RE: XOOPS 2.0.16 / xcGallery 2.03

I would like to add pre-selected search terms in a drop down list that user can use to search IN ADDITION to manually entering keyword search criteria that already exists in this module.

This is an artist gallery site. Some of the pre-selectable search terms need to be things like: Abstract, Landscapes, Photography etc.

I have successfully added the drop down box width search terms but I do not know how to do the coding to get it to query the DB and display the results just as the normal manual entry keyword search works.

I have been trying these modifications in the search block code using HTML? Is this right approach or should I be doing something else? I can modify code if I have some guidance but I am not a programmer so any assistance would be most appreciated.

Anyone? I would imagine that I am not the first person to need this functionality.