How to add a search box in the menu bar
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 | 
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1. .Log in to your dashboard--> layout- -> Edit HTML
2. .Click on "Expand Widget Templates"
3. Click "Ctrl+F" and find the following cod:
4. After upper code insert:
5. Find: /* end Menu */. Directly above it, add the following and adjust it according to where you want your form or box located on the page. Note, that if there are text elements involved, you can add more code to this as well with instructions on the font, size, color, etc.
Change the red values with your own to align the search box.
6. Save the template .
2. .Click on "Expand Widget Templates"
3. Click "Ctrl+F" and find the following cod:
<b:section class='art-nav' id='navsection' maxwidgets='1' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='LinkList99' locked='true' title='Top Menu' type='LinkList'>
<b:includable id='main'>
4. After upper code insert:
<div class='art-Menu-Search'>
<form action='/search' id='searchthis' method='get' style='display:inline;'>
<input id='search-box' name='q' onblur='if (this.value == "") {this.value = "Cautare...";}' onfocus='if (this.value == "Cautare...") {this.value = "";}' size='20' style='background: #9bd2f8; border: 2px solid #9bd2f8' type='text' value='Cautare...'/>
<input id='search-btn' src='http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/3779/oldzoomoriginal.png' type='image' value=''/>
</form></div>
5. Find: /* end Menu */. Directly above it, add the following and adjust it according to where you want your form or box located on the page. Note, that if there are text elements involved, you can add more code to this as well with instructions on the font, size, color, etc.
div.art-Menu-Search
{
position:absolute;
z-index:0;
top: 1px;
left: 540px;
}
Change the red values with your own to align the search box.
6. Save the template .
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2 comments
Hello!!
I REALLY love the look of the seach box in the menu bar like you have it here on this site, but this tutorial isn't working for me to accomplish it. Since it was written two years ago that may be why since Artisteer has had lots of updates since then.
Anyways the first code provided to find in this tutorial is no where in my coding (I have widgets expanded) ): Is there a code you can tell me instead of this one that would work? Any feed back would be very much appreciated! (:
~Haley
@haley hagen If you are using the version 3.1 to create template the code will look like this:
<b:section class='art-bar nav' id='navsection' maxwidgets='1' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='LinkList99' locked='true' title='Top Menu' type='LinkList'>
<b:includable id='main'>
If you still can't find the code just search (CTRL +F) the words Top Menu and you will find it.
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