Search Page – no header

[Dean]

Hi Tom,

I’ve copied search.php to my child theme to make some customisations.

I’ve followed your function on https://docs.generatepress.com/article/sidebar-layout/ to remove the sidebar, that’s all great.

I also want to remove the Header (as I do in the Disable Elements part of the page setup) — as I have a sliding carousel image in GP Hooks that replaces the usual header.

I’m not sure though how to do this — do I edit search.php (what do I edit? I haven’t changed anything in the file I copied to my child theme yet) … OR do I have that too as another function?

I’ve searched extensively through the docs and forum posts but can’t find anything relevant — hoping you can help me!

The page this is on is temporary (as about 90 pages are hidden behind a plain splash page as we are not quite ready for public viewing ) — but I can share any URL if needed.

Thanks and kind regards,

Dean

GeneratePress 1.3.46

GP Premium 1.2.96

[Jamal]

Hi Dean

I would leave the search.php alone in this situation and use this hook instead https://docs.generatepress.com/article/generate_header/

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[Tom]

Are you wanting to remove the header across the entire site, or just the search page?

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[Dean]

Thanks for both replies!

I really just want to do this for the search page.

Longer answer:

Having said that, I have also disabled the header on EVERY page I’ve created (about 100 content pages), using the Disable Elements check box. My header slider is in a GP Hook and my footer is in widgets.

But when we start to add Posts as blog content, I do want to keep the sidebar — so I’d prefer to have an option just for removing the header on the search page.

I could use Jamal’s solution I guess with some kind of check in a GP Hook, but think maybe like the Function to remove the search.php sidebar, I can do the same for the header (or edit the child version of search.php).

I can probably then later too work out how to insert other content into the search page, I haven’t played around with that kind of thing in WordPress for many years, but am happy to test it.

Thanks again,

Dean

[Tom]

You could try this function:

add_action( 'after_setup_theme','tu_remove_search_header' );
function tu_remove_search_header() {
    if ( is_search() ) {
        remove_action( 'generate_header','generate_construct_header' );
    }
}

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[Dean]

Thanks Tom, I added that to my Functions.php file but unfortunately it hasn’t changed the output — the header still appears on the search results page.

I have tried searches in a couple of different browsers, doesn’t seem to be a caching issue (I’m not yet running a cache plugin either, and my hosting isn’t cloud-based).

Happy to show you specific page links if that helps …

Kind regards,
Dean

[Tom]

What version of GP are you using?

Are you using a child theme? If so, any custom template files (like header.php)?

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[Dean]

Hi Tom,

Using GeneratePress 1.3.46 and GP Premium 1.2.96.

No custom template files in my child theme. I have copied across the search.php file from the main GP files, that’s all. And it hasn’t been edited.

I have a GP hook for my elementor image slider that I use instead of a header.

And on most pages I have the Header, Content Title disabled, and full content (no sidebars).

The only functions I have are for the sidebar removal (as mentioned in my original post) and now this function you’ve suggested above.

Otherwise nothing else I can think of.

Given I do have the Header removed everywhere — and I only want the *sidebars* for blog posts / posts (not pages) — maybe there is another way to disable the header from appearing globally? I would be happy just to have the Elementor template I am using in the After Header GP Hook.

EDIT: So in that case should I just use the process you have outlined at https://docs.generatepress.com/article/generate_header/ then as Jamal mentioned? Do I place this into a GP Hook? Or copy the header.php file to my Child theme and remove the action?

Thanks, Dean

[Tom]

Can you link me to a search results page/page using the header possibly?

The generate_header hook function would go in your functions.php file.

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[Dean]

Thanks Tom —

Search for example from: http://www.theterritorycollection.com.au/aa-home-draft/ (this is the draft home page; later will change URL of course)

Results showing at: http://www.theterritorycollection.com.au/?s=camping

I haven’t yet added that hook function into my functions.php file.

Kind regards, Dean

[Tom]

Ah, you’re not using GP for the header which is why the GP function isn’t working.

You could try this:

.search .elementor-379 {
    display: none;
}

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[Dean]

Thanks Tom — that’s not what I want to achieve.

Sorry, I might not have been clear enough.

I’m using the Elementor image slider as my header in a GP Hook.

I want to keep that there.

But on the search results page, you can see the GP regular header — the name of the site and also the tagline.

I don’t want these to appear.

On all the other pages, I have the “Header” (and Content title) disabled in the options available in the page settings that come with GP Premium.

That’s the only header I want to remove — the standard GP one. I only want to keep the Elementor slider as the header that I serve from the GP “after header” hook, not the Header that sits between the top menu and this slider.

Hopefully that is clearer.

Kind regards, Dean

[Tom]

Ah I see – sorry about that.

The code I provided above should work – not sure why it’s not.

Alternatively, you could do this:

.search .site-header {
    display: none;
}

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