Re: [IUG] Behaviour of advanced search when modified

[Edward Spodick <lbspodic at ust dot hk>]

At 11:47 AM +0800 4/16/08, Lisa BILLINGHAM wrote:
>However, we have discovered functionality which seems wrong. When doing
>an advanced keyword search (e.g. 'health') at
>http://libraryqa.ecu.edu.au/, if we get a list of results and then click
>on 'modify this search' button, we need to enter the search term again
>as well as select the modifier. Shouldn't the search term follow us and
>be entered in the 'modify your search page' at
>http://libraryqa.ecu.edu.au/search/X?NOSRCH=health&searchscope=7&SORT=D&;
>SUBKEY=health?
>
>The behaviour is the same even if we start from the advanced keyword
>search page, http://libraryqa.ecu.edu.au/search/X


I would say this is probably due to your customized srchhelp_X.html page missing something which is included in the current defaults, or provided by a token which you are not using (instead hardcoding it).

As a quick check, it works fine on our site
http://ustlib.ust.hk/search/X?NOSRCH=hongkong&SORT=D&SUBKEY=hongkong
but when I replaced our version on our staging port with your version, that problem showed up for us as well. 

So I would recommend grabbing a fresh copy of the file from III (or grab our source) and modify it from there to rematch what you want it to look like.

-Edward

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Edward F Spodick, Information Technology Manager
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library
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