Search results page empty except for header, search box -- retyping search then works

I have fixed the issue, the problem is that Google have changed one of the query parameters from 'query' to 'q', therefore the search query isn't parsed into the search field.

Implement the patch, and everything should work.

The patch didn't work for me. I am getting a Page not found error on clicking the search button

marking the issue critical as The module functionality Broke completely

I'm getting a 404 error, too. Thanks for your support. Hopefully we can solve this issue soon.

Cheers,
Andrew

The patch in #2 didn't work for me. I fixed the problem by adding:

var googleSearchQueryString = 'query';

in google_cse_results.tpl.php.

If you inspect http://www.google.com/afsonline/show_afs_search.js, you will see that it looks at that variable to determine which query string variable to use for the search key. By default it's "q", but that interferes with Drupal.

Thanks, this one line works. I know there are two other patches out there but this one is only 1 line! Thanks, it worked.

Let me give proper credit and a reference to the 1 line fix - search-results-page-empty-except-for-header-1268352-6.patch: http://drupal.org/files/search-results-page-empty-except-for-header-1268...

Thanks @ttkaminski!

Only 1 issue, after this fix, there is about a 500 pixel high white / blank area at the bottom of the search results area. Anyone know how this can be fixed?

#6 worked for me. Thank you.

#6 worked me for me too, Thanks.

#6 works for me.

When will arrive the new official release that fix this problem?

#6 worked for me also. I simply copied the .patch file to the same directory as the google_cse_results.tpl.php
Then I executed patch -b < search-results-page-empty-except-for-header-1268352-6.patch

How can we change Ads position? it is now at the top, and the module settings not affecting its location

Any ideas on how to fix this issue for Drupal 5 version?

Whoops, sorry about changing the version.

Ah, found it for Drupal 5 module:

In google_cse.module add this line:

var googleSearchQueryString = "query";

on line 340, after:

      var googleSearchDomain = "'. variable_get('google_cse_domain', 'google.com') .'";
      var googleSearchPath = "/cse";

So it becomes:

      var googleSearchDomain = "'. variable_get('google_cse_domain', 'google.com') .'";
      var googleSearchPath = "/cse";
      var googleSearchQueryString = "query";

Thanks for this.

#6 worked for me. Thank you.

#6 worked for me too. I think that's enough people who have tested the fix to mark this as RTBC.

#6 also confirmed working here. Thank you.

#6 also worked for me. Please get this patch in ASAP.

Thanks flbr for #15, it works for my version 5.

did Google change sitesearch parameter too? Site specific search is not working now?

SiteSearch domain:
"If set, users will be presented with the option of searching only on the domain(s) specified rather than using the CSE. Enter one domain or URL path followed by a description (e.g. example.com/user Search users) on each line."

Hi. Just a note of something that I discovered. A quick fix until the module gets updated for drupal 6.xx is to use the drupal adsense module which has an option for google CSE. For some reason when using the CSE within the adsense module all is working. I have several sites and the ones that offer the visitor CSE that are using the option from within the adsense module are fine. The sites offering the CSE by means of the CSE module are not working. Just thought I would post this as an easier fix for the non-techie.

Rob

Thanks flbr, #15 worked for me.

Rather than hack the module I added the theme function to template.php

function phptemplate_google_cse_results() {
  $query = array(
    'q' => $_GET['query'],
    'cx' => variable_get('google_cse_cx', ''),
    'cof' => 'FORID:0',
  ) + google_cse_advanced_settings();
  $output = filter_xss_admin(variable_get('google_cse_results_prefix', ''));
  $output .= drupal_get_form('google_cse_results_searchbox_form');
  $output .= '<div id="google-cse-results">';
  $output .= '<noscript>';
  $output .= t('!google, or enable JavaScript to view them here.', array('!google' => l(t('View the results at Google'), 'http://www.google.com/cse', NULL, drupal_query_string_encode($query))));
  $output .= '</noscript></div>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    //<![CDATA[
      var googleSearchIframeName = "google-cse-results";
      var googleSearchFormName = "google-cse-results-searchbox-form";
      var googleSearchFrameWidth = '. variable_get('google_cse_results_width', 600) .';
      var googleSearchFrameborder = 0;
      var googleSearchDomain = "'. variable_get('google_cse_domain', 'google.com') .'";
      var googleSearchPath = "/cse";
      var googleSearchQueryString = "query";
    //]]>
    </script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/afsonline/show_afs_search.js"></script>';
  $output .= filter_xss_admin(variable_get('google_cse_results_suffix', ''));
  return $output;
}

You can't change the version until the 6.x patch has been committed - otherwise the maintainers won't see and commit it.

Tidying up the issue queue, and marking issues as won't fix where the version is no longer supported.