This tutorial assumes you are already logged in to your Joomla admin panel
Adding a search module will allow users to search for content on your site
1) Click Extensions
2) Then Module Manager
Scroll right
3) Click New
4) Select Search
Scroll right
5) Click Next
6) Enter a Title
If Show Title is set to Yes, the module name will be displayed on the front-end
7) Choose the position where the module should be displayed on the page
Scroll down
Here, you can set the menu in which this module will display
Scroll up and right
8) Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this module
In this example, the CSS class name of this module would be .module-search
9) Choose whether a search button should be displayed
If Search Button is set to No, the search will start after the user presses the enter key
10) Choose whether the search button will be displayed as an image
Note that in order for the search button to show up, your image must be named searchButton.gif and be uploaded to images/M_images
11) Click Advanced Parameters
This is where you can set your caching options
12) Click Save
The search form will now show up on the front-end. Let's go to our site
The search module shows up here
That's it! You now know how to create a search module in Joomla
