Theme Mod: Search Box

As some of you may have noticed, I've recently added a search box to the top of the site.  This is a default module in joomla, but the template I'm using didn't have support for a search bar right out of the box.  This blog post describes how I added the modified the WR_Futilus_Situs theme so it would have a search box that looked like it fit in.

At a high level, the steps involve:

• Enabling the search module and setting it up
• Modifying the theme's index.php file to include the search box

And here are the details:

Setting up the module: 

• Enter the Joomla Administration page.
• Click Modules > Site Modules
• Click on the Module named "Search" (of type "mod_search")
• Make sure the item is published by clicking the appropriate radio box.
• And change the Position Drop Down box to position User8
• Click save at the top

Modifying the index.php file:

• FTP into your server
• Access the joomla_home/templates/wr_futilus_situs folder
• Download the file index.php (from the above folder) for editing
• Find the section called <!– START: SUCKERFISH –>
• Below : <div id="nav">
                          <?php mosShowListMenu($menu_name);    ?>
              </div>
  Insert:     <div style="padding-top: 5px;" align=right>
                          <?php mosLoadModules ( 'user8', -1 ); ?>
                </div>
• Save the file and upload it via FTP
• You are DONE!