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Description

This module will display a search box.

How to Access

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To add a new Search module or edit an existing Search module, navigate to the Module Manager:

• Select Extensions → Modules

Click the New button and click on Search in the modal popup window.

To Edit an existing Search module, in the Module Manager click on the Search Modules Title or click the Search module's check box and then click the Edit button in the Toolbar.

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Details

• Title. The title of the module. This is also the title displayed in the Frontend for the module.

Module

• Box Label. The text that appears in the label of search box. If left blank, it will load 'label' string from your language file.
• Box Width. Size of the search text box in characters.
• Box Text. The text that appears in the search text box. If left blank, it will load 'searchbox' string from your language file.
• Search Button. (Yes/No) Display a search Button.
  • Button Position. (Right/Left/Top/Bottom) Position of the button relative to the search box.
  • Search Button Image. (Yes/No) Use an image as button. This image has to be named searchButton.gif and must be located in templates/*your template name*/images/.
  • Button Text. The text that appears in the search button. If left blank, it will load the 'searchbutton' string from your language file.
• OpenSearch Autodiscovery. (Yes/No) Some Browsers can add support for your site's search if this option is enabled.
• OpenSearch Title. Text displayed in supported Browsers when adding your site as a search provider.
• Set ItemID. (Select a menu item/...) Assign an ItemID by selecting a menu item in the list for the display of the search results if there is no com_search menu and a specific display is desired. If you do not know what this means, you may not need it.

Common Details

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Related Information

• More about Modules: what is a module position, Description of the default Site and Administrator Modules.