Customization for Designers

This tutorial explains how to customize the search results page in Finder.  To achieve this we use Joomla's layout override system.  You need to be able to create new files and edit them on your web hosting site using FTP or other tools that are available to you (contact your web host if you need more information). All file paths are relative to the directory in which Joomla is...

By default, the Finder search results open in the parent window.  You can change this by creating a layout override for this the search results page. The directory default_template refers to the template that is set as the default for your site.  Please replace this name with the actual name of the template directory. To create the layout override for the search results page, find...

If you are seeing the site name on your Finder results page, if probably means that you have not made any menu items associated with Finder.  We recommend you always have at least one menu for Finder. Create a new menu item for the Finder search layout. Click on the System Parameters slider. Change the Page Title to an appropriate value and then set Show the Page Title to No. Save...