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search box on every page

Is anybody else thinking that it would be nice to have a simple search text box on every page instead of having to go to the search page in order to enter a search term? Well, as is so often the case, the only reason why this isn't so already is that I (having implemented the search feature) didn't know where and how to place it.

So if you suffer from the current click-to-search situation like I do, please step forward and let us know where you think this box should go and what it should look like!

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kris, June 6, 2002 at 1:16:51 PM CEST

check my sites, mates

it's been there since the introduction of the search feature. the code is fairily simple: <form action="[yourSiteAlias].antville.org"> &ltinput size="24" name="q"> &ltinput type="submit" value="find!"> &lt/form> it would be nicer if there was a macro for the weblog url. (maybe there is one, but i haven't found it.)

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hns, June 6, 2002 at 2:26:38 PM CEST

where would you put it?

in the "menu" secion, or down below after "recently modified"?

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robert, June 6, 2002 at 2:30:50 PM CEST

i'd put it

in the menu-section (below those navigation-links that are related to the current site).

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kris, June 6, 2002 at 2:43:55 PM CEST

how important is it to you?

it probably makes most sense near the calendar/archive section. but in the end you can spend hours discussing the order of the sections in the sidebar.

what about the url macro? is it avalailable? if so, you could add a home link to the sitename in the top left. it's only a small change in the main skin and an update in the css.

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hr, June 6, 2002 at 11:02:21 PM CEST

here is the comm portâ„¢ way:

<form action="<%this.url%>search"><input name="q" value="<% request.q encoding="form" %>"><input type="submit" value="search"></form>

i would put it in 'menu' before the calendar separated with dotted line.

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hns, June 7, 2002 at 11:34:24 AM CEST

looks pretty good

robert, tobi, are you ok with adding this and removing the search link in the weblog page skin?

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tobi, June 7, 2002 at 11:44:14 AM CEST

oui

d'accord.

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robert, June 7, 2002 at 2:29:13 PM CEST

si

+1

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