Creating search page

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  bbhammer1999 · Member · Jan 9, 2013 at 9:44 am

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  Hi

  I am trying to create a search page using the guide found here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Search_Page#Using_the_page.php

  The problem arises in the first step: creating a template page. My index.php file (which the guide tell me to use as a off set) doesn’t contain a loop section. Here is a copy past of what my index.php file contain:

  <?php
  /**
  * Front to the WordPress application. This file doesn’t do anything, but loads
  * wp-blog-header.php which does and tells WordPress to load the theme.
  *
  * @package WordPress
  */

  /**
  * Tells WordPress to load the WordPress theme and output it.
  *
  * @var bool
  */
  define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, true);

  /** Loads the WordPress Environment and Template */
  require(‘./wp-blog-header.php’);

  Therefor, I don’t know where to include

  <?php get_search_form(); ?>

  Can anyone help me on this one?

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 9, 2013 at 10:09 am

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  No, you are using WordPress.ORG code on a WordPress.COM blog. That will simply never work. We can’t edit our PHP.

  Just put the Search widget in your sidebar. It has that functionality built in.