[ic] A range sorting problem

Kevin Walsh interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Fri Jun 14 13:45:00 2002


> 
> I am having a problem with the range search i've got it set up in a dropdown 
> and it works fine in a main category gallery.. ie. "Wall Clocks" but then when 
> you choose a different area within the wall clocks section.. ie. "round" and it 
> goes to the results that match sf=category/se=wall/sf=features/se=round/. Well 
> then my range search is still present.. because it is generated on the same 
> results page as the previous page, but the search range will show all wall 
> clocks in that price range.. I want it to just show the subcategory of wall 
> clocks that are in that price range... to understand what I mean look at this 
> link.. http://gfcplus.com/~eaganh/cgi-
> bin/cart.cgi/scan/fi=products/st=db/sp=gallery/ac=0/co=1/sf=category/se=wall/op=
> rm/nu=0/ml=15/tf=sku/to=x/tf=price/to=x.html?mv_arg=wall&mv_pc=6007
> 
> there? alright now click on the link in the image that says round... k now try 
> the price range dropdown... and there ya have it.. it takes ya back to all wall 
> clocks that are in that price range and not just round ones..
> 
I just tried your site.  I clicked on "round" and got:

    "Sorry, no matches for wall AND round"

I selected a price range, but I couldn't find a submit button and there
was no indication of how to proceed with the price range search.

Perhaps I'm being thick, but I can't work out what to do.

I took a peek at the HTML page source anyway, and your links look
suspiciously as if they have been hard-coded.  Especially the ones
that look like this:

    "...blahblah.html&mv_arg=wall "

It was the '&' that gave it away. :-)

The Interchange manual has an entire section how to create custom
searches, including range searches etc.  I think the page deserves
a rewrite.

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