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VisualizeForums

2013-07-08, 11:24 PM
I'm trying to fix the search bar on the website and it working when you type something in the search bar but the search button is inactive. How do I link the search bar with the search button to make it where it know that what ever is entered inside that bar will search for that keywords.

Website: Vizzy.VisualizeEdits.com/
Preview of Issue: http://gyazo.com/58c2454799a4480ff1f4feef8f7fb0b6

Header:
<div id="container">
		<a name="top" id="top"></a>
		<div id="header">
                           <div id="top_navigation">
                                    <div id="panel">
				              {$welcomeblock}
			            </div>
                                        <div id="top_navigation_menu">
				        <ul>
					        <li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/search.php"><img src="{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/search.gif" alt="" title="" />{$lang->toplinks_search}</a></li>
					        <li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/memberlist.php"><img src="{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/memberlist.gif" alt="" title="" />{$lang->toplinks_memberlist}</a></li>
					        <li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/calendar.php"><img src="{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/calendar.gif" alt="" title="" />{$lang->toplinks_calendar}</a></li>
					        <li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/misc.php?action=help"><img src="{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/help.gif" alt="" title="" />{$lang->toplinks_help}</a></li>
				        </ul>
                                     </div>
                            </div>

                            <div id="search_box">
                                      <div id="search_bar">
                                               <tr>
                                                         <td valign="top"><input type="text" class="textbox" name="keywords" size="35" maxlength="250"></td>
                                               </tr>
                                      </div>
                                      <div id="search_button">
                                               <input value="Search Forum" name="submit-search" id="search_button" type="submit">
                                      </div>
                            </div>
                            
                            <div id="navigation">
                                         <ul>
					        <li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}" id="menu_item_index"><img src="{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/search.gif" valign="middle" height="15" width="15"/> Forum&nbsp;</a></li>
                                                <li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}" id="menu_item_index"><img src="{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/search.gif" valign="middle" height="15" width="15"/> Example 1&nbsp;</a></li>
					        <li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}" id="menu_item_index"><img src="{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/search.gif" valign="middle" height="15" width="15"/> Example 2&nbsp;</a></li>
					        <li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}" id="menu_item_index"><img src="{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/search.gif" valign="middle" height="15" width="15"/> Example 3&nbsp;</a></li>
					        <li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}" id="menu_item_index"><img src="{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/search.gif" valign="middle" height="15" width="15"/> Example 4&nbsp;</a></li>
					        <li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}" id="menu_item_index"><img src="{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/search.gif" valign="middle" height="15" width="15"/> Example 5&nbsp;</a></li>
				        </ul>
                            </div>
		</div>
			<hr class="hidden" />

		<hr class="hidden" />
		<br class="clear" />
		<div id="content">
			{$pm_notice}
			{$bannedwarning}
			{$bbclosedwarning}
			{$unreadreports}
			{$pending_joinrequests}
			<navigation>
			<br />

Global.css
body {
	background: #1a1a1a;
	color: #555;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	text-align: center; /* IE 5 fix */
	line-height: 1.4;
}

a:link {
	color: #026CB1;
	text-decoration: none;
}

a:visited {
	color: #026CB1;
	text-decoration: none;
}

a:hover, a:active {
	color: #000;
	text-decoration: underline;
}

#container {
	width: 85%;
	background: #efefef;
	color: #000000;
	margin: auto auto;
	padding-top: 10px;
	text-align: left; /* IE 5 fix */
        border-top-left-radius: 10px;
        border-top-right-radius: 10px;
        border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;
        border-bottom-right-radius: 4px;
        margin-top: 60px;
}

#content {
	/* FIX: Make internet explorer wrap correctly */
	width: auto !important;
        padding-left: 10px;
        padding-right: 10px;

}

.menu ul {
	color: #000000;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-align: right;
	padding: 4px;
}

.menu ul a:link {
	color: #000000;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.menu ul a:visited {
	color: #000000;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.menu ul a:hover, .menu ul a:active {
	color: #4874a3;
	text-decoration: none;
}

#panel {
	color: #ffffff;
	font-size: 12px;
	padding: 8px;
        margin-bottom: -50px;
}

#panel .remember_me input {
	vertical-align: middle;
	margin-top: -1px;
}

table {
	color: #000000;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
	font-size: 13px;
}

.tborder {
	background: #81A2C4;
	width: 100%;
	margin: auto auto;
	border: 1px solid #0F5C8E;
}

.thead {
	background: #026CB1 url(images/thead_bg.gif) top left repeat-x;
	color: #ffffff;
}

.thead a:link {
	color: #ffffff;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.thead a:visited {
	color: #ffffff;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.thead a:hover, .thead a:active {
	color: #ffffff;
	text-decoration: underline;
}

.tcat {
	background: #ADCBE7;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 12px;
}

.tcat a:link {
	color: #000000;
}

.tcat a:visited {
	color: #000000;
}

.tcat a:hover, .tcat a:active {
	color: #000000;
}

.trow1 {
	background: #f5f5f5;
}

.trow2 {
	background: #EFEFEF;
}

.trow_shaded {
	background: #ffdde0;
}

.trow_selected td {
	background: #FFFBD9;
}

.trow_sep {
	background: #e5e5e5;
	color: #000;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

