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The Search Form

<h2>Search Listings Listings</h2>
<form method="post" action="{homepage}" onsubmit="this.action = '/' + this.elements.pricerange.value + '/' + this.elements.pricerange1.value;">
<p>
<select name="pricerange">
<option value="index.php/listings/results/0">Minimum Monthly Rent</option>
<option value="index.php/listings/results/500">$500 per month</option>
<option value="index.php/listings/results/700">$700 per month</option>
<option value="index.php/listings/results/900">$900 per month</option>
<option value="index.php/listings/results/1100">$1100 per month</option>
<option value="index.php/listings/results/1300">$1300 per month</option>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<select name="pricerange1">
<option value="9999">Maximum Monthly Rent</option>
<option value="500">$500 per month</option>
<option value="700">$700 per month</option>
<option value="900">$900 per month</option>
<option value="1100">$1100 per month</option>
<option value="1300">$1300 per month</option>
<option value="9999">$1301+ per month</option>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<select name="search:bedrooms">
<option value=""># of Bedrooms</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<select name="search:area">
<option value="">Area</option>
<option value="County 1">County 1</option>
<option value="County 2">County 2</option>
<option value="County 3">County 3</option>
<option value="County 4">County 4</option>
<option value="County 5">County 5</option>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<select name="search:subarea">
<option value="">Sub Area</option>
<option value="North">North</option>
<option value="South">South</option>
<option value="East">East</option>
<option value="West">West</option>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<select name="search:fencedyard">
<option value="">Fenced Yard</option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<select name="search:petsallowed">
<option value="">Pets allowed?</option>
<option value="yes">Yes</option>
<option value="no">No</option>
</select>
</p>
<input type="submit" value="Go!" />

The first two drop-downs append the minimum and maximum price to the results URL (which is then grabbed using url_segment in the results page. The rest can be accessed via dynamic parameters on the search results page.

The results page

I’ve left out a lot of the template to just show the important stuff.

<h2>Current Listings</h2>
{exp:weblog:entries
weblog="listings"
disable="category_fields|member_data|pagination|trackbacks"
        dynamic_parameters="limit|search:petsallowed|search:fencedyard|search:bedrooms|search:area|search:subarea"}
<div class="entry-top">
<h3>{title}</h3>
<div class="listing-image grid_3 alpha">

<a href="http://www.examplesite.net{main-property-image}" title="{title}" class="prop-listing">{exp:imgsizer:size image="{main-property-image}" width="200" alt="{title}"}</a>

</div><!--end listing-image -->
<div class="listing-desc-summary grid_5 omega"><p><span>{short_decription} </span><br /><br /><b>{bedrooms}</b> bedrooms, <b>{fullbaths}</b> full bathrooms, <b>${monthlyrent}</b>/month. - <a href="{homepage}/listings/detail/{url_title}">View More Details</a></p>
</div><!-- end listing-desc-summary -->
</div><!-- end entry-top -->
<div class="clear">&nbsp;</div>
<hr>
{/exp:weblog:entries}

I’ve already made a couple of iPhone-optimized websites but have been itching to develop a native app since I picked up my iPhone in November. Last month I decided to give it a shot and started working on the credit union locator. I’m totally new to Objective-c and Cocoa, so the learning curve has been a bit steep for me, but I’m getting there slowly but surely. Below you’ll see a screenshot of one of the views in the application. Clicking on the Search Credit Unions button will open a table view with the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the closest 5-10 credit unions. I’m still working out the details of that part of the app, but hope to have another announcement by the end of next week and plan on submitting everything to the iTunes app store some time shortly after that.