Sharepoint Advanced Search question

[geoffsweb]

Is it possible to change the Advanced Search page to only search/display results from "This Site" instead of all the sites? Users in one site should not be seeing results from all the sites.

Thanks.

 

[vbkris]

Hey,

That is possible by controlling the site scopes available in Advanced Search.

To configure this go to the top level site.
Site Actions -> Site Settings -> Site Collection Administration -> Search Scopes

In this page you can control the scopes that have to come in the advanced search page.

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[geoffsweb]

Is there a way to get rid of the Advanced Search link that is beside the Search box on the top of the page? And can this be done just for a certain site, and not the whole Sharepoint site?

 

[vbkris]

yes.

open the results.aspx (assuming this is a search center site). Edit the page. Select the "Search Box" webpart in the top zone.
Edit the web part properties. Expand the Miscellaneous section. You must be able to find a checkbox called "Display Advacned Search Link". Uncheck it. This must work...

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[geoffsweb]

Thanks, that worked for the results page. But what about on the header of what I assume is the master page? I can't figure out how to edit that porion of the page. Whenever I edit a page, that top header is not part of the edit mode. And there's a Search box and "Advanced Search" link there too.

 

[vbkris]

hmmm,

for that you have to change the master page . no other option...

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