had it for years .. it’s been tweaked and customized a ton .. in various ways on various sites .. this is the search.php file though …
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content" class="narrowcolumn">
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<h2 class="pagetitle">Search Results</h2>
<div class="navigation">
<p><?php next_posts_link('« Previous') ?> <?php previous_posts_link('Next »') ?></p>
</div>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<ul class="date">
<li class="day"><?php the_time('d') ?></li>
<li class="month"><?php the_time('M') ?></li>
</ul>
<ul class="title">
<li class="topic"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<li class="postmeta"><?php the_time('g:i a'); ?> | <class="postmetadata">Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> <?php edit_post_link('| Edit'); ?></li>
</ul>
<div class="clear"></div>
<div class="entry">
<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this entry »</p>'); ?>
<?php link_pages('<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', '</p>', 'number'); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<div class="navigation">
<p><?php next_posts_link('« Previous') ?> <?php previous_posts_link('Next »') ?></p>
</div>
<?php else : ?>
<h2 class="center">No posts found. Try a different search?</h2>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php'); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php include("sidebar3.php"); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>