Moving Magento Advanced Search Link From Footer To Beneath Search Bar - magento

Question

I'm trying to move magentos advanced search link from the footer links right beneath the search bar.
I know that the origins of the link are in layout/catalogsearch.xml under
reference name="footer_links" and appear in the footer because of getChildHtml('footer_links') in footer.phtml
And i know that the search bar originates from template/catalogsearch/form.mini.phtml and appears though catalogsearch.xml under reference name="top.menu"
Any ideas on how to proceed here?

Answer 1

thank you for the quick answer!
But it is not exactly what I was looking for as it would display the entire footer links block beneath the searchbar.
Nevertheless thank you for showing me the method you used for that!
Anyways, I figured out a solution on my own:
I modified catalogsearch.xml:
<default>
<reference name="top.menu">
<block type="core/template" name="top.search" as="topSearch" template="catalogsearch/form.mini.phtml"/>
</reference>
<!-- add a new reference to top.search including my new adv.search block -->
<reference name="top.search">
<block type="page/template_links" name="adv.search" as="adv.search" >
<action method="addLink" translate="label title" module="catalogsearch">
<label>Advanced Search</label>
<url helper="catalogsearch/getAdvancedSearchUrl" />
<title>Advanced Search</title>
</action>
</block>
</reference>
<!-- the reference to the footer i commented out as its not longer needed; it includes advanced search and popular search terms-->
</default>
In form.mini.phtml I added a new div that calls adv.search:
</script>
<div class="adv-search"> <?php echo $this->getChildHtml('adv.search') ?> </div>
</div>
And last, in styles.css, I added some code to controll the looks of that div:
.adv-search {width:100px; height:15px; margin-top:24px; margin-left: 120px;}
.adv-search a { color:#fff; font-weight:bold; }
any additional advice is more than welcome
Cheers!

Answer 2

In order for this to work, you must:
1) Update your app/design/frontend/[yourtheme]/default/layout/local.xml file
2) Call the new blocks in app/design/frontend/[yourtheme]/default/template/page/html/header.phtml - this is needed because header.phtml is not a "core/text_list" block type which automatically renders its nested blocks. So we must explicitly tell Magento to render those child blocks
Your app/design/frontend/[yourtheme]/default/layout/local.xml should contain this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout version="0.1.0">
<default>
<reference name="header">
<!-- Insert cms links. No need to use <action method="insert"> as this block is not used elsewhere in layout -->
<block type="cms/block" name="top_links_cms" as="top_links_cms" before="top_links_other">
<action method="setBlockId"><block_id>footer_links</block_id></action>
</block>
<!-- Insert former footer links. -->
<action method="insert">
<!-- We must keep block name "footer_links" as it is used as a reference for adding links by other modules -->
<blockName>footer_links</blockName>
<!-- Name of the block we want to have as sibling (in order to get its position and place our block after it. See next node <after> -->
<siblingName>topSearch</siblingName>
<!-- $after param from Mage_Core_Block_Abstract::insert() is a boolean type, so its value in the XML node is [empty], 0 or 1 -->
<after>1</after>
<alias>top_links_other</alias>
</action>
</reference>
<reference name="footer">
<action method="unsetChild"><name>footer_links</name></action>
<action method="unsetChild"><name>cms_footer_links</name></action>
</reference>
</default>
</layout>
This is an updated header.phtml you can get inspiration from for your app/design/frontend/[yourtheme]/default/template/page/html/header.phtml file:
<div class="header-container">
<div class="header">
<?php if ($this->getIsHomePage()):?>
<h1 class="logo"><strong><?php echo $this->getLogoAlt() ?></strong><img src="<?php echo $this->getLogoSrc() ?>" alt="<?php echo $this->getLogoAlt() ?>" /></h1>
<?php else:?>
<strong><?php echo $this->getLogoAlt() ?></strong><img src="<?php echo $this->getLogoSrc() ?>" alt="<?php echo $this->getLogoAlt() ?>" />
<?php endif?>
<div class="quick-access">
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('topSearch') ?>
<?php
/**
* Add other top links (footer and cms links)
*/
?>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('top_links_cms') ?>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('top_links_other') ?>
<p class="welcome-msg"><?php echo $this->getWelcome() ?> <?php echo $this->getAdditionalHtml() ?></p>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('topLinks') ?>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('store_language') ?>
</div>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('topContainer'); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('topMenu') ?>