[shan]

to make a search menu to go with categories, help etc

create menu_search.tpl

{* $Id: menu_search.tpl,v 1.16 2003/02/25 08:58:45 olga Exp $ *}
{capture name=menu}
<TABLE align=center class=VertMenuItems border=0 cellPadding=5 cellSpacing=0 width="100%">
<form method="get" action="../customer/search.php" name=productsearchform>
    
                  <tr>        <td valign="middle"><input type="text" name="substring" size="19" value="{$smarty.get.substring|escape}"></td>
          </tr>
          <tr> 
           
            <td valign="middle" width=250><a href="javascript:document.productsearchform.submit()">
                {include file="buttons/search.tpl"}</a>
            </td>
            
          </tr>
          <tr> 
            
            <td>{$lng.lbl_advanced_search}</td>
     
          </tr></form>
</TABLE>
{/capture}
{ include file="menu.tpl" dingbats="dingbats_help.gif" menu_title=$lng.lbl_search
menu_content=$smarty.capture.menu }

then in home.tpl add

{ include file="menu_search.tpl" }

where you want the search box to appear