How to put the search in upper right header?

[cgchris99]

I have seen on a few sites where they move the search field into the right hand side of the header? It ends up being above the icons for My Acct, Cart Contents and Checkout.

 

How do I do this?

 

Thanks for any information

[cgchris99]

I'll answer my own question in case anyone else needs it. I found it in another post

 

Ok, nothing on tv so I put together what you needed

 

1. Remove category counts.

 

Go to "Admin | My Store | Show Category Counts" and set to False

 

2. Remove "->" from after Category names that have sub-categories.

 

Find In ?/include/boxes/categories.php?,

 

 

CODE

 

if (tep_has_category_subcategories($counter)) {

$categories_string .= '->';

}

 

 

 

 

Replace with:

 

 

CODE

 

// if (tep_has_category_subcategories($counter)) {

// $categories_string .= '->';

//}

 

 

 

 

3. Move Search function to Header.

 

Find in "/includes/header.php":

 

 

CODE

 

<td valign="middle"><?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'oscommerce.gif', 'osCommerce') . '</a>'; ?></td>

 

 

 

(This is where you display your logo)

 

Add After:

 

 

CODE

 

<td align="right">

<?php echo tep_draw_form('quick_find', tep_href_link(FILENAME_ADVANCED_SEARCH_RESULT, '', 'NONSSL', false), 'get')

. BOX_SEARCH_TEXT . '<br>' . tep_draw_input_field('keywords', '', 'size="10" maxlength="30" style="width: ' . (BOX_WIDTH-30) . 'px"')

. tep_hide_session_id() . '  ' . tep_image_submit('button_quick_find.gif', BOX_HEADING_SEARCH) . '  '

. '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_ADVANCED_SEARCH) . '"><b>' . BOX_SEARCH_ADVANCED_SEARCH . '</b></a>'; ?>

</td>

 

 

 

 

The text around the search box is defined in "/includes/languages/english.php" (and any other languages suppoted).

[mikes]

Lol, that was a post I did real quick to help someone else put the search put there. Here is a better solution. It formats a little more nicely but does have hard coded text and width. You'll have to replace the variables if you use more than one language.

 

          <?php // * Quich Search * // ?>
         <td align="right" valign="middle">
           <?php echo tep_draw_form('quick_find', tep_href_link(FILENAME_ADVANCED_SEARCH_RESULT, '', 'NONSSL', false), 'get'); ?>
             <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
               <tr>
                 <td align="center"></td>
                 <td align="center" class="main">
                   <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
                     <tr>
                       <td align="center" class="main"><?php echo 'Quick Search:'; ?></td>
                       <td align="center"><?php echo tep_draw_input_field('keywords', '', 'size="10" maxlength="30" style="width: 150px"') . tep_hide_session_id(); ?></td>
                       <td align="center"><?php echo tep_image_submit('button_quick_find.gif', BOX_HEADING_SEARCH); ?></td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                       <td></td>
                       <td align="center" class="smallText"><?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_ADVANCED_SEARCH) . '"><b>Advanced Search</b></a>'; ?></td>
                       <td></td>
                     </tr>
                   </table>
                 </td>
               </tr>
             </table>
           </form>
         </td>

 

hth