Adding a Basic Search Box item

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Use the following steps to add a basic search box (and associated image) to a page. You can specify whether users of the search box can search all page groups or only the selected page group.

You must be logged on as a page owner or an authorized user with the appropriate page or item-level privileges to add items.

To add a Basic Search Box item to a page:

  1. Navigate to the page on which you want to add the item.

    Note: If you do not see the page that you want to work with, you may not have the appropriate page access privileges. See your page group administrator to gain access.

  2. Switch to Edit mode.

  3. Click in the region in which you want to add the item.

    Note: If (the add item icon) does not display next to the region, the region may be a portlet region (and may contain portlets). In this case, you cannot add items to this region.

  4. From the Built-In Navigation Item Types list, choose Basic Search Box.

    Note: If this item type does not appear in the list, contact your page group administrator. Your administrator selects which item types to display here.

  5. In the Search Box Width field, enter the width of the search box.

  6. In the Search in Page Group field, select a page group in which to search. Select All Page Groups to search in all page groups.

  7. In the Search Icon field, enter the location of the image. Use the first field to enter or browse for the image on your file system. Alternatively, use the second field to enter the URL of an image, or reuse an image that has already been uploaded to the portal by entering its internal name (not file name) without a path, for example 1645.GIF.

  8. In the Search Label field, enter a search label for the item, or select Use the Default Search Label.

    Note: This field is not translated. The exact text in this field is used for all languages.

  9. Select Use the Default Search Label to use the portal default search label. This option is translated into each installed language.

  10. In the Image Alignment field, select an image alignment, if you specified an image for the search box.

    Note: See Item image alignment for a description and example of the different image alignment options.

  11. Click Finish.

Related topics

What is an item?
What are item types?
Displaying an item property sheet
Adding an item
Editing an item

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