Customising the search result template

Solution: A flexible, update-capable solution is to modify the creation of the result list via a local DTML-template "bodyContent_Search" which is named acc. to the central template. The code of f_bodyContent_search.dtml provides a good basis for this purpose:
<!-- BO bodyContent_Search -->

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--//

  //* Preload image.
  img_wait_search = new Image;
  img_wait_search.src = '<dtml-var MISC_ZMS>wait_search.gif';

  //* Swap image on form-submit.
  function onFormSubmit(fm)
  {
    <dtml-if management_interface>
      document.img_wait_search.src = img_wait_search.src;
    </dtml-if>
  }

//-->
</script>

  <dtml-unless search_order_by>
    <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('search_order_by',1)">
  </dtml-unless>
  <dtml-unless option>
    <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('option','OR')">
  </dtml-unless>
  <dtml-unless searchform>
    <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('searchform','1')">
  </dtml-unless>

  <!-- HEADER -->
  <dtml-if "REQUEST.has_key('raw') and _.int(searchform)==1">
    <p class="heading1"><dtml-var 
    "getLangStr('SEARCH_HEADERAGAIN',manage_lang)"></p>
  <dtml-else>
    <p class="heading1"><dtml-var 
    "getLangStr('SEARCH_HEADER',manage_lang)"></p>
  </dtml-if>

  <!-- FORM -->
  <form action="<dtml-var URL>" method="get" onsubmit="onFormSubmit(this)">
  <dtml-if management_interface>
   <input type="hidden" name="lang" value="<dtml-var lang>">
   <input type="hidden" name="manage_lang" value="<dtml-var manage_lang>">
   <input type="hidden" name="preview" value="preview">
  </dtml-if>
  <input type="hidden" name="searchform" value="<dtml-var searchform>">


  <!-- ###################### -->
  <!-- ### Form Input Fields  -->
  <!-- ###################### -->

  <dtml-if "_.int(searchform)==1">
  <table cellspacing="2">
  <tr valign="middle">
    <td class="form-label"><dtml-var 
    "getLangStr('ATTR_SEARCHTERM',manage_lang)">:</td>
    <td colspan="2" class="form-element">
        <input class="form-element" type="text" name="raw" size="18"
          <dtml-if "REQUEST.has_key('raw')">value="<dtml-var "REQUEST['raw']" 
          html_quote>"</dtml-if>>
    </td>
    <td align="left" valign="top"><img name="img_wait_search" 
    src="<dtml-var spacer_gif>" alt="" border="0" width="45" height="44"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="middle">
   <td class="form-label"><dtml-var 
   "getLangStr('ATTR_OPTION',manage_lang)">:</td>
   <td class="form-element">
    <select class="form-element" name="option">
     <dtml-in "['AND','OR']">
      <option value="<dtml-var "_['sequence-item']">"
       <dtml-if "REQUEST['option']==_['sequence-item']">
        selected="selected"
       </dtml-if>
      ><dtml-var "getLangStr(_['sequence-item'],manage_lang)"></option>
     </dtml-in>
    </select>
   </td>
   <td align="right" valign="top" rowspan="2" nowrap="nowrap">
    <div class="form-small"><font style="font-size:10px"><dtml-var 
    "getLangStr('SEARCH_HINT',manage_lang)"></font></div></td>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="middle">
    <td class="form-label"><dtml-var 
    "getLangStr('ATTR_ORDERBY',manage_lang)">:</td>
    <td class="form-element">
        <select class="form-element" name="search_order_by:int">
          <dtml-in "_.range(1,2+1)">
            <option value="<dtml-var "_['sequence-item']">"
              <dtml-if "_.int(REQUEST['search_order_by'])==_['sequence-item']">
                selected="selected"
              </dtml-if>
            ><dtml-var "getLangStr('SEARCH_ORDERBY%i'%_['sequence-item'],
            manage_lang)"></option>
          </dtml-in>
        </select>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="middle">
    <td></td>
    <td class="form-element">
        <input class="form-element" type="submit" name="btn" 
        value="<dtml-var "getLangStr('BTN_SEARCH',manage_lang)" html_quote>">
    </td>
  </tr>
  </table>
  </dtml-if>

