Search Form not working on Wordpress - wordpress

Question

I am having problems with the search form on wordpress. When i try and search any term at all it gives me the "Sorry, no posts match your query" response (I have "Search Everything" plugin installed too). I am using a child theme. so I tried to change the code in the child search.php (copied it to the child) and also created a searchform.php in the child. Here is the code from both of those that I am currently using:
SEARCH.PHP:
> <?php
/**
* Search Template
*
* The search template is used to display search results from the native WordPress search.
*
* If no search results are found, the user is assisted in refining their search query in
* an attempt to produce an appropriate search results set for the user's search query.
*
* #package WooFramework
* #subpackage Template
*/
get_header();
global $woo_options;
?>
<!-- #content Starts -->
<?php woo_content_before(); ?>
<div id="content" class="col-full">
<div id="main-sidebar-container">
<!-- #main Starts -->
<?php woo_main_before(); ?>
<section id="main" class="col-left">
<header class="page-header">
<h1 class="page-title"><?php printf( __( 'Search Results for: %s', '' ), get_search_query() ); ?></h1>
</header><!-- .page-header -->
<?php
$query = new WP_Query( array( 's' => get_query_var('s')) );
// The Loop
if ( $query->have_posts() ) {
echo '<ul>';
while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
$query->the_post();
echo '<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
}
?>
<?php var_dump($the_query) ?>
</section><!-- /#main -->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div><!-- /#main-sidebar-container -->
<?php get_sidebar( 'alt' ); ?>
</div><!-- /#content -->
<?php woo_content_after(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
SEARCHFORM.PHP (I got from the twenty twelve theme):
<form method="get" id="searchform" action="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>">
<label for="s" class="assistive-text"><?php _e( 'Search', 'twentyeleven' ); ?></label>
<input type="text" class="field" name="s" id="s" placeholder="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Search', 'twentyeleven' ); ?>" />
<input type="submit" class="submit" name="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Search', 'twentyeleven' ); ?>" />
</form>
I have tried different code for the searchform.php too such as:
<form method="get" id="searchform" action="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/">
<label class="hidden" for="s"><?php _e('Search:'); ?></label>
<input type="text" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" name="s" id="s" />
<input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="GO" />
</form>
and
<form role="search" method="get" id="searchform" class="searchform" action="<?php esc_url( home_url( '/' )); ?>">
<div>
<label class="screen-reader-text" for="s"><?php _x( 'Search for:', 'label' ); ?></label>
<input type="text" value="<?php get_search_query(); ?>" name="s" id="s" />
<input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="<?php esc_attr_x( 'Search', 'submit button' ); ?>" />
</div>
</form>
and
<form role="search" method="get" class="search-form" action="<?php echo home_url( '/' ); ?>">
<label>
<span class="screen-reader-text">Search for:</span>
<input type="search" class="search-field" placeholder="Search …" value="" name="s" title="Search for:" />
</label>
<input type="submit" class="search-submit" value="Search" />
</form>
But still nothing. When it searches, this is what i get in the url:
http://www.energyhealing.directory/?s=energy&submit=Search
and on the page for that URL it displays:
Search Results for: energy << the title for it
Listed in
Continue Reading << thats a link to nowhere, just comes back to the same page
If someone could just explain to me where I have gone wrong and why, that would be amazing?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give. I look forward to hearing back from you!
Aww ok I see how to post in the question now:
Here is the code from the search.php which just returns the blank page:
<?php
/**
* Search Template
*
* The search template is used to display search results from the native WordPress search.
*
* If no search results are found, the user is assisted in refining their search query in
* an attempt to produce an appropriate search results set for the user's search query.
*
* #package WooFramework
* #subpackage Template
*/
get_header();
global $woo_options;
?>
<!-- #content Starts -->
<?php woo_content_before(); ?>
<div id="content" class="col-full">
<div id="main-sidebar-container">
<!-- #main Starts -->
<?php woo_main_before(); ?>
<section id="main" class="col-left">
<header class="page-header">
<h1 class="page-title"><?php printf( __( 'Search Results for: %s', '' ), get_search_query() ); ?></h1>
</header><!-- .page-header -->
<?php
$query = new WP_Query( array( 's' => get_query_var('s')) );
// The Loop
if ( $query->have_posts() ) {
echo '<ul>';
while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
$query->the_post();
echo '<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
}
?>
</section><!-- /#main -->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div><!-- /#main-sidebar-container -->
<?php get_sidebar( 'alt' ); ?>
</div><!-- /#content -->
<?php woo_content_after(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Answer 1

EDITED (for search.php):
<?php if ( have_posts() ):?>
<ul>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();?>
<li><?php the_title();?></li>
<?php endwhile;?>
</ul>
<?php endif;?>
I think the searchform.php is ok, but I don't see a loop anywhere in your search.php
$query = new WP_Query( array( 's' => get_query_var('s')) );
// The Loop
if ( $query->have_posts() ) {
echo '<ul>';
while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
$query->the_post();
echo '<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
}
You need this query to create a loop based on the search.