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The search box will appear as defined in your theme.

Check if there is a searchform.php in your theme. If there is none, copy the searchform.php from the default theme and "include" it where you need it in the sidebar.php of your theme with :

Jean-Luc

Thanks for creating this plugin.

I am having the same problem as noted above. In turn, I am having a difficult time trying to understand your solution. I would greatly appreciate it if you could provide a Dummies Version.

FYI - My theme has a search.php file. I have Search widget option, however, I do not like the way it appears / functions. Hence why I am trying to utilize your plugin / widget.

I have dowloaded your file search_pages.php and uploaded it to my Plugins directory on my server. In turn, I have activated your Plugin… however, it is not appearing on my blog.

I tried adding the code
you suggested above…

<?php
include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php');
?>

… to my l_sidebar.php file and uploaded it… however, nothing has changed.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your quick response.

I tried renaming search_pages.php to search.php and replacing the original search.php file. In turn, I uploaded the file to the server and added the widget to my sidebar. However, interestingly the search GUI looks the same as the original. Therefore I will assume I did something wrong.

Any other suggestions? I am using Wordpress 2.5 and the Nightlife theme. http://www.optimizedexecutive.com/

I will leave the current search widget online so you can see how poor it looks.

Thanks again.

I found the search form code in my Nightlife theme… it is hidden in the Style.css file. See code below.

I realize my question is above an beyond your plugin at this point, however I would greatly appreciate it if you could tell me how to get rid of the “Search” button on my search GUI.. alternatively, I would like to simply have the text “Search” in my input field… and require people to hit enter to process the search. This would make it look a lot cleaner.

In addition, there are two little black dots to the left of my input field and two little black dots below the current “Search” button… any idea how I can rid of these?

Thanks again.

/************************************************
* Search Form *
************************************************/

#searchdiv {
margin: 0px;
padding 0px;
}

#searchform {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
overflow: hidden;
}

#s {
width: 190px;
background: #EFEFEF url(images/search.gif);
color: #333333;
font-size: 11px;
font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
padding: 3px;
margin: 8px 0px 0px 10px;
border: 1px solid #C0C0C0;
}