How to customize the search forms

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This describes how to override the default SEARCH THEME FORM* layout when using phptemplate based themes and the search.module with Drupal 4.7 and Drupal 5.x.

* The SEARCH THEME FORM is the Search form that that appears in the page header, when enabled. Refer to the NOTES below for overriding the block search form and main page search form.

It may be easier to edit the page.tpl.php file with a customized theme search form layout, but, here is an alternate, more standardized Drupal method to keep it separate.