Creating a skin

Creating a skin is easy and allows you to personalize the look of Strategic Finder

Skins are made of three HTML files : new search page, waiting page and finished search page.

Here is the procedure to create the new search page. You can use an HTML editor or a text editor to build the pages.

The "new search page" is named "default.htm". Here are the fields that you should include in this page.

A - keyword field :

Type of control : text
ID : edit_keyword
HTML Code :
<INPUT id="edit_keyword">

B - Sources box :

Type of control : table
ID : t_sources
Example :

<table id=t_sources>
<tr valign=top>
<td id=emptyCol width="28"></td>
<td width="188"></td>
<td id=emptyCol width="55"></td>
<td width="212"></td>
</tr>
</table>

The emptyCol IDs indicate that the cells should stay empty. You only need to define the first line , then, SF takes care of the rest.

C - OK Button :

Type of control : link
ID : //
Code :
<A HREF="http://SEARCH_LAUNCH"> … /A>
Keep the url as it is written here. The link can be made on any object (button, image, text, applet...)

D - Category choice :

Type of control : Select box
ID : combo_categories
Code :
<select id="combo_categories"> option selected id=op_perso>Personnalise... /option> /select>

E - Options :

Type of controls : Input type=checkbox
IDs : check_download, check_refine, check_thesaurus.
Code :
< INPUT id=check_download type=checkbox>Download the results. <P> <INPUT id=check_refine type=checkbox>Automatic filtering. <P> <INPUT id=check_thesaurus type=checkbox>Use the synonyms.<P>

The "waiting page" :

The page is named "encours.htm" and can include the following links :
- Stop current search : http://SEARCH_STOP
- Display the folders : http://SHOW_FOLDER

The "Finished page" :

The page is named "terminee.htm" and can include the following link :
- Launch the refine : http://launch_refine