place a search form on a page

You can use a widget to show the search anywhere in your theme. Here’s how to do it:

1) Place this code in your functions.php file:

// adds a widget area
if (function_exists('register_sidebar')) {

	register_sidebar(array(
		'name' => 'Search Field',
		'id'   => 'search-field',
		'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
		'after_widget'  => '</div>'

	));

}

2) Next you’ll see the above widget appear in your widgets area in WP-Admin. Move the Geo Mashup search there.

3) Add the search to any theme page with this code:

<?php if (function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('search-field')) : ?><?php endif; ?>

Hope that helps!

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