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I have three favorite search engines that I like. How can I make a drop down box that I can use to search either of the three?
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Making a drop down box to search
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something like this should work, if I understand your ? properly:
<select onChange="window.location=this.value">
<option value="<option value="</select> jared@aauser.com
<select onChange="window.location=this.value">
<option value="<option value="</select> jared@aauser.com
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OK, That worked great! Thanks, but I have one more question. How can I make a box, so that I can type in the search criteria in, than I select the search engine that I want, then I click a search button, and it will search based on what I typed in.
each search engine has its own way of handling this, but for altavista it looks something like this:
so just go to each one, and search, and see the string they make for the adress, then make the address yourself using code instead jared@aauser.com
so just go to each one, and search, and see the string they make for the adress, then make the address yourself using code instead jared@aauser.com
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OK, last question. I'm not very smart. How would I use that code to make it look like a search box on my web page? Like each time I go there, I want to type in a different search each time. Like Altavista for example.
this works in IE, NS4.X, and NS6:
<script>
function findIt()
{
var criteria,engine,search,frm;
frm = document.benlucbenluc
criteria = frm.benlucben.value;
engine = frm.benluc.options[frm.benluc.selectedIndex].value;
switch(engine)
{
case '1':
search=" break;
case '2':
search=" break;
case '3':
search=" }
window.location=search
}
</script>
<form action="javascript:findIt()" name="benlucbenluc">
Search for:&nbsp;<input name="benlucben">&nbsp;with
<select name="benluc">
<option value="1">Altavista
<option value="2">Yahoo
<option value="3">Web Crawler
</select>
<script>
if(document.all){document.write('<input type="submit" value="Search">')}
else{document.write('<input type="button" onClick="findIt()" value="Search">')}
</script> jared@aauser.com
<script>
function findIt()
{
var criteria,engine,search,frm;
frm = document.benlucbenluc
criteria = frm.benlucben.value;
engine = frm.benluc.options[frm.benluc.selectedIndex].value;
switch(engine)
{
case '1':
search=" break;
case '2':
search=" break;
case '3':
search=" }
window.location=search
}
</script>
<form action="javascript:findIt()" name="benlucbenluc">
Search for:&nbsp;<input name="benlucben">&nbsp;with
<select name="benluc">
<option value="1">Altavista
<option value="2">Yahoo
<option value="3">Web Crawler
</select>
<script>
if(document.all){document.write('<input type="submit" value="Search">')}
else{document.write('<input type="button" onClick="findIt()" value="Search">')}
</script> jared@aauser.com
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