Text on search page but not search results...

[jxm28788]

On my search page I want to say "Enter your search text here, or use the menu bar on the left".

Unfortunately, the search html is the same for the main search page and the search results page, so the text is also displayed there - and the search results page does not list the sections in the left menu bar (a known problem).

So how can I display this text on the search page but not the search results page? btw. the search page is the home page / catalog root so I can't tell it to use a different template - it uses ACT_PRIMARY.HTML - I could put the text in the primary template and then change every single other page in the entire catalog to a different copy of the primary template but that seems like a lot of hassle...

[wjcampbe]

I could put the text in the primary template and then change every single other page in the entire catalog to a different copy of the primary template but that seems like a lot of hassle...

It certainly would be when you can make a copy of the Act_Primary and only change the home page / catalog root to use that altered template.

[jxm28788]

how do I change only the root to use the different template? the only options are title and meta tags...?

(ps. in the 'content tree' view I'm talking about the page with the little bundle of cash icon (at least I think that's what it is) not the little house icon...)

[wjcampbe]

Design | Options Layout

If all the catalog pages are all set to 'use parent', you will probably have to set the top level sections to use the original Act_Primary.html template. Everything below should then inherit from THAT parent.

[jxm28788]

you will probably have to set the top level sections to use the original Act_Primary.html template

nope, all sections are set to 'use parent' - but it's not too much hassle just to change the top level ones...

BUT, when I changed the 'default overall layout' template it changed all the pages except the home page which stayed exactly the same! So what template is that using???

[pinbrook]

most likely candidates are act primary,act brochure primary and act checkout primary.

Otherwise its a case of trawling though to see what parents you have overridden

[jxm28788]

duh! It was 'front page layout' that needed to be changed, not 'default page layout'.

Now it works just as I want - thanks...