Hello,
I want to add a search box where a user can find a product on my site.
Can someone tell me how I can add a search box for site content in my site?
Thanks

If you want, you can add a Google search box to your site.
http://www.google.com/sitesearch/
Or you can use one written in Javascript
http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/...e_search.shtml

You can try this.... http://www.google.com/cse/

try this..

<form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/search">
<input type="text" name="q" size="35"
maxlength="255" value=""/>
<input type="submit" value="Search"/>

Google itself actually has a nice page providing you HTML code you can just cut and paste onto your own Web pages to develop the search box you try, and some versions beside.

If you use adsense then google search would be best. Not only will it list results from your site it will list ads and other sites. Simple easy to use code they provide.

I don't think that's what hes after guys. There is a script called PHP Mini Search 1.0 which you can add items to the search just for your site. Google it!

Answer to the OP depends on how his site is implemented (and to an extent what search facilities he wants). If he's using a common shop package he may well have a search available. If not, he should consider how his items are databased and perhaps search according to that - ie let the db query do the work. Final option is to find some software that will index the site and provide a search based on that index. The only ones I've ever used are too complex for a beginner but there's plenty of free stuff out there - download and try if appropriate.

you can add easily google search or create it manually for your site search alone

r u talking about google search for your website or your website internal search?

You can also use a javascript search form, example:

<!-- Search -->
<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>
var NS4 = (document.layers);    
var IE4 = (document.all);
var win = window;    
var n   = 0;
function findInPage(str) {
  var txt, i, found;
  if (str == "")
    return false;
  if (NS4) {
    if (!win.find(str))
      while(win.find(str, false, true))
        n++;
    else
      n++;
    if (n == 0)
      alert("Not found.");
  }
  if (IE4) {
    txt = win.document.body.createTextRange();
    for (i = 0; i <= n && (found = txt.findText(str)) != false; i++) {
      txt.moveStart("character", 1);
      txt.moveEnd("textedit");
    }
    if (found) {
      txt.moveStart("character", -1);
      txt.findText(str);
      txt.select();
      txt.scrollIntoView();
      n++;
    }
    else {
      if (n > 0) {
        n = 0;
        findInPage(str);
      }
      else
        alert("Sorry, we couldn't find.Try again");
   }
  }
  return false;
}
</SCRIPT>

<FORM name=search onsubmit="return findInPage(this.string.value);">
<P align=center><FONT size=3>
<INPUT 
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #666666 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #666666 1px solid; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; BORDER-LEFT: #666666 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #666666 1px solid" 
onchange="n = 0;" size=16 name=string></FONT><BR><INPUT style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ffffff 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #ffffff 1px solid; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; BORDER-LEFT: #ffffff 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ffffff 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #aaaaaa" type=submit value=Search in page ><center><font size=2pt;><font family=Times New Roman;><b>

</P></FORM></DIV><BR><!-- /Search-->