Simple Searchfield

  • worldtravelgeek

    (@worldtravelgeek)


    9 years ago

    Hey again Paul,

    sorry for posting so much lately, I am trying to get the hang out of it but cant seem to create new templates without your help 🙁

    I am optimizing my site and found out that the search widget by amazon actually uses more than a second of loading time on my site and I cannot seem to optimize the js (minimize/cache/move to bottom etc) without breaking the box (unless you know a way, I tried with a few plugins that optimize js and css)

    Anyway, I was looking for a simpler search box, Amazon does not provide one but I found this code:

    <form action="https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search" method="get" target="_blank">
    <input type="hidden" name="tag" value="tagvalue" />
    <input type="text" name="keyword" size="20" value="" />
    <input type="submit" value="Search Amazon" />
</form>

    on this site:
    http://winkpress.com/amazon/add-amazon-search-box-to-wordpress-using-html/

    It is just a simple html search field and I would like to give it a try but of course using globalisation. I am at a loss at how to do it though even after reading your FAQ. Sorry but can you help me?

    Thanks,
    Alex

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-link/

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  • Plugin Author paulstuttard

    (@paulstuttard)

    9 years ago

    Hi,

    If this really works on all locales then you need to change the following:

    www.amazon.com to: www.amazon.%TLD%
    "tagvalue" to: "%TAG%"

    If it does not work you might try something like the following:

    <form action="http://www.amazon.%TLD%/s/" method="get" target="_blank">
    <input type="hidden" name="tag" value="%TAG%" />
    <input type="text" name="field-keywords" size="20" value="" />
    <input type="submit" value="Search Amazon" />
</form>

    Note: This must be a ‘No ASIN’ template.

    I have not tested this though!!

    Paul

    Thread Starter worldtravelgeek

    (@worldtravelgeek)

    9 years ago

    I will test this soon, sorry for the delay

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