Adding a Search Bar

If you remember, you enabled the search feature when you configured the Tiki features. The Site Identity feature makes it very easy to add a search bar to the top of the site.

Figure: The search box appears at the top of the page.

Starting in Release 2, the Site Search Bar is enabled, by default. You can change this setting by disabling the Site Search Bar option on the General Layout tab of the Administration: Look and Feel page.

Figure: Enabling the Site Search Bar option.

Note: You can also add a search box by using a module. Tiki includes several types search modules: search_box search_new Refer to Adding the Search Module for information on using on the search modules.

Tip: Remember, only groups with the correct permission can use (or even view) this search bar. If some users cannot see the search bar, you will need to add the tiki_p_search to their group.

Source: http://twbasics.keycontent.org/tiki-index.php?page=Adding%20a%20Search%20Bar&structure=TikiWiki%20for%20Smarties