476313 - Add an alternate generic template with search box in sidebar

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(support.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

mozgn.css has the search box at the top of the main area. We need a second version of mozgn.css, but with the search box on the side.

Comment 1

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

Chris, like the one on
https://support-stage.mozilla.org/tiki-searchresults.php?locale=en-US&q=firefox&sa=
?

Where should this be placed?

Comment 2

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

yes, like that. Most other templates also have the search box on the right, including mozkb.css.

Comment 3

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

Chris: can you answer the second question too? Or what is the purpose of having one? I'd like more details...

Comment 4

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

Sorry for not answering. Where should what be placed?
This is similar to bug 465872, but instead of editing mozgn.css, we want something like mozgn2.css or mozgn-sidebar.css.

Comment 5

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

Okay, how will this be used?

Comment 6

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

The correct answer to that is:
Any case in which we would use mozgn.css, but think it would be more appropriate to have the search box on the sidebar, rather than before the page content.

The immediate usecase is:
People arriving at the Ask a question page *via search results* shouldn't be presented with search box before the Ask a question page content.

Comment 7

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

Okay Chris, try this out on https://support-stage.mozilla.org/tiki-theme_control_objects.php

I know I asked a lot of questions, hope I did the right thing!

r24121 / r24122

Comment 8

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Do you have to set up something in the URL in comment 7, Chris, before we can see this?  I tried the testcase in comment 6 and see the giant search box on http://support-stage.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Ask+a+question.

Comment 9

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

<https://support-stage.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Ask+a+question> is now assigned to mozgn2.css.

I don't see any search box.

Comment 10

[Majken Connor [:Kensie]]

does the sidebar module need to be applied to the new theme?

Comment 11

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

I preincluded (in the template itself) the sidebar module for the other pages. You're right Chris, I forgot to add it here.

r24279 / r24280

Comment 12

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

Oops. Sidebar was commented out. I apologize...
r24286 / r24287

Comment 13

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified FIXED on http://support-stage.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Ask+a+question and https://support-stage.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Ask+a+question, now that server-side cache has expired :-)