Adding Suggestions to the Sharepoint search box : Part 2
Posted: October 28th, 2009 | Author: davecavins | Filed under: General SharePoint, SharePoint Design | Tags: jQuery, search, SharePoint, suggestions | No Comments »In Part 1 of this post we used a simple javascript to display suggestions on a custom search box. After I wrote that post I was thinking it would make more sense to read the suggestions from a list instead of a JavaScript file. This post will explain how to setup the list and edit the JavaScript to read the suggestions from a list. The idea is that an administrator could manage the list and help guide users toward specific information instead of getting numerous un-related results like in those commercials for bing.
Assuming you already have the search box setup as described in Part one of this post all you will need to do is change the javascript and add some code to the page. Read the rest of this entry »
