Understanding the Search Center Site

Many times you will find yourself customizing the search center site to suit your requirements. It is important to understand the structure of the search center site and the various search web parts to be able to effectively customize the search center site. This section looks at the BasicSearch site created using the Basic Search template. The various components of a Basic Search Center site are described here:

• The home page of a Basic Search Center site contains a single Search Box web part. This simple web part is highly configurable. If you edit this web part you can configure various properties such as the scopes drop-downs, results page, advanced search URL, and many other useful parameters. Figure ...

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