Is it possible for to change the physical location of the search field in the header to a different location?
Yes, ofcouse. You can freely locate search form where every you like.
In the file Themes\[theme]\Common\master.Master, find these lines :
<CSControl:SearchForm runat="server" QueryFilterDropDownListId="TitleBarSearchDropDownList" QueryTextBoxId="TitleBarSearchText" SubmitButtonId="TitleBarSearchButton" Tag="Div" ContainerId="CommonHeaderSearch" > <FormTemplate> <CSControl:DefaultButtonTextBox id="TitleBarSearchText" runat="server" columns="15" maxlength="64" ButtonId="TitleBarSearchButton" Style="width: 100px;" /> <CSControl:PlaceHolder Runat="server"> <DisplayConditions><CSControl:ControlVisibilityCondition ControlId="TitleBarSearchDropDownList" ControlVisiblilityEquals="true" runat="server" /></DisplayConditions> <ContentTemplate> <CSControl:ResourceControl runat="server" ResourceName="TitleBar_SearchIn" /> <asp:DropDownList Runat="server" ID="TitleBarSearchDropDownList" /> </ContentTemplate> </CSControl:PlaceHolder> <CSControl:ResourceButton id="TitleBarSearchButton" runat="server" ResourceName="Search" /> </FormTemplate></CSControl:SearchForm>
locate those line to where ever you like.
for example you can visit what i have done :
http://binaisv.net
http://geeks.netindonesia.net
http://wss-id.org
http://www.getinspiredhere.net/
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