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Find Pages and Posts Instantly with the Header Live Search Feature

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Live Search on your website is an underappreciated usability function. It helps your visitors quickly access the desired content by giving results based on the input keyword and each letter typed into the form. With Newspaper Theme 9.5, you get access to a brand new shortcode: the Header Live Search. Add it straight into your header and give the audience a way to access different pages of your site.

Header Live Search

What do you do with the Header Live Search feature?

The Website Manager is one of the core features of the 9.5 update of Newspaper Theme. With it, you can build and customize a website’s header from the ground up. Our team has created a series of shortcodes to accompany it. They give you the elements necessary for a fantastic layout.

Once you add the Header Live Search into the header, you give the audience the content they are searching for instantly. It pulls up articles, posts, pages relevant to the keyword helping them access it faster than ever before.

There’s a lot more to do with the Live Search:

  • Each result displayed to your readers can be customized from adding padding to the meta info to resizing the featured image for the page.
  • Create a search form that fits in with your site’s appearance (give it a background color, add a placeholder text, and many more.)
  • Add a hover animation over the results such as a shadow display or even a movement one.

Let’s dive right in and explore each possibility in detail!

Create the Header Live Search

Import a Header Template straight from the tagDiv Cloud Library. Now, whether you’ve chosen to import a Template or create one from the ground up, don’t forget to customize them to fit in with the rest of your website. Keep the look uniform throughout the design process.

To start customizing the Header Live Search shortcode, find it in the tagDiv Composer and drag it into your Header if you haven’t done so already. Now click on it to open the settings tab. In the General Settings section, you can choose the icon that appears for the button. We advise using a magnifying glass as it is easily identifiable by the audience.

Click on the Show Search Form option to see how your Search Form looks. Adjust the Search Form width, the padding, border and its alignment for starters. You can also choose a text placeholder which appears in the form and then disappear as the user starts typing. Add margins, padding and type the text that appears on the button.

Customize the Header Live Search

In the Results Module settings, you can find options for how the results are displayed within the search form Box. The Modules per row lets you show multiple posts on a single row. This works well in case you want the Posts Limit to be a higher number. Add a hover animation for your modules in the Hover Effect drop-down menu.

The Meta info has many customization options: choose the padding, margins, hide or show different parts of it such as the Category, Author, Button, Date, Comment, and many more. Mix and match to see which works best for the vision you have in mind.

The Style settings are divided into different zones:

  • The first section is the Search Icon. Choose the color of the icon, and if there’s text that accompanies it, you can choose the font and color of it, too.
  • Search Form is next, pick the background color, the arrow color, the border’s color if you have a border. There are also input and button options.
  • ‘The View All Results’ is at the bottom of your form. This section can also be customized in the Style settings of the Search Results Box.
  • The Search Results Module deals with all the fonts, shadows, colors of the Meta info and everything contained within the displayed results box.

With Newspaper Theme, you’ve got virtually unlimited options available to you. Test out designs to find the one that works best with the rest of your website.

Conclusions

Use the Header Live Search to display search results in real time to the audience. This helps them find what they are looking for faster and thereby creating a good user experience. Design and customize the element to fit in perfectly with the rest of your content and website. Display as many search results as you want and adjust their size accordingly. Get creative with Newspaper Theme!

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Alex I.
Alex I.
As an artist and designer, I aim to create something brilliant daily. Eager to learn more, I use my free time to get better at what interests me, whether it's photography, painting, or even something entirely new.

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245 COMMENTS

    • Hi,

      Please note that the speed of your website depends on how well your site is optimized. First of all, you will need to check the image size and try to optimize them if you want to bring good theme results. Also, note that we have a speed optimization tutorial but this is addressed only to advanced users. So, if you follow the steps which are presented in this tutorial here -> https://tagdiv.com/how-to-increase-page-loading-speed/

      Hope this helps!

      Thank you for your understanding!

    • Hi,

      Unfortunately, the theme does not have any such an option that allows you to set the general theme font from one single place, sorry! You will need to check the settings for each element you use on the frontend.

      Thank you!

    • Hi Umar! Thank you for reaching out to us. Can you please include this information into a new email at contact@tagdiv.com or open a new topic on forum.tagdiv.com? Unfortunately, this is not the best area to get technical help, as it’s not assigned to the Customer Support Center. Thank you for understanding!

    • Hi,

      The theme can be easily customized if you will use the TD Composer and Cloud Library functionality. We do not recommend to alter the plugins through the code because you can break the functionality. Another alternative would be to use the child theme and add there which files you want to overwrite. Further, if you need more technical assistance, please open a new topic at our support forum from here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/forum/newspaper/ and our experts are ready to assist you.

      Thank you!
      Best regards!

  33. Hi all, my site is using the latest Newspaper X theme.
    Ihave turn off 80×60 thumb size for several month. Now i know that using for live search (Quick Ajax search item hint)
    Please tell me how to custom that size? Want change it to the recent exits size 100×70.
    The theme default generator too many thumb size, so i must turn they off any size as i can to reduce space and number of files.

    Thanks you
    Nim

  38. Greetings Pretty helpful advice within this article. I am surprised by the details that you have posted in the article. I appreciate your hard work and thanks!!

  43. That is a great article especially to those new to the blogosphere. Brief but very precise info. Thanks for sharing

  47. Pls tell me, The news paper theme comes at $ 59, Pls let me know whether it can be put on life time, one time payment and unlimited website.

    • Hi! Thank you for your given interest. When you buy one theme license you will have it for a lifetime, with free lifetime updates. A single license can be used on one domain, according to the Envato policy from here – https://themeforest.net/licenses/standard. If you have more pre-sale questions, please drop them via email at contact@tagdiv.com and we’ll be happy to answer them. Thank you. Have a lovely day!

