Theming the default search results page in Drupal - drupal

I'm trying to customise the mark-up of the default search results page in Drupal 6. Specifically I'd like to remove the search box and the title from the page - I know I can hide it with CSS, but I'd rather it wasn't rendered in the first place.
Ideally, in the same why that you theme a particular content type node by copying the node.tpl.php and renaming it to something like node-blog.tpl.php and then amending the mark-up accordingly - is there an equivalent way to do this for the search results page?

How you get the search box determines how you can hide it. Generally search boxes come from two places.
A block, created by views or some search module.
Defined / created in the theme itself.
How do you remove those?
A block is easy to remove, as you can in it's settings select which pages to display it on.
If the search box is created in the theme, it's a bit more tricky to remove. You have to find out what it is called, when it is defined which should happen in the template.php. Then you need to make a preprocess_function in your theme, where you with some logic, can remove the variable or set it to an empty string.
Alternatively, you could create a custom page.tpl.php for your search result page, where you exclude the search box, when it is printed in the page template.
So while it can be done, it requires some work in the second case if you want to purify your markup.

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Drupal page content

I'm new to drupal and reading through docs, but hoping to get an explanation for something.
I have a page called page--type-home-page.tpl.php.
Part of this page prints render($page['content'])). I want to remove something that is rendered as part of the page content from the page, but don't understand where this comes from and where/how to look.
Thanks!
Assuming you're talking about Drupal-7
Well the $page['content'] contains a string, which is a rendered version of what's injected into the content region of your theme.
By default, the only block in this region is the "Main page content" block that is generated by the Drupal core. Many things can generate this content but it always pass through the menu API. For instance, if you're viewing a node, the URL used is: node/12. The node module declares a menu entry for node/%node, this menu entry contains a callback function that will render whatever the module wants to render. The module, then, may use different strategy to render it's content from a simple function to a complex imbrication of templates.
The key to alter what's in the box, sorry, what's in the $page['content'], is to know what is rendered and to understand how it's rendered.
If it's a node, first you want to look if you can achieve your goal through the display settings of the content type. admin/structure/types/manage/page/display: And this is true for all entities (users, comments, taxonomy term etc.) Because this is the first thing the module of these entities will put together when they'll try to render your content.
If this is not enough to achieve your goal, you can look into the module that renders the path to see if it hasn't a .tpl.php. You'll be able to re-use it in your theme. You'll want to copy/paste the file in your theme and edit it.
If the module do not have a tpl file to override, try a template suggestion: here's a list from Drupal.org
Ex: node--type.tpl.php
If all this doesn't satisfy your need, you'll have to dig into preprocess functions; Those functions allow you to modify what's in the variables passed to .tpl.php files. That's a little more advanced and I recommend you to read this previous stackoverflow question/answer
Simply, don't use that $page['content'] which prints all content, but place your custom template code instead and print separate field values where you need them like:
<?php print render($content['your_field_name']); ?>
https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/30063/how-to-print-fields-in-node-tpl-php
If you want to do just simple styling, like excluding some field you can use content type display options like mgadrat explained, but if you want to use some complex styling, with totally custom html this solution is easier.

Custom spaces editable from back office in Drupal

I've got a website in Drupal where in some parts of the site I need some editable spaces to put some banners and edit them from backoffice, (something similar to placeholders in Django).
Is there any module or a way to do this?
Thank you!
There is the block module, which is part of core. Are you using Drupal 6/7/8?
Anyway go into your admin section and look under structure, for blocks.
You can create custom blocks and place them in a region. If you want different regions then you can define these in your themes .info file.
Inside the blocks you can put whatever content you like.
Than you for your help , this did the job:
< ? php
 $block = module_invoke('block', 'block', 'view', "23(block number)"); 
 print $block['content']; 
? >
So, to create a custom (static) block you should go to "Blocks" admin page (Structure -> Blocks) and click "add block page" link. When creating the block pay attention on input format field (bellow "block body" field). If you use some format with filters drupal can (partially) destroy your block code - filter out some content. So, if you are sure that code you are using is safe and don't want it to be changed by drupal select "raw" format.
Every theme has defined regions that it supports. They are defined in:
/sites/all/themes/theme-name/theme-name.info file
So, if you want to change page template and print blocks on your own you must use some existing regions, defined there (it's needed to clear the cache after changing this file).
Region names can also be seen in Blocks admin page mentioned above. On that page you'll see the list of all available blocks and next to block name you'll see drop-down for placing block into some region.
Also, if you edit some block (click "configure" link next to that drop-down) you'll have some extra options to set block visibility (per user, per user role, per page..).
For more advanced block placement use "Context" module which have more powerful features for placing blocks and more:
https://www.drupal.org/project/context

