Hi, if ya wanna get rid of the sidebar, login, click ‘Account’ @ upper left, then click ‘manage blocks’ and under ‘region’ are dropdown boxes for each containg the option ‘disabled.’ Do that for all the boxes listed in your sidebar selection and the sidebar will disappear. You can reenable one or all at any time. As for the search, it seems to be catch-as-catch-can. Proper keywords help...
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