simple search in every page of the forum?

[luiscamino]

YaBB SE Version: 1.5.4
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Link to Forum: http://foro.clubsonyericsson.com

Problem Description:
could some advanced yabbse user try to integrate a simple search form (text field and search button) in the template so users ALWAYS see the search form instead of just a tiny image they always ignore driving us administrators mad?

perhaps there's already a mod for this?

[luiscamino]

i have used the search but i'm afraid i haven't found anything...

[Peter Duggan]

If you want a really lazy hack, visit your own forum, enable simple search, click your search button, view source, copy the search form and stick it in your template.

It's neither elegant nor smart, but it works and it doesn't mess up anything else!

[Peter Duggan]

Tidier version:

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<form action="index.php?action=search2" method="post">      
   <table width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" align="center" bgcolor="#6394BD" class="bordercolor">
      <tr>
         <td bgcolor="#AFC6DB" class="windowbg">
            <font size="2">
               <b>Search for:</b><br />
               <input type="text" name="search" size="40" />&nbsp;
               <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Search" /><br />
               <a href="index.php?action=search;advanced=1">Advanced search</a>
               <input type="hidden" name="advanced" value="0" />
            </font>
         </td>
      </tr>
   </table>
</form>

Note that, amongst other bits not needed for this purpose, I've removed:

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name="searchform" id="searchform"

So a duplicate 'id' won't stop the main search page validating!

[Peter Duggan]

If you also want to lose the 'search' button, search Subs.php for:

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   $yymenu = "<a href=\"$scripturl\">$img[home]</a>$menusep<a href=\"$helpfile\" target=\"_blank\">$img[help]</a>$menusep<a href=\"$cgi;action=search\">$img[search]</a>";

And replace with:

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   $yymenu = "<a href=\"$scripturl\">$img[home]</a>$menusep<a href=\"$helpfile\" target=\"_blank\">$img[help]</a>";

[luiscamino]

thank you so much!  

[Peter Duggan]

It's neither elegant nor smart, but it works and it doesn't mess up anything else!

Here's a better version that actually uses the forum colours and language files. Please note that, although it's been tested on my own server, I've never offered a proper mod (as opposed to hack) before so you use the code entirely at your own risk!

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<file>
Sources/Subs.php
</file>

<search>
   global $yytemplate, $yyboardname, $yytitle, $yyuname, $yyim, $yytime, $yymenu, $yymain, $yycopyright;
   global $yynews, $menusep, $enable_notification, $enable_news, $username, $db_prefix, $locale, $boarddir;
   global $maintenance, $txt, $mbname, $date, $settings, $cgi, $img, $scripturl, $helpfile, $realname, $yyheaderdone;
   global $yycopyin, $yytemplatemain, $yytitle, $yyVBStyleLogin, $timeformatstring, $timeoffset, $modSettings, $imagesdir;
   global $mnum, $munred, $ID_MEMBER;
</search>

<add>
   global $yypermasearch;
</add>

<search>
   $yymenu = "<a href=\"$scripturl\">$img[home]</a>$menusep<a href=\"$helpfile\" target=\"_blank\">$img[help]</a>$menusep<a href=\"$cgi;action=search\">$img[search]</a>";
</search>

<replace>
   $yypermasearch = '
      <form action="index.php?action=search2" method="post">      
         <table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" align="center" bgcolor="' . $color['bordercolor'] . '" class="bordercolor">
            <tr>
               <td bgcolor="' . $color['windowbg'] . '" class="windowbg">
                  <font size="2">
                     <b>' . $txt[582] . ':</b><br />
                     <input type="text" name="search" size="40" /> 
                     <input type="submit" name="submit" value="' . $txt[182] . '" /><br />
                     <a href="index.php?action=search;advanced=1">' . $txt['yse298'] . '</a>
                     <input type="hidden" name="advanced" value="0" />
                  </font>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
      </form>';

   $yymenu = "<a href=\"$scripturl\">$img[home]</a>$menusep<a href=\"$helpfile\" target=\"_blank\">$img[help]</a>";
</replace>

Then remove the search form (as described in Reply #3) from your template and stick this in instead:

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<yabb permasearch>

Where you want the permanent search box.

<edit>Discovered and replaced an errant windowbg3!</edit>

<edit>And a space that shouldn't have been included as part of the button text!</edit>