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The following inputs are accepted:
| Name | Accepted values | Description |
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| q | Text string | (required) The search query |
| type | "Web" or "People" | (optional) |
Indicates the type of search to perform. Searches with type "Web" are routed to the campus search appliance. Searches with type "People" are routed to the campus directory. If no type or a type other than "Web" or "People" is indicated, the search is treated as type "Web". |
| domain | Text string | (optional) Restricts search results to a defined |
| UCI web |
Code Examples
| property. Do not include protocol (use only "communications.uci.edu", not "https://communications.uci.edu"). Applies only to web searches; has no impact on directory searches. |
Code Examples
The below are examples only and are not prescriptive. Feel free to experiment with different form markup.
To perform web searches only
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<form action="https://search.uci.edu/" method="get"> <label for="search-text">Search</label> <input id="search-text" name="q" placeholder="Search..." type="text"/> <button name="type" type="submit" value="Web">Web</button> <button name="type" type="submit" value="People">People</button> </form> |
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Restricting search results to a specified domain
The following example restricts search results to the Official University Policies & Procedures the Communications website by adding a hidden input that supples the numeric value for that collectionsite domain.
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<form action="https://search.uci.edu/" method="get"> <input name="collection" type="hidden" value="17"/> <label for="search-text">Search</label> <input id="search-text" name="q" placeholder="Search..." type="text"/> <button name="type" type="submit" value="Web">Go</button> </form> |
Styling the search form
Add class attributes to the form elements to tie them in to your site css. You're also welcome to nest form controls inside <div>s or whatever as needed. For example, sites that use Bootstrap 3 (such as those built with the 2015 Cascade templates) use available Bootstrap classes and also nest the form buttons inside a <div>.
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<form action="https://search.uci.edu/" class="form-inline" method="get"> <input name="collectiondomain" type="hidden" value="uci_full"> <label class="sr-only" for="search-text">Search</label> <input class="form-control" id="search-text" name="q" placeholder="Search..." type="text"> <div class="btn-group"> <button class="btn btn-default" name="type" type="submit" value="Web">Web</button> <button class="btn btn-default" name="type" type="submit" value="People">People</button> </div>communications.uci.edu"> </form> |
Accessibility considerations
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