How to customize search box and results - Sitefinity - Bugs & Issues

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Posted by Community Admin on 11-Apr-2011 00:00

Hi,

I am using sitefinity 4 for creating a site. I am using default search control but I can not find physically the files to change the control.

Please help.

Thanks,
sathya

Posted by Community Admin on 11-Apr-2011 00:00

Hi,

I didn't get any reply for this...can u pl have a look..??

Posted by Community Admin on 11-Apr-2011 00:00

Hello sathiyaseelan,

These templates are embedded resources, that's why you cannot find the physical files. If you want to customize them you have to map the templates by going to ~/Administration/Settings/Advanced >> Controls >> ViewMap and click on the Create New button. In the form that opens fill in the fields as follows (all without the quotes):

HostType: "Telerik.Sitefinity.Services.Search.Web.UI.Public.SearchBox"
LayoutTemplatePath: "relative path to your SearchBox.ascx"

Same goes for SearchResults.ascx, you just have to specify :

HostType: "Telerik.Sitefinity.Services.Search.Web.UI.Public.SearchResults"
LayoutTemplatePath: "relative path to your SearchResults.ascx"

Please find below the sample templates, which you can use:
SearchBox

<%@ Control Language="C#" %>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="sitefinity" Assembly="Telerik.Sitefinity" Namespace="Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI" %>

<fieldset id="main" class="sfsearchBox" runat="server">

<asp:TextBox ID="searchTextBox" runat="server" CssClass="sfsearchTxt" />

<asp:Button id="searchButton" runat="server" Text="<%$Resources:SearchResources, Search %>" OnClientClick="return false;" CssClass="sfsearchSubmit" />

</fieldset>

SearchResults

<%@ Control Language="C#" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="Telerik.Sitefinity" Namespace="Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI" TagPrefix="sitefinity" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="Telerik.Sitefinity" Namespace="Telerik.Sitefinity.Services.Search.Web.UI.Public" TagPrefix="sfSearch" %>

<sfSearch:SearchBox ID="topSearchBox" runat="server" />

<sitefinity:SitefinityLabel id="resultsStats" runat="server" WrapperTagName="p" CssClass="sfsearchResultStatistics" Text="<%$Resources:SearchResources, SearchResultsStatusMessage %>" />

<asp:Repeater ID="resultsList" runat="server">

<HeaderTemplate>

<dl class="sfsearchResultsWrp sfsearchReultTitleSnippetUrl">

</HeaderTemplate>

<ItemTemplate>

<dt class="sfsearchResultTitle"><a runat="server" href='<%# Eval("Link")%>'><%# Eval("Title") %></a></dt>

<dd class="sfsearchResultSnippet"><%# Eval("Summary")%></dd>

<dd class="sfsearchResultUrl"><a runat="server" href='<%# Eval("Link")%>'><%# Eval("Link")%></a></dd>

<dd class="sfsearchResultHighLighter"><%# Eval("HighLighterResult")%></dd>

</ItemTemplate>

<FooterTemplate>

</dl>

</FooterTemplate>

</asp:Repeater>

<sitefinity:Pager ID="pager" runat="server" />

<sfSearch:SearchBox ID="bottomSearchBox" runat="server" />

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Regards,
Boyan Barnev
the Telerik team

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