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1. christianharris
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi all,

   Does anyone know how to remove the text 'Search For' that's appearing above my search box please? Site can be viewed at http://itreviewed.net/

   Thanks very much!

   Chris,

2. LeviD
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Try looking in your searchform.php.

3. christianharris
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Weird, I can't find this file anywhere. Which directory should it be in please?

4. christianharris
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It seems my theme doesn't have a searchform.php.... I've searched the Web and it seems other themes are missing this form too

5. esmi
   Theme Diva & Mod
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Try:

   <form method="get" id="searchform" action="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>">
   <div>
   <label for="s">Keyword(s)</label> <input class="text" type="text" value="<?php if(trim(wp_specialchars($s,1))!='') echo trim(wp_specialchars($s,1));else echo ' ';?>" name="s" id="s" />
   <input type="submit" class="submit" name="Submit" value="Search!" />
   </div>
   </form>

   Save the above as searchform.php within your theme's folder.

   If you want to hide the input's label, add:

   #searchform label {
   	position:absolute;
   	top:-1500px;
   	left:-1500px;
   }

   to your theme's stylesheet.

6. christianharris
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thank you so much Esmi. That worked a treat!

7. anewsome
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You can remove the "Search for:" text by editing (WP version 2.8) wp-includes\general-template.php

   Line 125
   <div><label class="screen-reader-text" for="s">' . __('<!--Search for:-->') . '</label>

   I commented it out (as seen above) so it wouldn't show. Hope that helps.

8. applaudmedia
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Better to hide the text using CSS such as:

   label.screen-reader-text {
   display: none;
   }

   or like esmi's code. Otherwise you risk needing to edit the php file again whenever you update WP.

9. baskrud
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   What if I would like to edit the text instead of removing it?

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