diff --git a/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Config/site.Development.config b/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Config/site.Development.config
index 130bbdf6..cf0d0719 100644
--- a/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Config/site.Development.config
+++ b/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Config/site.Development.config
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <Subtitle>This is DasBlog Core!</Subtitle>
   <Description>This blog is powered by DasBlog Core built on the awesome legacy of the original DasBlog!</Description>
 
-  <!-- Default visual theme, options currently include "fulcrum" and "median" (see "themes" folder)-->
+  <!-- Default visual theme, options currently include "fulcrum", "journal", "dasblog", and "median" (see "themes" folder)-->
   <Theme>darkly</Theme>
 
   <!-- Contact is the address that is posted on your website so that people can contact you.
diff --git a/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Config/site.config b/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Config/site.config
index a4d8deb5..c8562e0a 100644
--- a/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Config/site.config
+++ b/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Config/site.config
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <Subtitle>This is DasBlog Core!</Subtitle>
   <Description>This blog is powered by DasBlog Core built on the awesome legacy of the original DasBlog!</Description>
 
-  <!-- Default visual theme, options currently include "fulcrum" and "median" (see "themes" folder)-->
+  <!-- Default visual theme, options currently include "fulcrum", "journal", "dasblog", and "median" (see "Themes" folder)-->
   <Theme>darkly</Theme>
 
   <!-- Contact is the address that is posted on your website so that people can contact you.
diff --git a/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Controllers/BlogPostController.cs b/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Controllers/BlogPostController.cs
index a166ca8d..670e76e0 100644
--- a/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Controllers/BlogPostController.cs
+++ b/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Controllers/BlogPostController.cs
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ public IActionResult ApproveComment(Guid postid, Guid commentid)
 		[HttpGet("post/category/{category}")]
 		public IActionResult GetCategory(string category)
 		{
-			if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(category))
+			if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(category))
 			{
 				return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
 			}
@@ -463,9 +463,14 @@ public IActionResult GetCategory(string category)
 		}
 
 		[AllowAnonymous]
-		[HttpPost("/post/search", Name=Constants.SearcherRouteName)]
+		[HttpPost("post/search", Name=Constants.SearcherRouteName)]
 		public IActionResult Search(string searchText)
 		{
+			if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(searchText))
+			{
+				return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
+			}
+
 			var lpvm = new ListPostsViewModel();
 			var entries = blogManager.SearchEntries(WebUtility.HtmlEncode(searchText), Request.Headers["Accept-Language"])?.Where(e => e.IsPublic)?.ToList();
 
diff --git a/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/TagHelpers/SearchBoxTagHelper.cs b/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/TagHelpers/SearchBoxTagHelper.cs
index 83333e8a..920c1bd6 100644
--- a/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/TagHelpers/SearchBoxTagHelper.cs
+++ b/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/TagHelpers/SearchBoxTagHelper.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using DasBlog.Services;
 using DasBlog.Web.TagHelpers.Layout;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ namespace DasBlog.Web.TagHelpers
 	[Obsolete]
 	public class SearchBoxTagHelper : SiteSearchBoxTagHelper
 	{
-		public SearchBoxTagHelper(IHttpContextAccessor accessor) : base(accessor)
+		public SearchBoxTagHelper(IDasBlogSettings dasBlogSettings, IHttpContextAccessor accessor) : base(dasBlogSettings, accessor)
 		{
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/TagHelpers/Site/SiteSearchBoxTagHelper.cs b/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/TagHelpers/Site/SiteSearchBoxTagHelper.cs
index 9081368d..20549ced 100644
--- a/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/TagHelpers/Site/SiteSearchBoxTagHelper.cs
+++ b/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/TagHelpers/Site/SiteSearchBoxTagHelper.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 using DasBlog.Core.Common;
+using DasBlog.Services;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.TagHelpers;
 using System;
+using System.Security.Policy;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace DasBlog.Web.TagHelpers.Layout
@@ -16,11 +18,14 @@ public class SiteSearchBoxTagHelper : TagHelper
 		public string Action { get; set; }
 		public string Heading { get; set; } = "Search";
 		public string ButtonName { get; set; } = "Go";
+		public string ButtonClass { get; set; } = "btn";
 
 		private readonly IUrlHelper urlHelper;
+		private readonly IDasBlogSettings dasBlogSettings;
 
-		public SiteSearchBoxTagHelper(IHttpContextAccessor accessor)
+		public SiteSearchBoxTagHelper(IDasBlogSettings dasBlogSettings, IHttpContextAccessor accessor)
 		{
+			this.dasBlogSettings = dasBlogSettings;
 			urlHelper = accessor.HttpContext?.Items[typeof(IUrlHelper)] as IUrlHelper;
 			if (urlHelper == null)
 			{
@@ -41,8 +46,12 @@ public override void Process(TagHelperContext context, TagHelperOutput output)
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				actionUrl = urlHelper.RouteUrl(Constants.SearcherRouteName);
+				var baseUri = new Uri(dasBlogSettings.SiteConfiguration.Root);
+				var myUri = new Uri(baseUri, urlHelper.RouteUrl(Constants.SearcherRouteName));
+
+				actionUrl = myUri.AbsoluteUri;
 			}
+
 			output.TagName = string.Empty;
 			output.Content.Clear();
 			output.Content.AppendHtml($@"
@@ -53,7 +62,7 @@ public override void Process(TagHelperContext context, TagHelperOutput output)
 								<div class='card-body'>
 									<form method='post' action='{actionUrl}'>
 										<input type='text' name='searchText' id='{Id}'/>
-										<input class='btn' type='submit' value='{ButtonName}'/>
+										<input class='{ButtonClass}' type='submit' value='{ButtonName}'/>
 									</form>
 								</div>
 							</div>
diff --git a/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Themes/median/_BlogItem.cshtml b/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Themes/median/_BlogItem.cshtml
index 3b1e9083..fada3707 100644
--- a/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Themes/median/_BlogItem.cshtml
+++ b/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Themes/median/_BlogItem.cshtml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <div class="post">
         <div class="row post-title">
             <div class="col-md-12 mb-6">
-                <h1><post-title-link post=@Model css="text-dark"></post-title-link></h1>
+                <h1><post-title-link post=@Model ></post-title-link></h1>
                 <post-created-date post="@Model" />
             </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Themes/median/_Layout.cshtml b/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Themes/median/_Layout.cshtml
index fdca76fc..1a711ba8 100644
--- a/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Themes/median/_Layout.cshtml
+++ b/source/DasBlog.Web.UI/Themes/median/_Layout.cshtml
@@ -61,16 +61,8 @@
 
                             <div class="col-md-12 col-lg-4">
                                 <div class="card-block">
-                                    <div class="card-footer todo-list-footer">
-                                        <div class="input-group">
-                                            <form action="/post/search" method="post">
-                                                <input id="searchText" name="searchText" type="text" class="form-control input-md" placeholder="Ask a question..." />
-                                                <span class="input-group-btn">
-                                                    <button class="btn btn-primary btn-md" id="btn-todo" type="submit">Search</button>
-                                                </span>
-                                            </form>
-                                        </div>
-                                    </div>
+                                    <site-search-box class="todo-list-footer" inner-class="input-group" heading="Search"
+                                                     button-class="btn btn-primary btn-md" button-name="Go" />
                                 </div>
                             </div>