<meta charset="utf-8">In a recent theme review I read:<br><br><div>> searchform.php is included via a deprecated call in index.php, sidebar.php,<div>archive.php and searchform.php. Please use get_template_part().</div><div>
<br></div><div>Whether including searchform.php directly via include() or require(), or indirectly via get_template_part() -- neither are preferred methods.</div><div><br></div><div>For searchform.php, the proper function would be get_search_form().</div>
<div><br></div><div>This function then looks for searchform.php, uses it if it exists, and uses a standard form if it doesn't.</div><div><br></div><div>Often, a theme's searchform.php is nearly identical to the HTML that get_search_form() should generate. In this case, it would be easier if the theme simply removed the file. (Twenty Ten had one originally; we removed it before release.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope that helps,</div><div><br></div><div>Nacin</div></div>