Old bar:

New bar:

<!--?php   	$sq = get_search_query();  	$default_search = "E.G.: Sponsorship...";  	if($sq != ""){  		$sv = $sq;  		$sc = 'onfocus="if(this.value==\''.$default_search.'\')this.value=\'\'" onblur="if(this.value==\'\')this.value=\''.$default_search.'\'"';  	}else{  		$sv = $default_search;  		$sc = 'onfocus="if(this.value==this.defaultValue)this.value=\'\'" onblur="if(this.value==\'\')this.value=this.defaultValue"';  	}  ?-->
<form id="searchform2" action="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?><br />/" method="get">
<div id="wh_search2">
		<input id="s2" name="s" type="text" value="<?php echo $sv; ?>" /> />
		<a id="wh_search_btn2" onclick="document.searchform2.submit(); return false" name="submit" href="#"></a></div>
</form>

The purpose of the original site design was to relate to the old site, but not mimic it. I took out the grey background, the bulky image, and the heavy textfield and left only the textbox and a button. I also added a bit of javascript so it would look friendly as well.

The biggest advantage of using the above code is that it is not heaver, meaning it does not require changing the head, footer, or many other places of the website. It only changes this file (also some css for personal styling).

You tell me what you think. Leave a comment below if you have any questions or additions.

Currently, as I write this post, I am a Web Developer for an organization called World Help. I am in charge of creating the background software, to ensure the front end will be user-appropriate and appealing. We work with the WordPress engine (as does this site). This is an extremely customizable, and powerful system, however it does require a lot of effort to make the system work effectively.

So I needed a place to post the background to these websites, or anything for that matter. I was joking with my supervisor how we should have a section of the blog dedicated to “technical” subjects about World Help, but of course that wouldn’t fly. So here I will vent, and not just vent, but share code I use.

Current World Help Websites:

• Worldhelp.net
  • Blog.Worldhelp.net
• Causelife.org
• theTourOfHope.net

As a side note, what is Streetproject Productions anyways?

The company I started, known as Streetproject Productions, began as a flash game company. I made one game that wasn’t too bad, and from there I made a fifth of a few games, so you can see how we skyrocketed into fame and fortune. Because of how complicated programming got, it was really discouraging. Luckily web developing seemed to make more sense to me. I was able to catch on and learn new things a lot more quickly than other concepts.

A Screenshot of my first game: FLASH Solitaire

So here I blog…