Zen search box and Block search box - what's the difference?

I moved the theme search code to the header area by moving the snippet of code that displays the theme search box and putting in the zone I wanted it and then specifically positioned with CSS.

the portion I moved

          <?php if ($search_box): ?>
            <div id="search-box">
              <?php print $search_box; ?>
            </div> <!-- /#search-box -->
          <?php endif; ?>

and then modified this line by removing $search_box from the "if" "or" statement.

<?php if ($primary_links or $secondary_links or $navbar): ?>

and place the search code here

 </div> <!-- /#logo-title -->
      <?php endif; ?>

      <?php if ($header): ?>
        <div id="header-blocks" class="region region-header">
          <?php print $header; ?>
        </div> <!-- /#header-blocks -->
      <?php endif; ?>

          <?php if ($search_box): ?>
            <div id="search-box">
              <?php print $search_box; ?>
            </div> <!-- /#search-box -->
          <?php endif; ?>

    </div></div> <!-- /#header-inner, /#header -->

and then modified my fixed-layout.css here

  #search-box
  {
    width: 180px;
    margin-left: 780px;
margin-top: -56px;
    float: right;
  }

Everything seems to work fine and it looks like it is part of the header.

What I will probably do now is customize the button and input box but I have some other stuff to do first, lol.

O, I see. What I've done for that is edit the search.module

**
 * Form builder; Output a search form for the search block and the theme's search box.
 *
 * @ingroup forms
 * @see search_box_form_submit()
 * @see theme_search_box_form()
 */
function search_box(&$form_state, $form_id) {
  $form[$form_id] = array(
    '#title' => t(''),
    '#type' => 'textfield',
    '#size' => 12,
    '#default_value' => '',
    '#attributes' => array('title' => t('Enter Search Terms')),
  );
  $form['submit'] = array('#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Search'));
  $form['#submit'][] = 'search_box_form_submit';
  $form['#validate'][] = 'search_box_form_validate';

  return $form;
}

Make sure to make a copy to text file so you can quickly revert back if needed.

10-4 I just do the core file. It is a small change and easy to update but I'd like to know how also.

I would like to know the best way to do this too. I need to alter it so it searches a third party module by default.

So I need to create a new module just to change the post action of search to go from /search/node to /search/gallery? Do you know of any examples I can use? I only know enough PHP to be able to edit the .tpl.php files.

It's a photo management software. http://gallery.menalto.com. It uses the gallery module http://www.drupal.org/project/gallery. You can see what I'm trying to build at http://test.lvthunder.com. I have a block that makes search work the way I want it to, but I would like the zen search bar to do the same. That way I can take the search block out of the left sidebar.

Well I guess not. I just thought it would be easier to modify the zen one, but I guess I'm mistaken. Thanks for your help anrikun.

You need to enable the search box by going into your theme config and then checking the 'Search box' checkbox. You'll then have the $search_box variable in your template file for the search box.

Farez

EDIT: Nvm, i solved my own issue.

I can't get my search box to appear on my sub theme. I checked the .info file and it is indeed enabled. But when I go to the theme config in Drupal the box is ghosted out. Is there any reason for this?

Is the Search module enabled in Site Building/modules?

@sethwilpan: 2 different search options here.

yeh, enable the search module in yoursite.com/admin/build/modules
do your permissions or whatever
then stick your "Search form" block in a region: yoursite.com/admin/build/block

zen search is done through the theme, as above by ferez in #13: yoursite.com/admin/build/themes
then configure your theme, check the search box, save and style

sure you've figured it out by now.

@ #2 : Don't know if this helps but my "additional-search-box-in-a-block" problems were solved when I happened over here: http://drupal.org/node/611942

How do you accomplish this with drupal 7?

This issue is closed (and marked for D6.) You should probably open a new issue for your Drupal 7 question.