V6 - 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 6.1.3.

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



<!-- Results HTML begin -->
<!-- Add Results Page header HTML here -->


<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=10 WIDTH="CUSTOMVAR:ACTSTDWIDTH" ALIGN="CENTER">
	<TR>
		<TD colspan=CUSTOMVAR:SEARCHCOLS ALIGN=LEFT>
		  <B><Actinic:S_SUMMARY/></B><BR><Actinic:S_CONTINUE/>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
	    <Actinic:SEARCH_RESULTS>
		<TD valign=top width=CUSTOMVAR:SEARCHCOLWIDTH ALIGN=LEFT>
		  <Actinic:S_ITEM/>.
		  <Actinic:S_LINK/><B><Actinic:S_PNAME/></B></A> <Actinic:S_SNAME/> <Actinic:S_PRICE/> <BR>
		  <Actinic:S_DESCR/><BR>
		  <Actinic:S_PROP/><P>
		</TD>
            <Actinic:S_TABLEEND/>
  	    </Actinic:SEARCH_RESULTS>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD colspan=CUSTOMVAR:SEARCHCOLS ALIGN=LEFT>
		  <B><Actinic:S_SUMMARY/></B><BR><Actinic:S_CONTINUE/>
		</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>
<HR SIZE="1" ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="CUSTOMVAR:ACTSTDWIDTH">
NETQUOTEVAR:SEARCHBLOCK

<!-- 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 = CUSTOMVAR:SEARCHCOLS;							# 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 width=CUSTOMVAR:SEARCHCOLWIDTH></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




In Actinic go to Advanced / Custom Properties click the "+" sign and create two CUSTOMVARs

SEARCHCOLS and SEARCHCOLWIDTH


Go to Design / Options / Site Defaults, click the "+" sign and set

SEARCHCOLS        to  4            (if you want a 4 column layout)
SEARCHCOLWIDTH    to  25%          (if you want a 4 column layout)
(if using Business then for both of the above uncheck Searchable and check Use as CUSTOMVAR.

If you want a 3 column layout then the values would be 3 and 33% 

Update your site and that's that.