Hi there,

1. This is a built-in WordPress feature. Typically the search feature looks at the post title and main content of the post. There are a bunch of plugins out there that extend the functionality of the built-in search feature.

2. Another user brought this to my attention. This is caused by pages showing in the search results. Open up "functions.php" and add the following AFTER the first "<?php"...

//EXCLUDE PAGES FROM SEARCH
function SearchFilter($query) {
if ($query->is_search) {
$query->set('post_type', 'post');
}
return $query;
}
add_filter('pre_get_posts','SearchFilter');

3. This theme is built to display like a book, so part of the design is the two posts layout. Anything beyond this would be a customization: http://themolitor.com/custom

4. Can you provide a screenshot or link to what you're referring to?

5. You can adjust the name in the menu by editing the menu link title.

Hope that helps!

Chris

Hi (Thanks Chris for all your help so far!),
I have a few questions:
1) The Search Widget...how does the search box/widget go about conducting a search if a person types in a word or phrase? Is it possible to have key words and phrases searched for through tags?
2) The Search Widget...when I type in a keyword or phrase in the search box, the formatting for the site gets really messed up! The double column is lost because the writing goes across the book format. It just really gets messed up. Is there a solution for this? My site is: kindakindra.com
3) Is there a way to fix the two posts per page feature? If I increase the number of posts that can be viewed per page, the formatting gets messed up.
4) Is there a way to tweak the code, etc. for the gallery function? For instance, if I want to create a pic gallery with books...if i upload a featured image for a book, for example, the book will repeat again in the gallery space. and if you click the book in the gallery space, the formatting, presentation is kind of off...
5) Forcing page titles...I have a couple of pages that function as menu items on my site. For example, if I create a page and the title is "home", that's how the page will appear on the menu. Is there a way to fix this? I would want to have a menu item called "home", but when you click on the word "home", I would want the page to have a different title. Like I said, if I change it, it also changes the title in the menu.
I know this is a lot, but thanks so much for any help that you may be able to give me!
Kindra