How to render a second Filter Module, with "Filter Template" Field settings..

Hi Folks,

REQUIREMENT: My Customer needs a page which shows only an advanced filter for a Topic/Category as a search page, but nothing else around it (none of the records results).

There are 2 settings in Cobalt per field, one for the Filter Template, the other for the "Filter template for module".

We are using the Filter module on the website Left panel, it renders everything as 'selects via the "Filter template for module" setting.

We have setup the In-Page Advanced Search Options filter using "Filter Template" which renders checkboxes instead of selects.

My initial thoughts were:

1. Render just the advanced filter in a 'blank' cobalt page, without the records showing, so that when we select all the checkboxes,and press "Apply" it will load a filtered results page correctly..

If so, how do I get a clean page with just filter boxes, and then redirect to a results category page?

OR..

2. I created a full duplicate of the Cobalt Filter module (called Filter Module Advanced) and installed into a blank Cobalt page. I did this and it works fine.

But, how can I then get this Module to use the "Filter Template" instead of the "Filter template for module" templates ?

I looked through the Filter Module code quite extensively but could not work it out !

Thanks !