.tfoot {
	background: #026CB1 url(images/thead_bg.gif) top left repeat-x;
	color: #ffffff;
}

.tfoot a:link {
	color: #ffffff;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.tfoot a:visited {
	color: #ffffff;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.tfoot a:hover, .tfoot a:active {
	color: #ffffff;
	text-decoration: underline;
}

.bottommenu {
	background: #efefef;
	color: #000000;
	border: 1px solid #4874a3;
	padding: 10px;
}

.navigation {
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 13px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

.navigation a:link {
	text-decoration: none;
}

.navigation a:visited {
	text-decoration: none;
}

.navigation a:hover, .navigation a:active {
	text-decoration: none;
}

.navigation .active {
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 13px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

.smalltext {
	font-size: 11px;
}

.largetext {
	font-size: 16px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

input.textbox {
	background: #00bff3;
        color: #000000;
        border: 1px solid #000;
        padding: 0px;
        width: 165px;
        height: 22px;
}

textarea {
	background: #ffffff;
	color: #000000;
	border: 1px solid #0f5c8e;
	padding: 2px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
	line-height: 1.4;
	font-size: 13px;
}

select {
	background: #ffffff;
	border: 1px solid #0f5c8e;
}

.editor {
	background: #f1f1f1;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
}

.editor_control_bar {
	background: #fff;
	border: 1px solid #0f5c8e;
}

.autocomplete {
	background: #fff;
	border: 1px solid #000;
	color: black;
}

.autocomplete_selected {
	background: #adcee7;
	color: #000;
}

.popup_menu {
	background: #ccc;
	border: 1px solid #000;
}

.popup_menu .popup_item {
	background: #fff;
	color: #000;
}

.popup_menu .popup_item:hover {
	background: #C7DBEE;
	color: #000;
}

.trow_reputation_positive {
	background: #ccffcc;
}

.trow_reputation_negative {
	background: #ffcccc;
}

.reputation_positive {
	color: green;
}

.reputation_neutral {
	color: #444;
}

.reputation_negative {
	color: red;
}

.invalid_field {
	border: 1px solid #f30;
	color: #f30;
}

.valid_field {
	border: 1px solid #0c0;
}

.validation_error {
	background: url(images/invalid.gif) no-repeat center left;
	color: #f30;
	margin: 5px 0;
	padding: 5px;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 11px;
	padding-left: 22px;
}

.validation_success {
	background: url(images/valid.gif) no-repeat center left;
	color: #00b200;
	margin: 5px 0;
	padding: 5px;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 11px;
	padding-left: 22px;
}

.validation_loading {
	background: url(images/spinner.gif) no-repeat center left;
	color: #555;
	margin: 5px 0;
	padding: 5px;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 11px;
	padding-left: 22px;
}

/* Additional CSS (Master) */
img {
	border: none;
}

.clear {
	clear: both;
}

.hidden {
	display: none;
	float: none;
	width: 1%;
}

.hiddenrow {
	display: none;
}

.selectall {
	background-color: #FFFBD9;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-align: center;
}

.float_left {
	float: left;
}

.float_right {
	float: right;
}

.menu ul {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0;
}

.menu li {
	display: inline;
	padding-left: 5px;
}

.menu img {
	padding-right: 5px;
	vertical-align: top;
}

#panel .links {
	margin: 0;
	float: right;
}

.expcolimage {
	float: right;
	width: auto;
	vertical-align: middle;
	margin-top: 3px;
}

img.attachment {
	border: 1px solid #E9E5D7;
	padding: 2px;
}

hr {
	background-color: #000000;
	color: #000000;
	height: 1px;
	border: 0px;
}

#copyright {
	font: 11px Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 10px 0 0 0;
}

#debug {
	float: right;
	text-align: right;
	margin-top: 0;
}

blockquote {
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	margin: 0;
	background: #fff;
	padding: 4px;
}

blockquote cite {
	font-weight: bold;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
	font-style: normal;
	display: block;
	margin: 4px 0;
}

blockquote cite span {
	float: right;
	font-weight: normal;
}

blockquote cite span.highlight {
	float: none;
	font-weight: bold;
	padding-bottom: 0;
}

.codeblock {
	background: #fff;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	padding: 4px;
}

.codeblock .title {
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin: 4px 0;
}

.codeblock code {
	overflow: auto;
	height: auto;
	max-height: 200px;
	display: block;
	font-family: Monaco, Consolas, Courier, monospace;
	font-size: 13px;
}

.subforumicon {
	border: 0;
	vertical-align: middle;
}

.separator {
	margin: 5px;
	padding: 0;
	height: 0px;
	font-size: 1px;
	list-style-type: none;
}

form {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

.popup_menu .popup_item_container {
	margin: 1px;
	text-align: left;
}

.popup_menu .popup_item {
	display: block;
	padding: 3px;
	text-decoration: none;
	white-space: nowrap;
}

