search-form

Are there good UI patterns for designing search forms with many fields?

I'm having a difficult time finding any resources that describe good UI patterns for large search forms. I have a form that requires 20+ possible inputs and can't come up with a design I feel good about (although in my defense I'm no design expert). In my case I'm looking for a web solution, but I imagine a UI-patter for this scenario is...

Need Help with Magento Mini-Search

I have the below code courtesy to Edmond's Ecommerce that converts Magento's standard mini-search form to a more detailed mini-search like the ones seen in Amazon and eBay. At this juncture, I'm able to get to the sub-categories of the root directory, but instead, I would like to pull out the array from the sub-sub-categories. Root Direc...

is there a CMS / web-app / API that allows building of searchable forms without coding, like with a template?

suppose a web application requires some people to create a page with info they fill in as a form and other people to search for such pages using keywords or enumerated values for various form fields. Well, for instance it could be like Craigslist sales postings only structured as a single form - you specify the town, the category, the pr...

django: search forms and redirect

After processing form from POST I should redirect, to prevent user from hitting back. However, I am using form to determine search query on a database, so I need to either pass params to the redirected site or the result of a search. Or maybe there is some other good practice, how to solve this problem? Maybe in this situation I am allow...

Drupal Custom Form with Filters

I'm displaying cars on a page created with a view and displays. I want to be able to create a form on the home page to allow people to select the 'make', which will then update the 'models' list based on the 'make' the user selects, 'year' to and from, and 'amount' to and from. What the user selects will of course alter the list of use...