Question

In the context of a larger project, I have created a Joomla 1.5 component that formats and displays information received from a web service. Now I need to use a search module, to filter what is displayed. There is already a second web service that returns filtered results.

So my idea is to use a module like the default search module, if possible. The user types in the keywords, and when he hits “ok” these are sent to my component somehow. Then the component reads this info and knows that it needs to call the search web service with the keywords as parameters. Note that I need this search functionality only to the one page where this component is used.

What is the best way to achieve a similar result?

Answer 1

All informations, data results are shown on the main area. So your module search results simply need links to your search component! Ex :

index.php?option=com_mycompname&view=application&Itemid=114&q=user+search+query