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How can I show “Your search for [[insert search term here]] found no matches” on my no_results_page?

Hi,

You can use:

{exp:search:keywords}

On your no_results template. =)

Hi - not sure if this is a silly question.

I’m working on the search part of my site with a recent install of Expression Engine. I’ve been able to edit the search results page for when there are results, but I can’t seem to find the template for when there are no results or nothing is entered in the search box (simple search).

The only templates in the search area I have are the 3 default ones (index, search_results and search_css).

How do I get to the code that pushes out the search results page for when there are no results? (Its the simple page with the message in a grey box)

Many thanks for any help!

Mark

Your search tag needs to use a no_result_page= parameter to provide it with a template to you for no results.  The default without this parameter is what you are seeing now: a basic dynamically generated user message page (which you can customize the design of in your Specialty Templates section of the Admin area).

Thanks for that Derek - I missed that page! I’ve managed to include that parameter and now successfully displayed my template when there are no results!

I’ve also successfully amended the Speciality Template although I noticed that embed tags and the usual “exp” tags don’t render. Is there a way to get them to?

Many thanks for your help!

Mark

No, sorry, the user message template can only contain HTML and the five required variables: {title} {meta_refresh} {heading} {content} {link}.  Due to the way this special dynamic template is rendered, ExpressionEngine tags and PHP are unavailable.

Ok, no worries - thanks!