Dear David
Sometimes it takes a while until the search results show up. How can I show a message like "Please be patient, we are searching for you" during the search process?
I know you have posted a solution a few months back either in this forum or at the price tapestry stand alone forum, but I simply can't find the posting.
Looking forward to your answer.
IG
Hello IG,
I assume you wish to do this within the plugin, however the technique is the same - to make the search form submit to a "holding page" that displays your Please wait... message which itself uses an HTTP meta refresh header to re-submit to the search page.
To make the holding page, create a file called "searching.php" containing something like:
<html><head>
<title>Searching...</title>
<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0;url=/shopping?pto_q=<?php print urlencode($_GET["pto_q"]); ?>' />
</head>
<body>
<center>
Please be patient, we are searching for you...
</center>
</body>
</html>
(where /shopping is your containing permalink as per the configuration in wp-admin > Settings > PriceTapestry.org)
Finally, to change the search form to submit to the holding page, look for the following code at line 25 of pto_search.php:
$html = str_replace("%ACTION%",get_bloginfo('url').$pto_config_permalink,$html);...and REPLACE with:
$html = str_replace("%ACTION%","/searching.php",$html);Hope this helps!
Cheers,
David.
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