Can the search feature be removed

[diana8760]

I am using VirtueMart2 with Joomla 2.5.  I would like to remove the search box from the top of the product pages.  Is this possible?  Could this be accomplished by removing the mod_virtuemart_search/tmpl/default.php file or will I mess something up royally if I do this?

[jenkinhill]

You must be new to Joomla? Just unpublish the module in Joomla's module manager.

[diana8760]

Yes, I am new to Joomla.  I usually code my own sites, but a client has and existing Joomla site that he wants improved so I am teaching myself Joomla.  Thank you for your quick response--when I first read it I said "DUH", but unfortunately, that did not fix my problem.  I unpublished the module, I disabled the plug-in and the search box was still at the top of my page.  It's very frustrating for me when I can see the section I want to remove using firebug, but I don't have access to the actual code.  I solved the problem by finding the CSS that pertained to the divs in question and just added display:none and the search section disappeared.

[jenkinhill]

Are you sure that was the VM search module? Joomla has a search module too. So (especially in a commercial template) you could have two, or even more search modules.

[diana8760]

I'm absolutely positive.  I unpublished  "VM-Search in Shop" in module manager, and disabled "VM-Search, VirtueMart Product" in the plug-in manager.  Once I did this the search function was still at the top of the page.

My Categories are set up with parents and children, for example: 
Fireplaces
     -Wood Fireplaces
        - MFG 1
         -MFG 2
         -MFG 3
   -Gas Fireplaces
        - MFG1
         -MFG2
         -MFG3

When I chose the link for each individual manufacturer I would get a page with all my product thumbnails for that category and the search function was at the top of each of these pages.  I don't know if the location where it was showing up makes any difference at all, just wanted to be thorough.  I'm just happy I could get rid of it using CSS.