.popup_menu a.popup_item:hover {
	text-decoration: none;
}

.autocomplete {
	text-align: left;
}

.subject_new {
	font-weight: bold;
}

.highlight {
	background: #FFFFCC;
	padding-top: 3px;
	padding-bottom: 3px;
}

.pm_alert {
	background: #FFF6BF;
	border: 1px solid #FFD324;
	text-align: center;
	padding: 5px 20px;
	margin-bottom: 15px;
	font-size: 11px;
}

.red_alert {
	background: #FBE3E4;
	border: 1px solid #A5161A;
	color: #A5161A;
	text-align: center;
	padding: 5px 20px;
	margin-bottom: 15px;
	font-size: 11px;
}

.high_warning {
	color: #CC0000;
}

.moderate_warning {
	color: #F3611B;
}

.low_warning {
	color: #AE5700;
}

div.error {
	padding: 5px 10px;
	border-top: 2px solid #FFD324;
	border-bottom: 2px solid #FFD324;
	background: #FFF6BF;
	font-size: 12px;
}

div.error p {
	margin: 0;
	color: #000;
	font-weight: normal;
}

div.error p em {
	font-style: normal;
	font-weight: bold;
	padding-left: 24px;
	display: block;
	color: #C00;
	background: url(images/error.gif) no-repeat 0;
}

div.error ul {
	margin-left: 24px;
}

.online {
	color: #15A018;
}

.offline {
	color: #C7C7C7;
}

.pagination {
	font-size: 11px;
	padding-top: 10px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}

.tfoot .pagination, .tcat .pagination {
	padding-top: 0;
}
.pagination .pages {
	font-weight: bold;
}

.pagination .pagination_current, .pagination a {
	padding: 2px 6px;
	margin-bottom: 3px;
}

.pagination a {
	border: 1px solid #81A2C4;
}

.pagination .pagination_current {
	background: #F5F5F5;
	border: 1px solid #81A2C4;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #000;
}

.pagination a:hover {
	background: #F5F5F5;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.thread_legend, .thread_legend dd {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

.thread_legend dd {
	padding-bottom: 4px;
	margin-right: 15px;
}

.thread_legend img {
	margin-right: 4px;
	vertical-align: bottom;
}

.forum_legend, .forum_legend dt, .forum_legend dd {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

.forum_legend dd {
	float: left;
	margin-right: 10px;
}

.forum_legend dt {
	margin-right: 10px;
	float: left;
}

.success_message {
	color: #00b200;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 10px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.error_message {
	color: #C00;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 10px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.post_body {
	padding: 5px;
}

.post_content {
	padding: 5px 10px;
}

.quick_jump {
	background: url(images/jump.gif) no-repeat 0;
	width: 13px;
	height: 13px;
	padding-left: 13px; /* amount of padding needed for image to fully show */
	vertical-align: middle;
	border: none;
}

.repbox {
	font-size:16px;
	font-weight: bold;
	padding:5px 7px 5px 7px;
}

._neutral {
	background-color:#FAFAFA;
	color: #999999;
	border:1px solid #CCCCCC;
}

._minus {
	background-color: #FDD2D1;
	color: #CB0200;
	border:1px solid #980201;
}

._plus {
	background-color:#E8FCDC;
	color: #008800;
	border:1px solid #008800;
}

.pagination_breadcrumb {
	background-color: #f5f5f5;
	border: 1px solid #fff;
	outline: 1px solid #ccc;
	padding: 5px;
	margin-top: 5px;
	font-weight: normal;
	white-space: nowrap;
}

.pagination_breadcrumb_link {
	vertical-align: middle;
	cursor: pointer;
}

#top_navigation_menu {
        background: #00bff3;
        height: 40px;
	color: #000;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-align: right;
	padding: 4px;
        list-style-type: none;
        border-top-left-radius: 10px;
        border-top-right-radius: 10px;
        border-bottom: 1px #000;
        padding-right: 22px;
        border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
}

li {
        display: inline;
}

#header {
        background: #efefef;
        border-top-left-radius: 10px;
        border-top-right-radius: 10px;
        margin-top: -10px;
}

#top_navigation {

}

#navigation {
        margin-left: -28px;
}

#search_box {
        background: #00bff3;
        width: 208px;
        height: 38px;
        float: right;
        margin-right: 20px;
        border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
        border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
        border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
        border-left: 1px solid #000;
        border-right: 1px solid #000;
        margin-top: -1px;
}

#search_bar {
       width: 168px;
       height: 25px;
       margin-top: 8px;
       margin-left: 6px;
}

#search_button {
        background: #1a1a1a;
        width: 28px;
        height: 24px;
        margin-top: -25px;
        margin-left: 173px;
}

Arbaz

2013-07-09, 10:00 PM
The search seems to be working perfectly for me. I searched some terms and I was able to get accurate results.

VisualizeForums

2013-07-09, 10:20 PM
(2013-07-09, 10:00 PM)Race Wrote: [ -> ]The search seems to be working perfectly for me. I searched some terms and I was able to get accurate results.

Yeah, I figured it out myself. It's looking good now. Smile

Arbaz

2013-07-10, 05:51 PM
That's great. Maybe you should share the solution just in-case someone else has the same issue, they could find the answer here.
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