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I was having problems creating a profile that would allow users to search by a indivduals last name. I would create a profile and make the relevant field searchable as outlined in http://en.flossmanuals.net/CiviCRM/CapturingExposing under the heading profiles and directories, but, instead of giving me a search button I got a save and cancel button.

I found that when you hit the cancel button you would be taken to a form that would allow you to search instead (it had a search button), so all I did to get that same form to come up was to copy the relevant items in the page source and then paste it into a new article. I now had the search functionality that I wanted without having to go through the other "save" form first.

This works in Joomla (I dont know about Drupal) I dont know if this is the correct way of doing things but it works.

NB: Also dont forget to copy the css style sheets if you want the same look.

juggleboy - can you confirm that in the Profile Settings, you did set it to be used for Search - in the first options?? Silly question but you never know ;-)