilone,

I am currently developing this site (http://www.helpineeda.com/home) and I have twicked the main search form to search 2 web apps-

but you can add as many web apps as you like simply by creating a new <option> and adding the form action to it.

Here is the html and javascript I am using:

<form name="catcustomcontentform84870" method="post" onsubmit="return checkWholeForm84870(this)" action="" data-ajax="false">

                <select class="home-select" id="selectNeed" data-role="none">

                  <option class="home-select-option" value="/Default.aspx?CCID=15996&FID=95571&ExcludeBoolFalse=True&ID=/helpers-search">Helpers</option>

                  <option class="home-select-option" value="/Default.aspx?CCID=15953&FID=95386&ExcludeBoolFalse=True&ID=/job-search">Jobs</option>

                </select>

                <input type="text"  name="CAT_txtKeywords" id="CAT_txtKeywords" class="home-keywords" placeholder="Enter keywords..." data-role="none" x-webkit-speech>

                <input class="cat_button home-btn" type="submit" value="Search" data-role="none" >

            </form>

                              <script type="text/javascript">

                              function checkWholeForm84870(theForm){

                                        var why = "";

                                        if (why != ""){

                                                  alert(why);

                                                  return false;

                                                  }

                    {

                                        var sel = document.getElementById("selectNeed");

    theForm.action = sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value;

    theForm.submit();

                                            return false;

                                                  }

                                                  return true;

                                                  }

                    </script>

PS I came up with this solution by modifying this: http://kb.worldsecuresystems.com/598/bc_598.html#main_Logging_into_different_Secure_Zones_according_...

I hope this helps.

Dave Black

@webmosphere

http://www.webmosphere.co.uk

[mon_adobe]

It is possible to create a site-wide search, and restrict it to web apps...  http://kb.worldsecuresystems.com/kb/creating-search-page-web-app.html

[smitchell80]

@mon_adobe,

You can so into the site search details and select the "search type".  However there's not option to restrict to a particular web app if you have multiple web apps active. 

Otherwise you'll need to use the web app search to have it dedicated to a specific web app. 

Hope this helps!

-Sidney