“How can I modify, or change the design of the search box ?”

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Short Answer:

There are some limited settings in SETTINGS > catalog Settings, under the "Search" section. If you know some webdesign, you can make your own search box using a form.  This is an advanced technique, or “hack,” and not a true, nor supported “feature” of the shopping cart.  We cannot offer support for this, but list this here as a contribution from our Members.

Detailed Explanation:

Make a form with the following variables:
submit button:  Cl
make a hidden variable:  Tp=2
search box text:   VL

For example, just copy and paste this code on your website where you want the search box to appear.  You will use this instead of our code snippet that we provide you.  You can customize this however you want, since it is standard HTML:

 

<form method="get" action="/catalog.html">
  <input name="Tp" value="6" type="hidden">
  <input name="VL" value="" type="text">&nbsp;<input name="sbT" value="Search" type="submit">
  </form>

Here is another example:

 

    <form method="get" action="/catalog.html">
      <input name="Tp" value="6" type="hidden" />
      <input class="searchtext" name="VL" value="Search Catalog" type="text" size="20" ONFOCUS="clearDefault(this)" ONFOCUS="clearDefault(this)" />
      <input class="gobtn" name="sbT" value="Go" type="submit" />
      </form>