Move search-form to a block?

[mphed]

Would it be possible to move the Search-function (in the header in the originla Kosmos-theme) to a block which I could place wherever I like?

[dody]

No need to make it as a block. It's easier to put it in separate file. Let's call it search_box.html

      <form method="get" action="search.php">
        <&#37;if $category_path_search_opt%>
        <input type="hidden" name="cat" value="<%$cat%>" />
        <%/if%>
        <input type="text" name="keyword" size="20" value="<%$keyword%>" />
        <select name="opt">
          <option value="0">the entire directory</option>
          <%if $category_path_search_opt%>
          <option value="1">Only in <%$category_path_search_opt%></option>
          <%/if%>
          <%if $opt eq "2"%>
          <option value="2" selected="selected">on the web</option>
          <%else%>
          <option value="2">on the web</option>
          <%/if%>
        </select>
        <input type="submit" value="Search" />
      </form>

Then to load it in any template files, use the following command:

<%include file="search_box.html"%>

[pimpmaster]

It doesn´t work. I get the following error message:

Warning: Smarty error: unable to read resource: "search_box.html" in /customers/domain/domain/httpd.www/lib/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1088 

I have replaced my own domain in the code above with "domain". Otherwise I have done exactly as you wrote. I´m trying to include the file in the template index.html.

Do I have to make any changes to any Smarty-file?

[dody]

Have you created search_box.html? It must be placed in the active theme you have, by default in /themes/kosmos/search_box.html