Trying to move my search bar to the top right side.

By kyo620724 on 10 Nov 2012 at 01:28 UTC

Hi Guys,
Here is my website.
http://www.exceldesign.ca/ExcelDesign/
I am using zen theme and I want my search bar on the top right side.
any good idea to move it?
Thanks

Ming

Comments

Edit in tpl OR Create a region

sadashiv commented 10 November 2012 at 09:38

You can use any of the following methods.

1) You can add following code in page.tpl.php
if ($search_box):

print $search_box;

endif;
if you have this code in your tpl then make sure that you have enabled search module.

2) You can also try creating a region(long method) in the theme and position it using css and then assign the search block to this region.

I tried to create account but you have enabled the admin approval for account so i am waiting for the account to get approved as you have not given search permission to the anonymous user so I can't see the search box now where it is.

Hth,
Sadashiv.

Search problem

kyo620724 commented 11 November 2012 at 04:22

Hi Sadashiv,
I active your account already, but I still working on the search bar. I added that code that you said in the page.tpl.php then I am looking for a search module. any good suggestion?
Well, without the module or it promts
Notice: Undefined variable: search_box in include() (line 82 of /home/content/27/10046127/html/ExcelDesign/sites/all/themes/zen/templates/page.tpl.php).

Edit template.php file In

sadashiv commented 11 November 2012 at 08:17

Edit template.php file
In theme_preprocess_page of zen add search_box variable as

$form = drupal_get_form('search_form'); //get search form
$form['basic']['keys']['#title'] = 'My Search Title'; //set search title, can even make blank
$search_box = drupal_render($form); //render the form
$variables['search_box'] = $search_box; //assign it in variables

so the function would be like

function zen_preprocess_page(&$variables, $hook) {
  // Find the title of the menu used by the secondary links.
  $secondary_links = variable_get('menu_secondary_links_source', 'user-menu');
  if ($secondary_links) {
    $menus = function_exists('menu_get_menus') ? menu_get_menus() : menu_list_system_menus();
    $variables['secondary_menu_heading'] = $menus[$secondary_links];
  }
  else {
    $variables['secondary_menu_heading'] = '';
  }
  $form = drupal_get_form('search_form');                         //get search form 
  $form['basic']['keys']['#title'] = 'My Search Title';              //set search title, can even make blank
  $search_box = drupal_render($form);                               //render the form
  $variables['search_box'] = $search_box;                           //assign it in variables
}

This will fix the problem and you can use $search_box variable in tpl and then you can adjust the position through css.

Hth,
Sadashiv.