Panels Everywhere + Default Search

gistfile1.txt

Install the page_manager_search && search combine, set it up as you please but use search_combine as default.

Create a variant in the site_template for the search, set it to be above the default one.  Use a selection for path URL sites/all/* on the string.

To render the default search_view as a block use:


/**
 * Implements hook_block_info().
 */
function YOURMODULE_block_info() {
  $blocks = array();
  $blocks['search'] = array(
    'info' => t('Search View / Results Render'),
  );

  return $blocks;
}

/**
 * Implements hook_block_view().
 */
function YOURMODULE_block_view($delta='') {
  $block = array();

  switch($delta) {
    case 'search' :
      $block['content'] = YOURMODULE_search_view_render();
      break;
  }

  return $block;
}

/**
 * Custom function to assemble the search_view as a block.
 * I am doing this because the panels search version doesn't work well with Panels Everywhere.
 *
 * @return
 *   returns a renderable array of block content.
 */
function YOURMODULE_search_view_render() {
  // Include the render page so we can use it and its template functions.
  module_load_include('inc', 'search', 'search.pages');
  // So we can use the path auto methods
  module_load_include('inc', 'pathauto', 'pathauto');

  // Get the url so we can parse it in a second.
  $url = request_uri();

  // Get the query for pagination and strip it
  $query = preg_replace('/\?.*/', '', $url);
  $key = explode('/', $query);

  // Break the url param down and fix it with path auto clean string.
  $term = urldecode(end($key));
  $termfix = pathauto_cleanstring($term);
  // Remove the pathauto hyphens.
  $searchterm = str_replace('-', ' ', $termfix);

  // Call it and render it.
  $view = search_view('search_combine', $searchterm);
  $block = drupal_render($view);

  return $block;
}

I also added the search-result.tpl.php + search-results.tpl.php and edited them to the clients mockups 

Also I need to change the results to diplay totals:

in template.php

/**
 * Implements template_preprocess_search_results().
 * Borrowed the search results from lullabot:
 * https://www.lullabot.com/blog/article/display-count-search-results-drupal-7
 */
function YOURTHEME_preprocess_search_results(&$vars) {
  if (isset($GLOBALS['pager_total_items'])) {
    // search.module shows 10 items per page (this isn't customizable)
    $itemsPerPage = 10;

    // Determine which page is being viewed
    // If $_REQUEST['page'] is not set, we are on page 1
    $currentPage = (isset($_REQUEST['page']) ? $_REQUEST['page'] : 0) + 1;

    // Get the total number of results from the global pager
    $total = $GLOBALS['pager_total_items'][0];

    // Determine which results are being shown ("Showing results x through y")
    $start = (10 * $currentPage) - 9;
    // If on the last page, only go up to $total, not the total that COULD be
    // shown on the page. This prevents things like "Displaying 11-20 of 17".
    $end = (($itemsPerPage * $currentPage) >= $total) ? $total : ($itemsPerPage * $currentPage);

    // If there is more than one page of results:
    if ($total > $itemsPerPage) {
      $vars['search_totals'] = t('Displaying !start - !end of !total results', array(
        '!start' => $start,
        '!end' => $end,
        '!total' => $total,
      ));
    }
    else {
      // Only one page of results, so make it simpler
      $vars['search_totals'] = t('Displaying !total !results_label', array(
        '!total' => $total,
        // Be smart about labels: show "result" for one, "results" for multiple
        '!results_label' => format_plural($total, 'result', 'results'),
      ));
    }
  }
}

Now you can so what you need to the default search page and have more control of the output, etc.