  49. Hi Alina,

    I used Newspaper them for our all blogs, it is one of the best theme for WordPress bloggers.

    Thanks

    • Hi,

      Thank you for your kind thoughts and words! We are delighted to discover that our work it’s appreciated the way you do. We truly value your feedback!

      All the best!

    • Hi,

      Thanks for your message! Please note that choosing the Newspaper theme is a good idea for your project. This is a powerful WordPress theme that offers a lot of functionalities. Also, it’s SEO friendly and it can be easily customized with SEO Yoast plugin.

      All the best!

  55. Thanks for Nice and Informative blog Post. This article is really contains lot more information about This Topic.

  63. Hello, I am using newspaper theme for my website “allbeginners” but I am facing some issue with mobile. It is not responsive in mobile but in tablet and desktop working good.

    And thanks for sharing Header Live Search feature with us. 🙂

    • Hi,

      Please note that the speed of your website depends on how well your site is optimized. First of all, you will need to check the image size and try to optimize them if you want to bring good theme results. Also, note that we have a speed optimization tutorial but this is addressed only to advanced users. So, if you follow the steps which are presented in this tutorial here -> https://tagdiv.com/how-to-increase-page-loading-speed/ If you need technical assistance, you can always ask our support team to help you. Furthermore, if you need custom functionality, we have a team assigned of web developers and web designers that can help you reach your goals (https://tagdiv.com/premium-customization-services/).

      All the best!

      All the best!

  77. Thanks for sharing this valuable information to us.

    Thanks For This Great Article. May You Bring This More in Future.

  79. Usually I never comment on blogs but your post is so convincing and I cant stop myself to say something about it. You are doing a great job, Keep it up, very helpful and informative post..

    • Hi,

      Thank you for such great words! You have made our day 🙂 One of our main goals is to please every customer!

      All the best!

  80. Nice post with a great quality of content. This is really helpful content. Thanks for sharing such a informative information ..

  84. Thanks for sharing such a informative article on the Header Live Search Feature. I’m using news paper theme and it’s great

    • Hi,

      That is not possible. The search provided by the theme will display search results from the website, not from Google. You could check some online guides about implementing Google search in WordPress, and use that instead of the theme search elements.

      Thank you!

  105. Hi Alina,

    I was looking for a theme for my blog thanks for this useful information. It makes me more confident to buy Newspaper theme

    • Hi,

      The speed of the website depends on multiple factors, not just the theme. We could try and provide some suggestions for your website, you can send us an email at contact@tagdiv.com and provide a link to the website, as well as the license key. We will take a look at it.

      Thank you!

  113. I use Newspaper theme for my some blogs its very easy to customize and thanks for sharing this amazing information with us.

  114. hello,
    i am used newspaper theme and used all tagdiv plugin and builder. some time all plugin is stop. how to fix this problem.

    • Hi Sarkari! I’m sorry to hear about your inconvenience. Can you please tell us more about this situation? Please send all the details via email and our support team will investigate this. Thank you for understanding!

  118. hello, The news paper theme comes at $ 59, Pls let me know whether it can be put on life time, one time payment and unlimited website.

    • Hi! Thank you for your interest. Once you buy a Newspaper theme license you’ll have it for lifetime and benefit for free update. One license means it can be used on a single website. Yes, it is one-time payment. Thank you!

    • The theme guide recommends you to use PHP version 7.2, and it should also work with newer PHP versions such as 7.3 or 7.4. However, since the template has not been tested yet with PHP 8, we strongly suggest you to use one of the previously mentioned version. If you need any help with the theme, please let us know via forum or by email. We would love to assist you! Thank you so much for understanding.

  125. Loved your article on header customization. It seems that you have written this article after thorough research with full effort. Thank you for this post wholeheartedly!

    • Hi Sourav! Thank you for reaching out to us. The static homepage is a WordPress default setting and it can be enabled from your WordPress Dashboard-Settings-A static page. Select the page you would like to have as homepage and hit the Save Changes button. If you want to discover more information on how to build a homepage and set it on your site, I strongly suggest you to follow the steps from our article – https://forum.tagdiv.com/homepage-how-to-build-and-set-it/. If you need any help, please open a new topic in the forum or send us an email. Thank you for understanding! Have a lovely day 🙂

    • Thank you for reaching out to us. If you want help to set or customize your homepage, please let us know by opening a new topic in the forum or send us an email, as the Blog area is not assigned to the Customer Support Department. Thank you so much for your understanding! Have a lovely day 🙂

  129. Its a amazing article & you’re telling about this theme is also very good however there is not option to changing font.

    • Hi Ritik,

      Thank you for your kind words. You could take a look at our video on fonts here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQvA64uTLkI. If you need any help with this, please let us know either via forum or by email, as the Blog area is not assigned to the Customer Support Department. Thank you so much for understanding. Have a lovely day 🙂

  130. Sir, i am use newspaper theme for my blog few days before but due to loading issue theme is inactive. Please give me ideas how to reduce newspaper inactive css.

    • Hi Manoj,

      Thanks for reaching out. I’m sorry to hear that you’re facing an issue. Can you please tell us more details in a new topic on forum or an email? Unfortunately, the blog area is not associated with the Customer Support Department. We’re always ready to help! Thank you for understanding. Have a lovely day 🙂

  132. Thanks for sharing such a informative article on the Header Live Search Feature. I’m using Newspaper theme and it’s great.

    • Hi,

      Thank you for your kind words. As for the fonts, you can change them for each of your element present in the header area. If you need assistance with this, please let us know by email at contact@tagdiv.com. Our support team will gladly assist you! Thank you for understanding.

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