How to create a search module in Joomla Print

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