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Chapter 88. Adding an Evergreen search form to a web page

To enable users to quickly search your Evergreen catalog, you can add a simple search form to any HTML page. The following code demonstrates how to create a quick search box suitable for the header of your web site:

Sample search form.  

<form action="http://example.com/eg/opac/results" method="get">    <!-- 1 -->
    <input type="search" alt="Catalog Search" maxlength="200"
            size="20" name="query"
            placeholder="Search catalog for..." />
    <input type="hidden" name="qtype" value="keyword" />           <!-- 2 -->
    <input type="hidden" name="locg" value="4" />                  <!-- 3 -->
    <input type="submit" value="Search" />
</form>

1

Replace 'example.com' with the hostname for your catalog. To link to the Kid’s OPAC instead of the TPAC, replace 'opac' with 'tpac'.

2

Replace 'keyword' with 'title', 'author', 'subject', or 'series' if you want to provide more specific searches. You can even specify 'identifier|isbn' for an ISBN search.

3

Replace '4' with the ID number of the organizational unit at which you wish to anchor your search. This is the value of the 'locg' parameter in your normal search.
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