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Hi I have been referred to this forum by the support team for the template I am using as it is linked to the core mod_search

Here's my dev URL: http://79.170.44.101/yellowcherrydigital.co.uk/

The problem is that regardless of what page you when you use the search on it re-loads elements of the front page with the results

I'd really appreciate any ideas on how to fix this

Thanks!

the search results will be reloaded in the component area of the template other modules in the front page will be displayed as parent items ..

thanks but I don't understand how I can stop the front page modules from appearing as well as the search results?

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in administration you find extensions in the top menu inside it module management then find the search module and edit its parameters

I don't understand,
the Search Module is responsible for displaying the search form box. The menu assignment parameters inside, are about where to desplay the search box not the search results.

Are you positive those modules are not set to all?

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I found a solution to this. I post this solution here in case somebody else needs it.

1. Go to Menu Manager and create a new Menu.
2. Create a new Menu Module and assign it to the Menu you have created. (Module Parameters>Menu Name). Keep this module NOT enabled.
3. Add a new menu item to your menu. Choose the Search menu Type for it. Save it.
4. After you have created the search menu type item, go to Menu Item's edit page and copy the Link.
5. Paste this Link into the file /httpdocs/modules/mod_search/tmpl/default.php

line 3, replace:
<form action="index.php" method="post">

with this

<form action="menu_item_copied_link" method="post">


It's working ok for me.

It is set to All in my website, because I want the search box to be visible in all pages, including frontpage. But I want the search results to be shown in a different page, not frontpage.

IF the modules on frontpage are set to all, then they are goingto show on all pages.

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I think that we are talking about different things. Maybe my english are too bad and you have not correctly understood what is my problem. Anyway thanks for your replies

I believe Yellow Cherry experienced the same problem as me. I have an an extra module on the front page, and when search results are displayed (no matter from which page the search was initiated), the contents of this module are displayed below them.

Is there a way to prevent this?

I tried something along the lines of what ktsixit suggested.
In the templaate override (I am using a template built on top of Beez) I changed the file ../mod_search/default.php as follows:

Line 6 before: <form action="index.php" method="post" [...]

Line 6 now: <form action="index.php?option=com_search&amp;view=search&amp;Itemid=53" method="post" [...]

This did the trick, now the search results are displayed on a separate page, i.e. the front page modules are not displayed any more.

I suspect the problem brought up here in relation to mod_search output has to do with the limited direction the module's form gives for output (action="index.php"), and perhaps in combination with some alternative third party menu modules or complex, multi-menu sites this will cause search results to be displayed on the home page, not the search page/a page created by making a menu item/component link to com_search.

if you have this problem, do NOT copy dkaraman's modification since it is overly specific and refers page output to a menu item with ItemID 53.

All you need is to make the form action point to index.php?option=com_search&amp;view=search

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I am having this issue as well. I tried the ktsixit trick but so far it did not work for me (am I missing out something?).
I don't know what dkaraman is talking about when he writes "In the template override". What/where is it? I'd like to try his trick but I don't know what he is refering to.

Pretty annoying issue.

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ktsixit's answer doesn't apply for the search module results output. Look up "Joomla template overrides" online and do some reading. If you still can't make sense of it, post again here. The basic concept is that Joomla 1.5 extensions separate their layout in a file/folder structure like this:
/modules/mod_search/tmpl/default.php

This is the file that controls search module html output

If, under your active template folder, you create a file/folder structure like /templates/TEMPLATENAMEl/html/mod_search/default.php then this second default.php will be used to override the one in /modules/mod_search/tmpl/default.php. You can copy the core module's output/template file and modify it this way. One benefit of this is that when you upgrade Joomla, your overrides still work--as opposed to changing the core files themelves which will be overwritten in a standard upgrade.

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Thank you dpk. I just read an article about "How to override the output from the Joomla! core". Interesting. Now I understand the solution proposed by dkaraman. Unfortunately it dosen't work for me either.
My problem is the following:

If I run a search, the search results will load WITH two unwanted modules: a frontpage slideshow and a frontpage 'latest news' module.
I would just like the search results to load in a page WITHOUT these two modules. Both modules are only asigned to the homepage menu.