  </form>

<!-- ################### -->
<!-- ### Search Results  -->
<!-- ################### -->

<dtml-if "REQUEST.has_key('raw')">

 <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('_s',getCatalogQueryString(raw,option))">
 <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('res',submitCatalogQuery(REQUEST.get('_s',''),
 REQUEST.get('search_order_by',1),REQUEST.get('search_meta_types',[]),REQUEST))">

 <h2><dtml-var "getLangStr('SEARCH_HEADERRESULT',manage_lang)"></h2>
 <p><dtml-var "getLangStr('SEARCH_YOURQUERY',manage_lang)%(
 '<b>%s</b>'%REQUEST['_s'])"></p>

 <dtml-if "_.len(res)==0">
 
  <p><dtml-var "getLangStr('SEARCH_NORESULTS',manage_lang)"></p>
  
 <dtml-else>

  <!-- max score -->
  <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('_score_factor',1.0)">
  <dtml-if "res[0]['score']>5">
   <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('_score_factor',_.float(5.0/_.float(res[0]['score'])))">
  </dtml-if>

  <!-- qs: query-start -->
  <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('qs',REQUEST.get('qs',1))">

  <!-- qe: query-end -->
  <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('qe',_.len(res))">
  <dtml-in res next size=10 start=qs>
   <dtml-in next-batches mapping>
    <dtml-if "qe==_.len(res)">
     <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('qe',_['batch-start-number']-1)">
    </dtml-if>
   </dtml-in>
  </dtml-in>

  <p><dtml-var "getLangStr('SEARCH_RETURNEDRESULTS',manage_lang)">:</p>
  <p><b><dtml-var 
  "getLangStr('SEARCH_RETURNEDSTATS',manage_lang)%(_.int(qs),_.int(qe),_.len(res))">
  </b></p>
  <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('_u',getCatalogNavUrl(REQUEST))">

  <!-- NAVIGATION -->
  <dtml-var search_nav_html>

  <!-- FOUND -->
  <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
  <dtml-in res size=10 start=qs mapping>
   <tr>
    <td align="left">
     <a <dtml-if management_interface>
      href="javascript:followHref('<dtml-var 
      "url.replace('index_%s.html?preview=preview'%(lang),
      'manage_main?lang=%s&manage_lang=%s&preview=preview'%(lang,manage_lang))">')"
     <dtml-else>
      href="<dtml-var url>"
     </dtml-if>><b><dtml-var title></b></a>
    </td>
   </tr>
   <dtml-if description>
    <tr>
     <td align="left"><dtml-var description></td>
    </tr>
   </dtml-if>
   <tr>
    <td align="left" class="navMicro">
     <a <dtml-if management_interface>
      href="javascript:followHref('<dtml-var 
      "url.replace('index_%s.html?preview=preview'%(lang),
      'manage_main?lang=%s&manage_lang=%s&preview=preview'%(lang,manage_lang))">')"
     <dtml-else>
      href="<dtml-var url>"
     </dtml-if>><dtml-in "ob.breadcrumbs_obj_path()">» <dtml-var 
     "string_maxlen(getTitlealt(REQUEST),20)"><dtml-unless sequence-end> 
     </dtml-unless></dtml-in></a>
     - <dtml-var "getLangFmtDate(time,lang,'%d')"> <dtml-var 
     "getLangFmtDate(time,lang,'Month')[:3]"> <dtml-var 
     "getLangFmtDate(time,lang,'%Y')">
    </td>
   </tr>
   <dtml-unless sequence-end>
    <tr>
     <td><br></td>
    </tr>
   </dtml-unless>
  </dtml-in>
  </table>

  <!-- NAVIGATION -->
  <dtml-var search_nav_html>

 </dtml-if>

</dtml-if>

<!-- EO bodyContent_Search -->
Comment: In the search form two hidden fields are given over: 'searchform' for the display of the reformulation form and the operator 'op' serving to adapt the presentation templates to the navigation if needed. The actual querystring is generated from the variable 'raw'.