MULTIPLE COLUMN SEARCH RESULTS

If you want the search results displayed over more than one column then the following patch will do it.
This has been tested on Catalog 5.1.4 but should work with other versions.

*************  Step 1  replace Act_ResultsTemplate.html (back it up first) with the following code.


<!-- Results HTML begin -->
<!-- This version for use with multi column search results patch  -->
<!-- Add Results Page header HTML here -->

<div align="CENTER">
NETQUOTEVAR:SEARCHBLOCK
<hr size="1" align="CENTER" width="600">
<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=10 width="600">
	<tr>
		<td colspan=3 align=LEFT>
		  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><Actinic:S_SUMMARY/></b><br><Actinic:S_CONTINUE/></font>
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		
<Actinic:SEARCH_RESULTS>
      <td align=LEFT valign=TOP>
	<!-- Uncomment line below if also using Search Results Image Patch -->		
	<!-- <Actinic:S_IMAGE/> -->
	<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><Actinic:S_ITEM/>.</font> 
        <Actinic:S_LINK/><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><Actinic:S_PNAME/></b></font></A>
	<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><Actinic:S_SNAME/> 
        <Actinic:S_PRICE/></font><br clear=all>
		  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><Actinic:S_DESCR/></font><br>
		  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><Actinic:S_PROP/></font>
      </td>
<Actinic:S_TABLEEND/>
</Actinic:SEARCH_RESULTS>
	<tr>
		<td colspan=3 align=LEFT>
		  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><Actinic:S_SUMMARY/></b><br><Actinic:S_CONTINUE/></font>
		</td>
	</tr>
</table>
</div>

<!-- Add Results Page footer HTML here -->
<!-- Results HTML end -->

*************  Step 2  edit SearchScript.pl (use a text editor (www.editpad.com) and back it up first).

find the two consecutive lines (there should only be one instance)

	for ($nCount = $nMin; $nCount < $nMax; $nCount++) # process the range of product references in the results set
		{

REPLACE these two lines with the following code


#######	NorcatColumns code starts here
	my $NorcatColumns = 3;							# desired number of columns
	my $NorcatCol = 1;							#  (V11) column count
#######	NorcatColumns code ends here

	for ($nCount = $nMin; $nCount < $nMax; $nCount++) # process the range of product references in the results set
		{
			
#######	NorcatColumns code starts here
		if ( $nCount == ($nMax - 1) )					# last item
			{
			my $NorcatEndCode = '';
			while ( $NorcatCol++ < $NorcatColumns ) 
				{
				$NorcatEndCode .= '<td></td>';	# pad out unused table entries
				}
			$ACTINIC::B2B->SetXML('S_TABLEEND', $NorcatEndCode . '</tr>'); # end the table
			}
			
#       Normal table cell (not last item)
		elsif ( $NorcatCol++ >= $NorcatColumns ) 			# reset after required no. columns
			{ 
			$NorcatCol = 1;
			$ACTINIC::B2B->SetXML('S_TABLEEND', '</tr><tr>');	# and start a new table row		
			}
		else
			{
			$ACTINIC::B2B->SetXML('S_TABLEEND', '');		# null on intermediate entries		
			}
#######	NorcatColumns code ends here

Update your site and that's that.