Hi I have downloaded a custom template for my blog and I love it but the only thing I don't like is the search option. I can't seem to get rid of it and I am very untechnical so I was wondering if anyone could tell me which bit of the code I should delete? I have copy and pasted all of the code but can remove this if necessary. Thanks <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html expr:dir='data:blog.languageDirection' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' xmlns:b='http://www.google.com/2005/gml/b' xmlns:data='http://www.google.com/2005/gml/data' xmlns:expr='http://www.google.com/2005/gml/expr'> <head> <b:include data='blog' name='all-head-content'/> <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'> <title><data:blog.pageName/> | <data:blog.title/></title> <b:else/> <title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title> </b:if> <b:skin><![CDATA[/* ----------------------------------------------- Theme Name: Cupcake Author: Kathie & Andrew Author URL: http://www.simplywp.net Converted to Blogger by: Chica Blogger URI: http://chicablogger.com ----------------------------------------------- */ /* Variable definitions ==================== <Variable name="bgcolor" description="Page Background Color" type="color" default="#ECD6E8" value="#ECD6E8"> <Variable name="linkcolor" description="Link Color" type="color" default="#F05B72" value="#F05B72"> <Variable name="pagetitlecolor" description="Blog Title Color" type="color" default="#F05B72" value="#F05B72"> <Variable name="descriptioncolor" description="Blog Description Color" type="color" default="#F05B72" value="#F05B72"> <Variable name="bordercolor" description="Border Color" type="color" default="#F05B72" value="#F05B72"> <Variable name="borderhover" description="Border Hover Color" type="color" default="#D176B0" value="#D176B0"> <Variable name="sidebarcolor" description="Sidebar Title Color" type="color" default="#D176B0" value="#D176B0"> <Variable name="sidebartextcolor" description="Sidebar Text Color" type="color" default="#383838" value="#383838"> <Variable name="sidebarlinks" description="Sidebar Links" type="color" default="#383838" value="#383838"> <Variable name="linkhover" description="Hover Link Color" type="color" default="#D176B0" value="#D176B0"> <Variable name="visitedlinkcolor" description="Visited Link Color" type="color" default="#F05B72" value="#F05B72"> <Variable name="postfont" description="Post Font" type="font" default="normal normal 75% Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Sans-serif" value="normal normal 75% Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Sans-serifs"> <Variable name="bodyfont" description="Text Font" type="font" default="normal normal 100% Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Sans-serif" value="normal normal 100% Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Sans-serifs"> */ #navbar, #navbar-iframe { display: none; visibility: hidden; } body { font:$bodyfont; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; background: $bgcolor; text-align: justify; } a:link { text-decoration: none; color: $linkcolor; } a:hover { text-decoration: none; color: $linkhover; } a:visited{ text-decoration: none; color: $visitedlinkcolor; } #navigation { background: #F05B72; clear: both; height: 35px; font-weight: bold; color: #FFFFFF; margin: auto; font-size: 14px; } #navigation ul { float: left; list-style: none; margin: 8px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; } #navigation li { float: left; padding: 0px 20px 0px 0px; } #navigation a { text-decoration: none; color: #FFFFFF; } #navigation a:hover { text-decoration: underline; color: #FFFFFF; } #header{ height: 170px; margin: 0px; padding: 80px 280px 0px 0px; background: url('http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V-IXTBBt1Bg/ShflgnxjKgI/AAAAAAAABEQ/e5hNYPrJl-E/s1600/header.png') no-repeat center; text-align: right; color: #F05B72; } #header h1, #header h2{ color: $pagetitlecolor; font-size: 38px; margin:0; padding:0; } #header h1 a, #header h1 a:hover, #header h2 a, #header h2 a:hover{ color: $linkcolor; } #header .description{ color: $descriptioncolor; font-size:12px; margin:0; padding:0; } #wrap { width: 950px; padding: 0px; margin: auto; background: #FFFFFF; } #main-wrapper { float: left; width: 500px; margin: 10px 15px 0px 15px; } #sidebar-wrapper { width: 420px; _width: 400px; padding: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: $sidebartextcolor; text-align: left; } .sidebar a { text-decoration: none; color: $sidebarlinks; } .sidebar a:hover { text-decoration: underline; color: $sidebarlinks; } #sidebar_left { float: left; padding: 10px; _padding: 10px 5px 10px 5px; width: 190px; _width: 170px; } #sidebar_right { float: right; padding: 10px; _padding: 10px 5px 10px 5px; width: 190px; _width: 180px; } .sidebar h2 { font-size: 18px; color: $sidebarcolor; background: url('http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V-IXTBBt1Bg/ShflgobBQHI/AAAAAAAABEY/4jrnDktDcu0/s1600/sidebar_title.png') no-repeat left; padding: 12px 0px 14px 40px; margin: 3px 0px; } .sidebar ul { list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px 0px; padding: 5px; } .sidebar li { padding: 3px 0px; } .sidebar .widget{ margin:0 0 30px; } .post h3{ margin:0; padding:0; } .post h3 a, .post h1 a{ font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; } .post a{ color: $linkcolor; } .post a:hover{ color: $linkhover; } .post-body { font: $postfont; line-height:18px; padding-top: 10px; margin: 0; } .post ul li{ list-style-image:url(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V-IXTBBt1Bg/ShtdNPYJZiI/AAAAAAAABE4/F3Fsna_i_zI/s1600/bullet.gif); } .post-body