how can I add a search bar to my header/main navigation?

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  livelaughyum · Member · Jan 25, 2017 at 4:19 pm

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  I really want to add a search bar on my homepage. How can I do that?

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  thamarakandabada · Member · Jan 25, 2017 at 4:36 pm

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  Hi,

  The theme you’re using, Gema, does not seem to have a search bar. You can try to add this using a widget: https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/search-widget/

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  livelaughyum · Member · Jan 25, 2017 at 9:09 pm

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  I have added this widget, which works when it’s on a “post” page.. but I really want a search bar on the front page. Anything I can do with css?

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  thamarakandabada · Member · Jan 26, 2017 at 12:13 am

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  Hi, I see the search widget just below your picture on your home page. You seem to have changed the theme to Maxwell.

  Do you still need help?

  If you can add a search box into a widget area, then you can move it using absolute positioning.

  Here is an article about how it works:
  http://css-tricks.com/absolute-positioning-inside-relative-positioning/

  Try out what you find in the article. If you’re note sure how to find CSS selectors, check out this help page:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/how-to-find-your-themes-css/

  If you still need help after that, post back here.

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jan 31, 2017 at 3:45 pm

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  Gabrielle – do you still need any help with this or have you settled on Maxwell?

  Gema doesn’t support any widgets on the front page so it’s not possible to add a search widget there.