Hello @kieranvyas,

I'm sorry but, what do you mean when you said "search bar"? Your skin should have containers, and they are supposed to host the widgets. So, the search form should be placed in one of those containers in order to be correctly displayed.

Please make sure you read this page: http://b2evolution.net/man/create-a-new-skin, specially the Skin zones section. If it is not useful enough, please explain a little bit more what are you trying to do.

Thanks.

@mgsolipa wrote earlier:

Hello @kieranvyas,

I'm sorry but, what do you mean when you said "search bar"? Your skin should have containers, and they are supposed to host the widgets. So, the search form should be placed in one of those containers in order to be correctly displayed.

Please make sure you read this page: http://b2evolution.net/man/create-a-new-skin, specially the Skin zones section. If it is not useful enough, please explain a little bit more what are you trying to do.

Thanks.

It's ok, I have copied the search bar form from another skin and it seems to work. I hope just simply copying the form from a different skin won't cause any issues?

http://blog.donnacadhobriain.co.uk/index.php

Well, it's OK if that way meets your needs. You're only missing some additional options given by the default search widget.

For eample: look how the results page would look like if you use it: http://blog.donnacadhobriain.co.uk/index.php?s=abc&disp=search.

@mgsolipa wrote earlier:

Well, it's OK if that way meets your needs. You're only missing some additional options given by the default search widget.

For eample: look how the results page would look like if you use it: http://blog.donnacadhobriain.co.uk/index.php?s=abc&disp=search.

Oh ok! That looks great, how do I implement the extra options? Many thanks!

You should add a new "Skin zone" (http://b2evolution.net/man/create-a-new-skin) to each *.disp.php page that you want to include in the skin, reload the containers of that skin (http://b2evolution.net/man/manage-skins) and add a "Search form" widget into the new container.

The new code that you need to add to each *.disp.php file should be something like this:

<div class="search_bar">
	<?php
	// ------------------------- "Search bar" CONTAINER EMBEDDED HERE --------------------------
	skin_container( NT_('Search bar'), array(
	    'block_start'         => '',
	    'block_end'           => '',
	    'block_display_title' => false,
	    'list_start'          => '',
	    'list_end'            => '',
	) );
	// ----------------------------- END OF "Search bar" CONTAINER -----------------------------
	?>
</div>

If you follow this instructions, the search form will be properly loaded in the place that you choose, according the layout of your page. And also, you will be able to decide to include the advanced search options both, in every page or just after to make a search.

Regards!