Hello! So by default, I know the header search bar searches the local wordpress. Now what if I want the header search bar to search a different website? For example, the website is http://a.com and there is a header search on it, but I want for when users type something into the search bar, it sends the request to http://b.com/searchstring?={whatever the user typed into the search bar} instead? Before the 9.7 update, I just used a child theme to replace the header: /parts/header/header-menu.php, but now with the new rules…apparently that doesn’t work anymore. I even tried making the changes in the Newspaper core files, but it wouldn’t take either. So I’m looking for a solution that wouldn’t break if there are Newspaper theme updates. Thanks!
Hi,
That would be the case, the child theme is quite limited after the recent update. Most theme files have been moved in the composer plugin as mentioned here
– https://tagdiv.com/updating-the-core-of-tagdiv-themes/
So now the file that you used to modify is in the composer – http://prntscr.com/nfpxm0 which could be modified but you will have to do it each time you update the theme and plugins.
Maybe consider using a search plugin which has this functionality, try free plugins. Here are some examples – https://colorlib.com/wp/search-plugins-for-wordpress/
– https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-WordPress-search-engine-plugin-that-allows-you-to-search-outside-of-your-website
Thanks
Sorry for the delay in reply! So I tried this…checked the source code and it’s showing my changes, but when I hit the search button or hit enter, it’s still searching WordPress. It’s very strange, it’s the same code i used before except I’m changing the core theme plugin files vs the child theme. I changed header-menu.php, header-menu-h1.php, header-menu-h2.php, and header-menu-2.php and nothing changes.
If it’s the same code and you modify the files same as before, it should work the same. Maybe double check the modifications, make sure they are made correctly. I haven’t tried this myself however.
But maybe it would also be better to consider using a plugin for this, this way you won’t have to make the same modifications to the files again and again, after each theme and theme plugins update.
