i inserted a search field into wordpress and it wont show.

Question

i put this piece into the site

<?php get_search_form(); ?>

and the search field wont show :( what can i do or have to do? it just shows "search for"

never mind i figure it out, i had set in the css to hide it (a long time ago)

Answer 1

Have you got an searchform.php in your Theme folder with the Search form?

If yes, than open it, and look if there is a <input type="text" name="s"> or something like this, if not, than you must edit this file, with sth like this:

<form method="get" id="searchform" action="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/">
<div>
    <input type="text" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" name="s" id="s" />
    <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search" />
</div>
</form>

I hope this helps you...