img, .post-body a img { border: 2px solid $bordercolor; padding: 0; margin: 10px; } .post-body a:hover img { border: 2px solid $borderhover; } .post-body blockquote { padding: 0px 10px; margin: 10px 30px; border-left: 4px solid #D176B0; color: #636467; text-align: justify; } .entry_date { clear: both; padding: 3px 0px; color: #636467; font: $postfont; } .entry_categories { clear: both; padding: 10px; } .entry_break { background: url('http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V-IXTBBt1Bg/ShflfwQfdbI/AAAAAAAABD4/V8lTZxpfAf4/s1600/break.png') no-repeat center; margin: auto; height: 35px; } .post-footer { font: $postfont; clear: both; margin-bottom: 50px; padding: 5px; } #comments{ font-size: 12px; } #comments h4 { margin:1em 0; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.4em; } #comments-block { margin:1em 0 1.5em; line-height:1.6em; } .commentsingle { border: 1px solid #EFEFEF; padding: 2px 10px 2px 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; } #comments-block .comment-author { font-style:italic; margin:.5em 0; } #comments-block .comment-timestamp { font-size: 10px; } #comments-block .comment-body { margin:.25em 0 0; } #comments-block .comment-footer { margin:-.25em 0 2em; line-height: 1.4em; } #comments-block .comment-body p { margin:0 0 .75em; } .deleted-comment { font-style:italic; color:gray; } #blog-pager-newer-link { float: left; } #blog-pager-older-link { float: right; } #blog-pager { text-align: center; clear: both; padding: 10px; height: 30px; font-size: 12px; } .feed-links { display:none; } .main .Blog { border-bottom-width: 0; } .profile-img { float: left; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid $bordercolor; } .profile-data { margin:0; letter-spacing:.1em; color: $sidebarcolor; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6em; } .profile-datablock { margin:.5em 0 .5em; } .profile-textblock { margin: 0.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em; } #footer { clear: both; text-align: center; height: 90px; font: $postfont; background: url('http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V-IXTBBt1Bg/ShflgfzvcrI/AAAAAAAABEI/FyRVUxKO7vQ/s1600/footer_bg.png') repeat-x center; color: #FFFFFF; } #footer p { padding-top:30px; } #footer a { text-decoration: none; color: #FFFFFF; } #footer a:hover { text-decoration: underline; color: #FFFFFF; } #search { margin: 10px 0 10px 0; height:26px; width:190px; float:right; } #search form { margin: 0; padding:10px auto; } #search fieldset { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; } #s { margin-left:5px; float: left; width:120px; padding: 4px 7px; border: 1px solid $sidebarcolor; color:#422108; } #searchsubmit { margin-right:10px; float: right; background: $linkcolor; border: none; color: #fff; height:26px; width: 35px; line-height:26px; } ]]></b:skin> <link href='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V-IXTBBt1Bg/ShflgM1iEDI/AAAAAAAABEA/oPWdzYEaTOM/s1600/favicon.png' rel='shortcut icon'/> <meta content='f7gfdeKhTln4TujCD8oI3-wSRS8_QIaRgbFX9Eu0gsg' name='google-site-verification'/> </head> <body> <div id='wrap'> <b:section class='navigation' id='navigation' maxwidgets='1' showaddelement='no'> <b:widget id='LinkList01' locked='true' title='Menu' type='LinkList'/> </b:section> <div id='header-wrapper'> <b:section class='header' id='header' maxwidgets='1' showaddelement='no'> <b:widget id='Header1' locked='true' title='The Diary of a Frugal Family (Header)' type='Header'/> </b:section> </div> <div id='main-wrapper'> <b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='no'> <b:widget id='Blog1' locked='true' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'/> </b:section> </div> <div id='sidebar-wrapper'> <b:section class='sidebar' id='sidebar_left' preferred='yes'> <b:widget id='HTML9' locked='false' title='LinkWithin' type='HTML'/> <b:widget id='Subscribe1' locked='false' title='Subscribe to....' type='Subscribe'/> <b:widget id='HTML4' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/> <b:widget id='HTML3' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/> <b:widget id='HTML6' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/> <b:widget id='HTML7' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/> <b:widget id='BlogList1' locked='false' title='My Blog List' type='BlogList'/> </b:section> <b:section class='sidebar' id='sidebar_right' preferred='yes'> <b:widget id='HTML2' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/> <b:widget id='Profile1' locked='false' title='About Me' type='Profile'/> <b:widget id='Followers1' locked='false' title='Followers' type='Followers'/> <b:widget id='HTML5' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/> <b:widget id='HTML1' locked='true' title='Search this blog' type='HTML'/> <b:widget id='BlogArchive1' locked='false' title='Blog Archive' type='BlogArchive'/> <b:widget id='Image1' locked='false' title='Lovely Blog Award' type='Image'/> </b:section> </div> <div id='footer'> <p><a expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl'><data:blog.title/></a> | Powered by <a href='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</a> | Cupcake theme designed by <a ref='http://www.simplywp.net'>SimplyWP</a><br/> Brought to Blogger by <a href='http://www.chicablogger.com' title='Plantillas Blogger'>ChicaBlogger</a></p> </div> </div> <script type='text/javascript'> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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good way: check if it's disable-able in Widgets or some other part of the wordpress admin panel ghetto way: #search{display:none}