By aeava on

Hi everyone,

I'm using 7.0-rc1 and the search box is gone! I don't know if it happened when I upgraded to rc1 or when I installed a the Omega theme that has a feature to render the search box as in Drupal 6. I've uninstalled the theme (never really used it), reinstalled it and unchecked the box, etc., but nothing.

I've deleted every trace of that theme (both 7.x-1.0 and 7.x-2.0-alpha5)

There's got to be a variable somewhere out there that enables the block.

anyone?

thanks in advance.

Note: first time I post anything, so if I'm posting it in the wrong place, I apologize.

⋅ Categories: Drupal 7.x

Comments

sammyman’s picture

sammyman commented

I am not seeing the search box for Bartik either... weirdest thing ever.

aeava’s picture

aeava commented

It truly IS the weirdest thing.

I've also uninstalled and reinstalled the search module (in case it came back) but nothing.

hilarudeens’s picture

hilarudeens commented

hi frnd...,

First you have to make sure your block listed in http://... /admin/build/block...

If it exist there then change block region and ensure your change is reflecting in your site....

whenever you change the theme compare theme_name.info files of both theme and confirm regions of two theme are matching...otherwise you loose some blocks from their page....

if your block is not listed... track your code definition......

Note: Focus your configuration of block on Show block on specific pages: and choose appropriate condition....

good luck...,

sammyman’s picture

sammyman commented

Yes the block is not listed... I don't really know what you mean code definition. This is a fresh install of D7.

hilarudeens’s picture

hilarudeens commented

hi frnd...,

I had mentioned "code definition" in view of php scripting....

Go to your module and locate hook_block (drupal 6)... if it exist there, split hook_block as per following

* hook_block_info() replaces hook_block($op = 'list)
* hook_block_view() replaces hook_block($op = 'view')
* hook_block_configure() replaces hook_block($op = 'configure')
* hook_block_save() replaces hook_block($op = 'save')
also refer this http://www.group42.ca/drupal_7_blocks_whats_changed_under_the_covers

hope this will help you,

good luck...,

aeava’s picture

aeava commented

In my case, the search box block is NOT available for choosing under /admin/structure/block.

It used to be there, but now it's gone.

mikeaja’s picture

mikeaja commented

Is there not a section for 7.x issues? I say that because if it is a bug with the new version, might be worth reporting.

In my opinion, if you are a new user (you might not be but you said it was your first post), then I recommend using 6.x.

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aeava commented

I've been using 6.x successfully for quite a while now, but I'm starting a new site which is not too demanding and I'm using 7.x. So far it's been great (cheers to the dev team) until now.

I used to be able to use the $search_form variable in my theme and voilá, the form was there. In D7, the variable is gone and we're to use the block instead, which is fine with me. It was there, then I switched to various themes to test them, and finally settled for a basic one and now I'm building my own. After all that (and the upgrade to the lated Drupal release), I noticed the search box block was gone.

It was just my first time posting to the Forum.

hilarudeens’s picture

hilarudeens commented

hi frnd...,

In which region you are keeping the search box...?

sammyman’s picture

sammyman commented

Yes, I can also confirm that there is no search box option in D7. I am the same as the other user. I have a larger D6 site, but I am starting a much simpler site that uses D7. So far so good minus the search. I have tried Zen, and Bartik and can't find the search block.

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aeava commented

I've got it back, albeit I had to edit the database.

Problem: Block not available under admin/structure/block (in this case, the Search Form block)

Detective work:

  • I went to the database and checked the table "block" and listed all the records with my theme in it.
    SELECT * FROM block WHERE theme = '[your theme]'
  • I noticed one entry for the search block, but had region assigned to "dashboard_sidebar". My theme didn't have any section with this name, so that didn't look good.

Solution:
I changed the region to one I did have, like sidebar_second (I'm sure changing it to -1 would've worked as well) and it worked!
UPDATE block SET region='sidebar_second' WHERE theme='[your theme]' AND module='search' and delta='form'
I was also looking for the New Users block and, sure enough, it had the same problem. fixed it in no time.

Comments: it seems like when I used a theme with weird regions (I have to check on this), the blocks where moved to certain regions and when I installed another theme and set it as active, the blocks didn't come back, as they're supposed to.

hilarudeens’s picture

hilarudeens commented

good job frnd...,

sammyman’s picture

sammyman commented

Thanks. This should be reported as a bug and fixed. Very annoying.

tsimms’s picture

tsimms commented

Thanks -- this worked for me as well!

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nortont commented

Thanks for this post. I am on D7.0 released 5 January 2011 and it appears to still be a bug.

FrederickFortin’s picture

FrederickFortin commented

I have the same problem here. The fix doesnt seems to work on my Drupal7

EDIT: It finally worked! THANKS

urban farmer’s picture

urban farmer commented

This worked for me. I was working on a child theme to Omega for D7.

scott.browne’s picture

scott.browne commented

Thanks for the fix. I've not seen this issue before.

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jocken commented

Since I'm not able to touch the database on my installation I had to figure it out another way and it worked!

1. My subtheme did not have a search form, so I had to find a theme with it.
2. Bartik theme has a built in search form. So I enabled Bartik theme. Appearance >> Activate Bartik
3. Go to Structure >> Blocks and in the top right corner it says Bartik, click
4. Find search bar and click configure.
5. There you find region settings, now you see all enabled themes and which region it's in.

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clashar commented

thank you for workaround, it worked well for me

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rovo
Location Delaware
commented

The above solution by jocken solved this.

This is still an issue in Drupal 7.8.

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onks_ commented

This helped a great deal....thanks a bunch!