Search Box Web Part
Shoppers use the Search Box Web Part to select categories for product searches, enter a free-form text phrase, and initiate the search by clicking the Go link.
Web Part
The following figure shows the Search Box Web Part.
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Adding the Web Part to a Page
To add the Search Box Web Part to a page, select it from the Web Part list.
You must also add a Search Results Web Part to the page to implement the Search Feature.
You can also put the Search Results Web Part on a different page but this requires that you set the SearchResultPageUrl parameter to point to the new page.
Search Box Web Part Properties
The Search Box Web Part property sheet lets site designers control some aspects of the Web Part's behavior and appearance.
To display the Web Part property sheet:
On the Web Part page, click Site Actions menu and then select Edit Page.
Click the Web Part drop-down menu and then select Edit Web Part. The Web Part property sheet is displayed.
To view properties, expand the relevant sections.
For a detailed list of this Web Part properties and information related to customizing this Web Part, see Working with the Search Box Web Part .