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Option to use quicksearch on another database.

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:45 pm
by Don Chambers
Let's say I have 2 s9y sites. Would it be possible to have the option (perhaps a radio button, like on a google search) that allows a visitor to search the current site, or my other s9y site (or perhaps both)????? Afterall, I have all the database credentials of both sites (user, password, table prefix, etc)????

Re: Option to use quicksearch on another database.

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:12 am
by garvinhicking
Hi!

This could be done with a custom plugin, yes. But I doubt it will be generally useful for many users.

You could use a html nugget with a radio button and some javascript that changes the form.action to the other s9y site and jump to that, if you hit submit?

Regards,
Garvin

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:41 pm
by judebert
Would changing the form target work? There's no session on the second site.

I was about to completely agree with Garvin that this is not generally useful. Then I got to thinking about webrings, and link exchanges... this could be a social networking sort of tool. "Search this site" "Search all sites in the *** family of sites".

Just thinkin' out loud.

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:01 pm
by Don Chambers
judebert wrote:... this could be a social networking sort of tool. "Search this site" "Search all sites in the *** family of sites".
Exactly the scenario I had in mind!