I have been trying to get a search results page to show up. I have a search.php file, but when I run the search, it returns front-page.php
also, none of the get query is in the URL.
I can't find any codex documentation on the search.php file and what it needs to include. It looks like WP takes the get query and decides that it is a search, finds search.php like any other template file, and then spits out search results in a standard loop.
So... if this is all accurate, why might WP not get getting the query? Is there a "standard" search form markup that I can look at? The one I found had action="<?php home_url( '/' ); ?>"
I DO have a different home.php vs frontpage.php, my front page is static.