How can I add a search form to my menus, main page, etc.?

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If you want to add a simple search form on your website’s main page, or navigation bar, etc, you can do so by specifying the following HTML on that page.

<form method="GET" action="search.php">

        <input type="text" name="zoom_query" size="10">

        <input type="submit" value="Search">

</form>

 
Please change “search.php” in the above HTML to the appropriate search page: that is, “search.asp” for ASP users,  “search.cgi” for CGI users, and “search.html” for JavaScript users.

Note also, the relative location of the search script from where this HTML is placed (eg. if the form is used in a page that is one directory down from the search script, you would need to link to “../search.php”).

Alternatively, you can use an absolute path to the search script (so that no matter where you place the above HTML, it will still find the file), for example:

<form method="GET" action="http://www.mysite.com/search.php">

 ...

</form>

 

If you wish to include more search options (such as match any search words / all search words, etc.) refer to the example in "How do I modify the search  form".