Through a response on a question I posted on the forum (http://drupal.org/node/464510) I came across faceted search. I've been fiddling around with it a bit and seems to have the potential to provide the functionality I need.
I was wondering whether it's possible to modify how the guided search block looks. Currently, it's possible to show subcategories in a popup, but are there other ways of showing these results? Preferably in a way similar to how it's done on the website I mention in the forum-post. I hope you can help.

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petednz’s picture

petednz commented

(Hope you don't mind me piggy-backing on your post but ...)
And I am wondering if the subcategories can be diplayed in the first screen/box along with the parent category eg
New Zealand
- Auckland
- Wellington

rather than
New Zealand
(hover creates pop-up box showing Auckland, Wellington etc)

Or if the pop up box can be used to then click on the selection (which is what I thought the intention might have been).

Anyone?

david lesieur’s picture

david lesieur commented

@pvanderspek: You might be able to achieve this through theming. #485278: DHTML Menu and #176149: Use (custom) search box for categories in Guided search are slightly different requests, but have some info about this.

@peted: That is not currently possible in Faceted Search, the main reason being that showing subcategories would further slowdown the search queries. Those subcategories are shown on rollover, but that is achieved through Ajax, therefore without penalizing the page load. Please post a separate issue if you want to discuss this further, because this is quite distinct from pvanderspek's request.