Greetings,

I am trying to set up one column layout for the forum section of my site. I have unchecked the search box display in the global theme configuration( http://www.example-site.com/admin/build/themes/settings/global), and I do not have the search block enabled - in blocks. Yet the search block (from the theme config - not the block) is still showing. To remove the search block - is the best way to do it by editing out the search code in page.tpl.php? Is there another (better) way to do this.

Thanks for any insight you can provide on this.

Scott

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scott859’s picture

Greetings again,

After looking into this a bit further, I see what the problem was - I didn't have Four Seasons enabled (I just had it as the default theme, and mistakenly had not enable it). When I enabled it, the configuration settings became available, and I was able to disable the search box.

Scott

fehin’s picture

I have the same problem and I have my customfourseasons theme enabled and I unchecked search in the themes global setting page but the search box in the right sidebar is still showing. Is there anything I left out? Thanks.

scott859’s picture

Greetings,

Have you unchecked the search box in the four seasons configuration settings - in addition to the global settings? If not, do that and that should remove it.

If you have both your global settings and four seasons settings search box unchecked, it then most likely, is that your search block is enabled in your blocks settings.

Scott

NorthPort’s picture

Scott, can you outline the steps you take, if you are able to achieve this?

I am trying to do the same thing on my site, ie, disable the right side column, so that a forum module takes up both the main content column and right sidebar column. The best I have been able to achieve is displaying it across both columns for the forum layout, but it reverts to the single content column once a thread is selected, as it becomes a /node instead of a /forum link.

cheers,
David.

scott859’s picture

David,

Yes, I noticed that as well when using the forum. If I remove the blocks from the forum using " http://www.mysite.com/forum/* " as the exclude path in the block settings, when the forum post thread is selected the blocks will appear, if they are enabled for nodes - which they most likely are in most sites, once the thread post (which has now become a node) is displayed. I haven't yet addressed this issue yes, so as of now do not have a solution (other than to disable the blocks for nodes as well, obviously). Possibly the Advanced Forum module (http://drupal.org/project/advanced_forum) may have a solution to this - not certain at this point.

Scott

dckantor’s picture

I have the opposite problem. I have enabled the search module, enabled the search box in global and theme specific settings, set visibility to all users, and given no users permission to change visibilty. When logged in as admin I can see the search box (oddly in both left and right sidebar) but no other users or viewers with no user account can see the search box. Is there a secret setting somewhere else??

thanks

mysciencefriend’s picture

I have the opposite problem. I have enabled the search module, enabled the search box in global and theme specific settings, set visibility to all users, and given no users permission to change visibilty. When logged in as admin I can see the search box (oddly in both left and right sidebar) but no other users or viewers with no user account can see the search box. Is there a secret setting somewhere else??

I had a hell of a time with this problem too, and after spending hours sifting through the code to see if it was a bug somewhere, I discovered that you just have to go to "user management -> permissions" and then make sure that anonymous users have permission to use "search content" and "Advanced Search". That fixed it right up.

dckantor’s picture

thank you Thank you THANK YOU !!