(drupal) ckeditor breaks my blockcode tags

I'm using blockcode and geshi module on my blog to highlight syntax in my posts. but everytime i edit a post with blockcode tags i have to disable ckeditor, because otherwise it will break my code, it inserts nbsp and br tags, which are visible in the post, or totally drop newlines. this is really annoying.
does someone know a way how to fix this!?
thanks a lot!
I'm not sure which module you are using to provide the ckeditor (ckeditor or wysiwyg module?), but the only thing I can think of would be to flat out prevent the editor from appearing for the specific field. I wish there was a way to run a snippet and check for a substring, and then display the editor based on that... but that would be fairly complicated to do.
The joy that is Drupal (notice the sarcasm) has a cleverer way to deal with this. I am using the CKEditor module.
Beneath every CKeditor WYSIWYG form field, you see the text:
CKEditor: the ID for excluding or including this element is {theme-name}:{path to field-name}
For one of my particular fields, specifically one that allows me to change the contents of a particular block, this becomes:
CKEditor: the ID for excluding or including this element is garland:admin/build/block/configure/block/10.edit-body
To not have CKEditor show up for this particular field, do this:
Go to your blocks administration page.
Find CKEditor.
Click on 'CKEditor' listed under the CKEditor block heading.
Figure out which is the relevant profile for you as an admin (probably by default this would be 'authenticated user').
Edit the relevant profile.
Click 'Visibility settings'.
"Use inclusion or exclusion mode:" is most probably set to "Exclusion". In the box labelled "Fields to exclude/include:" enter the line below the CKEditor box you want to get rid of. In my case "CKEditor: the ID for excluding or including this element is garland:admin/build/block/configure/block/10.edit-body"
Save
As the French say, "c'est tout".

Is it possible to add buttons (link) to a view in Drupal?

I am looking to add separate buttons that will be displayed at the top of the view that I am creating in Drupal.
So far all the fields that I have added appear inside of the table as they should. The only thing that shows outside of the table is the search filter above (as it should).
I would like to add 3 buttons(links) in a row that are positioned above the table and below the search area.
Is there any way to do this in Views? If so could someone describe the process? Thanks!
The most straightforward way to do this is through the theme layer. Edit the view, and go into the Header option under Basic settings. There, you can put in your custom HTML for the buttons.
However, as you might've noticed, this places the header above the exposed filters, whereas you want the header below them. To do this, go into the Theme information option under Basic settings, and find the Display output section.
There, you'll see a list of file name hints. Create a file within your theme using one of those filename hints. Then, click on Display output: you'll receive the default code you'll need to put within your newly created template file.
You'll notice in this new template of yours that the $header code block is before the $exposed code block. Just switch the positions and save your template. Back on the view configuration page, click on Rescan template files, save your view, and the header you've added will now be below the exposed filters.

Drupal theming a row in a view's display

I'm trying to theme a single "display" in a view. What I'm trying to achieve is to have some control over how the row is rendered (eg. print the fields in the row, and maybe add some text in between. along with some divs for styling purpose). I've looked for days for the template to edit. I've used even the Theme Developer and the View's Theme Information, but no luck. All
My view's name is Calendar, and there are a bunch of displays. Could anyone tell me what I should do in order to customize the rows in this particular display? Does drupal even provide this flexibility?
The Name and Title of my display in the Calendar view is:
Name: List view
Title: List
Here's the theme information for row style:
Row style output: views-view-fields.tpl.php, views-view-fields--calendar.tpl.php, views-view-fields--page.tpl.php, views-view-fields--calendar--page.tpl.php, views-view-fields--calendar.tpl.php, views-view-fields--page-1.tpl.php, views-view-fields--calendar--page-1.tpl.php
Could someone tell me how to
Edit:
(Some additional information the OP posted in an answer)
I'm using Drupal 6. I'm not sure what page-1 indicates here The following is the list of display I have in this view:
Defaults
Calendar page
Calendar block
Month view
Week view
Block view
Upcoming
List view
Ongoing Block Feed
As you see, none of which has the string "page-1". I edited views-view-list.tpl.php, one of the file listed for "style output". The only variable I have access to is rows, which is an array containing all individual rendered "row". Like I mentioned before, the rows are generated somewhere else, and already contain the rendered fields. How can I customize these rows?
You shouldn't have to add anything to template.php if you are using Drupal 6.
The list of possible theme files that you have there goes in order from least to most specific. For instance, the first one, views-view-fields.tpl.php, will apply to all fields of all views on your site. The last one, views-view-fields--calendar--page-1.tpl.php, will only apply to the "page 1" display of the "calendar" view, so I'm guessing that's the one you want to overwrite.
When you click on Theme Information in the view, the display provided ("page 1" or whatever) applies to the display you are currently on. So if you want to theme fields in a certain display (the "blocky block" display of the "calendar" view, for instance), then you would click the "blocky block" display in the vertical menu on the left, then click Theme Information for that display.
So once you figure out which one you want to use, make a new file in your theme directory with that name, then copy of the contents of the current theme file (click the name of the theme files section on the Theme Information page) into your new theme file, then edit away. Remember, if you overwrite a theme file, you have to click "Rescan template files" in the Theme Information page for the new file to take effect.
Hope that helps!
The displays have custom names on the surface only, but internally they are referenced by id. 'page_1' will be your first display of type 'page' (blocks will become 'block_[id]', feeds will become 'feed_[id]' and so on).
So if you posted your displays in order, 'page_1' would be the 'Calendar' display. You can check this by looking at the links under the display entries in the display listing on the right of the views config page. They will have anchors named '#views-tab-page_1', '#views-tab-block_1' and so on.
As for overriding the templates, be aware that if you add a new *.tpl.php file, you need to reset the theme registry for it to be 'picked up' by Drupal.
Have you added the custom code needed in the template.php file? I know in drupal 5 you need to put code in 3 files:
template.php
views-views-fields--[name].tpl.php
views-views-fields--[name].css
Also you might try:
http://drupal.org/node/128741
answering the second question: the style output is not the template you're looking for. row style is the template that edits how fields are arranged within the row. if you want to edit how a particular field outputs its content, then the specific field template should be edited.

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