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[Broni]

ACP>your_skin>Templates tab>Global Templates>globalTemplate

Find:

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<if test="memberbox:|:$this->memberData['member_id']">

Paste the following right ABOVE it:

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{parse template="quickSearch" group="global" params=""}

Find:

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<div id='branding'>
<div class='main_width'>
<div id='logo'>
<if test="brandingBar:|:ipsRegistry::$applications[ $this->registry->getCurrentApplication() ]['hasCustomHeader']">
{parse template="overwriteHeader" group="{current_app}_global" params=""}
<else />
{parse template="defaultHeader" group="global" params=""}
</if>
</div>
{parse template="quickSearch" group="global" params=""}
</div>
</div>

Comment out/remove line in red.

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Now you need to adjust CSS settings.

In ipb_styles.css:
Change:

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#search {
margin: 20px 0;
}

to:

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#search {
margin: 5px 0 0 10px;
}

In:

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#content, .main_width {
margin: 0 auto;
min-width: 960px;
width: 87% !important;
}

Change 87% to about 97%

Final look:



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If you prefer to have search bar to the left of user bar.....

Paste this:

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{parse template="quickSearch" group="global" params=""}

right BELOW this:

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<li><a href="{parse url="app=core&amp;module=global&amp;section=register&amp;do=reval" base="public"}" title='{$this->lang->words['resend_val']}'>{$this->lang->words['resend_val']}</a></li>
</if>
</ul>
</div>

[dmacleo]

wanted to popin here and thank you Broni, about to do the bg color on header bar in test site soon.
greatly appreciate the assistance here.

[Broni]

You're very welcome

[dmacleo]

if you look close at the screenshot (its hard to see) you see the tail end of the work advanced is there in black.
any idea why?

when you hover over it it gos away.

[Broni]

Link?

[dmacleo]

www.davemacleod.net i tried both left and right to see if that made difference.

[Broni]

Do I need to sign in to see search box?
I don't see it now.

[dmacleo]

yeah I guess moving it there causes that too.
guess I will have to rethink using it there.
I will setup tester account too in a bit for some reason I deleted the one I had.

[dmacleo]

info pm'ed to you :)

[Broni]

Search globalTemplate for some standalone word "Advanced".

[dmacleo]

was actually first thing I tried and had no results.
looking thrugh ipb styles now

only thing there is:

#adv_search {
width: 16px;
height: 16px;
background: url({style_images_url}/advanced_search.png) no-repeat right 50%;
text-indent: -3000em;
display: inline-block;
margin: 4px 0 4px 4px;
}

wondering if this is native board problem, there were some issues with stuff in tracker for that area. I think I will place test board back to stock skin (probably means reinstall as I have modded default theme lol ) and then move this and see if its native issue.

[dmacleo]

this is ip issue I think. if you move the bar up there (either side) and change color to white you will see it.
I reset my test board to stock, moved the bar and changed background to white and default theme does this.

[dmacleo]

if I comment the text indent (was curious why there was text indent there ) whole work shows.

#adv_search {
width: 16px;
height: 16px;
background: url({style_images_url}/advanced_search.png) no-repeat right 50%;
<!-- text-indent: -3000em; -->
display: inline-block;
margin: 4px 0 4px 4px;
}

wonder if there is something in png maybe? not sure where its getting the word itself from.

[Broni]

I found it.

Global Templates>QuickSearch
Comment out section in red:

<a href='{parse url="app=core&amp;module=search&amp;search_in=<if test="hasSearchApp:|:isset($this->request['search_app']) AND $this->request['search_app']">{$this->request['search_app']}<else />{$this->registry->getCurrentApplication()}</if>" base="public"}' title='{$this->lang->words['advanced_search']}' accesskey='4' rel="search" id='adv_search' class='right'><!--{$this->lang->words['advanced']}--></a>

[dmacleo]

found it :)

in global templates quicksearch there is following line near top:

<a href='{parse url="app=core&amp;module=search&amp;search_in=<if test="hasSearchApp:|:isset($this->request['search_app']) AND $this->request['search_app']">{$this->request['search_app']}<else />{$this->registry->getCurrentApplication()}</if>" base="public"}' title='{$this->lang->words['advanced_search']}' accesskey='4' rel="search" id='adv_search' class='right'>{$this->lang->words['advanced']}</a>

change

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lang->words['advanced']

to

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lang->words['']

and its fixed

[dmacleo]

HA posted same time :)

[Broni]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[dmacleo]

I like commenting out better (safer) so did that way :)

[Broni]

I always do it that way.

[dmacleo]

I try to but sometimes find myself forgetting :(
and that has led to issues in the past, but I also don't mess with skins a lot so hopefully experience will build up better practices LOL