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welshchris
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Apr 29, 2008, 7:49 AM
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Simple question re. search forms...
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.... OK, I'm suffering a mental block here 
Can you tell me the code I have to insert in my templates to include a simple search form, similar to the one on the main page of the online demo where there is a single input field, submit button, and a link to go to advanced search?
Thanks in advance!
Chris
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MikeB
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Apr 29, 2008, 12:08 PM
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Re: [welshchris] Simple question re. search forms...
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Hi Chris,
Thanks for the post!
With the default templates, this search form that you see is actually something that is defined in this file:
/templates/singlePages/siteHeader.html
This means that the header text, etc. will also be shown if you decide to include this page. That said, there's an easy way to create a simple search form and here are the steps.
1. Create a new template file called "quickSearch.html" that you'll upload to /templates/singlePages/. In this file, you'll just have this HTML code:
<form class="search" method="post" action="$settings.searchurl$">
<p><input type="hidden" name="action" value="search" />
<input class="textbox" type="text" name="keyword" value="" />
<input class="button" type="submit" name="Submit" value="Search" /><br/>
<a href="$settings.searchurl$">advanced search</a></p>
</form>
2. Log into Article Manager and create a new publishing rule (Admin->Publishing) with these settings (anything I don't mention here you can leave as is):
Rule Name: Quick Search
Rule Description: Here you can put whatever makes sense for you
Rule Type: a page with globalplaceholders
Template: /templates/singlePages/quickSearch.html
Placeholder Set Name: quickSearch
Published File: quickSearch
And that should be it!
3. Now, on your site you can include your search form with this include:
<!--include virtual="$published.quickSearch.webPath$"-->
If you're using this on a non-Article Manager page, the above won't work so you'll want to use:
<!--include virtual="/artman/publish/quickSearch.shtml"-->
Though you'll want to use a path that points to the appropriate folder on your site.
I hope this helps! 
Cheers,
Mike Briggs - Product Specialist
support@interactivetools.com
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