"Tom Beidler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a client that would like to duplicate something they've seen on one > of their competitor's web sites. It's for an automotive parts supplier and > they would like to build a search engine for different make, model, and year > applications. Since a picture is worth a thousand words here's a url to see > the site they would like to knock off; > > http://www.performanceproducts.com/shopper_profile.asp?mscssid=2K5UHTRR3UV28 > MLG468UVDQR3F4T73P3 > > They like that you could choose a year and a make, which jumps to a new page > with an additional pulldown menu for models associated with the selected > year and make. Some models even ask for a submodel. It's pretty cool but > it's in ASP and ssssllllllloooooooowwwwwww. Others on the list made good suggestions about the database structure. The URL you referenced reloads the whole page. I've seen other sites achieve the same functionality by loading the elements of the second, third and fourth select boxes into javascript arrays which and regenerate the contents of the dropdown boxes and make them visible based on the element selected in the parent select box. This avoids a page reload, but forces the page to load all of the possible select box elements when it's first loaded - and it obviously requires javascript. It might be a good alternative depending on your needs. I've found that it only makes sense when very few target users will have javascript disabled and the potential contents of the select boxes are less extensive than make and model detail. -- Steve Werby President, Befriend Internet Services LLC http://www.befriend.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