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OK. It worked. Case closed. Thanks for the help!

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I have read DPK's wiki article but I'm still lost. I am having the same problem with search results appearing with front page modules. I only want search results and criteria to appear not the front page mods. I need to know clearly step by step what code the code is, what code must be changed, which file this code can be found, and what directory this file is located so that I can resolve this on my own. I'm very sure others are having similar problems with this search mod.
Thanks

See http://www.johncrumpton.com/joomla-sear ... -template/

Thank you....

Hey ktsixit,

That totally worked for me! Thanks!

it can also result from a conflict with SEF extensions like sh404SEF. In my case some of the above solutions didn't work, though coincidentally did on other sites I manage. To solve this issue I set the sh404SEF configuration to skip the search component, you may also need to go to global configurations and click save once for the changes to take place - good luck!

Hi,

I have a similar problem (not quite sure is it exactly the same, and therefore decided to post it here rather than staring a new thread...)

Set-up:
- 2 different templates: one is assigned to frontpage only and the other one is a default.
- search module is published on all pages.

Problem:
Search results are always displayed in a “weird pattern”

1. Regardless of where I start the search (either on frontpage or any other see: img_022.jpg) the results are first displayed, what appears to me, as if they are displayed using a template for Frontpage (see attached screenshots img_020.jpg).

2. Now - when I perform a new search on the result page for example just by hitting “Search” button (with the same keyword see: img_020.jpg)

3. This time however the results are displayed, what appears to me, as if they are displayed using a template for Default template (see screenshot: img_021.jpg)...

Additional comment: I also tried solution suggested by "dpk" by replacing “index.php” with "index.php?option=com_search&amp;view=search" in copied file structure under the Default template. Unfortunately it did not work out for me – the results are behaving exactly as described above...

Any suggestions? Thank you in advance and with all the best wishes...

Make a hidden menu link to search and assign the template and modules that you want to it. You don't need to do any of the other pasting etc.

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Hi,

thanks for the prompt response...

I spent some time trying to figure out how it may work. I tried every possible combination that I could imagine and did not get it work. So next I read plenty of different posts on "hidden menu" links and tricks and still do not get it....

So here is what I did:

1. Created new menu "Hidden" in Menu Manager, Now I had 2 menues: Main and Hidden
2. Created new menu item "Test" and set the type of the menu item to "search"
3. In order to assign anything to it I had to publish it. So I did
4. Next assigned existing "Search" module to Hidden Menu -> Test
5. Tested search - and nothing had changed, it behaved like before.

Next I unpublished Hidden menu and lost search module at front end...

I must be completely lost and on wrong tracks ?!!!!

Could you please help me out here?

Thank you for your patience and help...

Hi,

Meanwhile I got it fixed. At least it behaves consistently.

Solution was simple (the one that has been suggested above):
- edited file: "../modules/mod_search/tmpl/default.php"
- line 3: "index.php"
- replaced by: "index.php?option=com_search&view=search"

I tested it out and can say that "override" did not work for reasons unknown to me.

1. Kept the original "default.php" "../modules/mod_search/tmpl/default.php"

2. Replicated the file structure from "../modules/mod_search/tmpl/"
at path: "/../templates/mytemplate/html/mod_search/tmpl/"

3. Edited "default.php"
- line 3: "index.php"
- replaced by: "index.php?option=com_search&view=search"

4. Repeated it for the other template

5. Search behaved still as I mentioned above.

So it looks to me as if the "override" just didn't work.

Any comments?

with all the best wishes...

This worked for me thank you.

mcsmom's post seems to be the most logical. Looking forward to trying it.

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I just updated my joomla version and I lost the patch, but then I tried just to add a menu item that links to the search page "index.php?option=com_search&view=search" (Search>Search>Search) and somehow the Search Module is linking itself to this menu item. Now the results are shown on the same page that the menu item is using, they are no longer shown mixed with the Front Page, I can also control which other modules will be shown there.

Seem that the problem is solved, at least for me

Thanks alot man ! Saved me hours of work and google searchs . I own you that !

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