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Search Template
The basic template provided with Zoom isn't very exciting, it's incredibly simple to create your own template page fitting in with the whole design and theme of your website.
This is done by simply saving your standard webpage as search_template.html and then entering <!--ZOOMSEARCH--> in the area where you would like the search results to be displayed, as shown below I have inserted it within my mainContent div.
You do not have to use div's in order to create a template, the content can also be placed within a table cell if this is your preferred method of working.
Search Box
On some website the search facility is accessed by providing a text link that directs the user to the search_template.html file, but in most cases the search box is entered in to the main body of the website as seen on this page the search box has been entered in to the left column.
This is done by inserting the following code in to the area where you would like the search box to appear:
<form method="get" action="search.php">
<input type="text" name="zoom_query" size="20" />
<input type="submit" value="Search" />
</form>
When the user presses the submit button the query is passed to the search.php page and the results are then displayed in your search_template.html file.
CSS Styles can then be applied to the search box, to make it fit in with the theme of your website.