Over at Beautiful Beta, I found a wonderfully simple search widget which operates in a similar way to the "Search this blog" feature found in the navbar. You can easily implement this widget into your blog by using the widget installer below:
Install Blog search widget
<p align="center"><form id="searchthis" action="/search" style="display:inline;" method="get">
<input id="search-box" name="q" size="25" type="text"/>
<input id="search-btn" value="Search" type="submit"/>
</form></p>
So, if you prefer something simpler than the Google blog search I wrote about before, this is surely the widget for you.
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My name is Amanda Fazani and I write Blogger Buster to help other Blogger users make the most of their Blogger blogs.
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This hack was previously written on Digital Technology (http://dt.yogtec.com). If you have copied the code from there please mention a backlink to the particular post from where you copied.
Hello Ankit,
I actually got the code from Beautiful Beta (as referenced in my post) who wrote about this last year, and states that he got the code from Phydeaux.
Your blog features some great tips and tricks, so if ever I reference your posts I will be sure to post a backlink and proper credit as with other posts I have written.
how can i make this work for a non-custom blogger hosted site
that is, how can i put this code on my indierockcafe.com website which does NOT use Blogpost or allow for Layout customization?
Thanks! Good site
Amanda,
How do you get your search results within your blog to only have the post titles appear like beautifulbeta?
Please Let me know, if you have any ideas. You can contact me at http://kontactr.com/user/bestwidgets
My site http://widgetsforfree.blogspot.com
Hello Jeeberman,
I remember coming across this hack a while back but can't remember how to implement it offhand.
When I find this again I will update with a link back to the resource for you.
Hope this will help!
Best wishes,
Amanda
Amanda,
thanks a lot for responding so soon.
Best luck on finding the resource.
thanks,
-John
Hey check out my site: http://widgetsforfree.blogspot.com
I got the hack to work!
Great!!!!! So happy to find the perfect search feature I could use. Thanks!!
I inserted the code and it only searched the "search" category on my blog.
Is there a way to right-align the search bar? I would like it flush with the right margin of my sidebar.
I took a guess that changing the part from "center" to "right" might do it, but no luck.