Styling CGI-scripts

eteng · May 21, 2003

I apologise if a newbie question like this is unwarranted here. I'm primarily a designer, not a programmer.

I've been browsing dozens of CGI-related sites and fora by now, and virtually all describe how to install a CGI-scripted search engine as well as instructions on how to customize the search page (always a HTML-file, and a piece of cake). None even mentions styling the results page (always a CGI-file).

I have this simple search engine [

http://www.scriptarchive.com/search.html

] which I want to integrate seamlessly on a website of mine, meaning I want the results page to contain all graphics and objects that are present on my other pages.

I'd be most grateful if anyone could outline how I integrate Javascripts and complex HTML into the code, as well as how I attach a CSS-file. The CGI-file in question can be found at:

http://www.scriptarchive.com/download.cgi?s=search&c=txt&f=search.pl

A nod in the right direction would do the trick. Even a book tip would be sufficient, as I can't seem to find anything written for designers on how to integrate/customise/style prefabricated CGI-scripts to make them blend with a graphic design and interface.

Thank you in advance.

Haunter · May 21, 2003

This is where your html editing should go....
sub return_html {
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<html>\n <head>\n <title>Results of Search</title>\n </head>\n";
print "<body>\n <center>\n <h1>Results of Search in $title</h1>\n </center>\n";
print "Below are the results of your Search in no particular order:<hr size=7 width=75%>\n";
print "<ul>\n";
foreach $key (keys %include) {
if ($include{$key} eq 'yes') {
print "<li><a href=\"$baseurl$key\">$titles{$key}</a>\n";
}
}
print "</ul>\n";
print "<hr size=7 width=75%>\n";
print "Search Information:\n";
print "<ul>\n";
print "<li>Terms: ";
$i = 0;
foreach $term (@terms) {
print "$term";
$i++;
if (!($i == @terms)) {
print ", ";
}
}
print "\n";
print "<li>Boolean Used: $FORM{'boolean'}\n";
print "<li>Case $FORM{'case'}\n";
print "</ul> <hr size=7 width=75%>\n";
print "<ul>\n<li><a href=\"$search_url\">Back to Search Page</a>\n";
print "<li><a href=\"$title_url\">$title</a>\n";
print "</ul>\n";
print "<hr size=7 width=75%>\n";
print "Search Script written by Matt Wright and can be found at <a href=\"

http://www.scriptarchive.com/\">Matt's

Script Archive</a>\n";
print "</body>\n</html>\n";
}

haunter@battlestrata.com

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Styling CGI-scripts

eteng

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