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External Search module and results costumization

Hello,

I've not worked a lot with search modules, so I'd like to have experts' opinions and suggestions for a project coming up.

I most probably need to integrate the "external search" module into a client site.

The idea is to add extra search fields making it more of an 'advanced' search form (how can this be done? )

The functionality should be as follows:
- search query for third party site search request is constructed (whichever the third party site may be... it will not be google, nor any famous search engine or web directory)
- the request is sent
- The results needs to be obtained in drupal and a costumized search results page needs to be rendered

Any suggestions?

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looking for some like that

nyumbani,

i'm currently looking for something a bit like you described. I'm trying to combine some resources here and there but... nothing yet.

The second part (results in drupal rendering a customized page) seems to be the "no-way", untill now.

I'm affraid that this must be coded. Anyway, if found the "big trick", i'll post here.

external search module

I am a little surprised that this module has been inactive for almost a year. Any ways, I am working it now. Using the current available code http://drupal.org/project/extesea

I will try to 1) display the result withing the drupal 2) customize the result page

I am very new to drupal, I love it so i am gonna dive enjoy it so any of senior brothers out there would like to give me advice I would appreciate very much.

Dunn.