how to make a search form
You add some filter criteria, and expose them to the users who see the view. The filter criteria can be any of the filter criteria implemented by the Views module, but there is one that you are probably interested to add it for a search view: Search: Search Terms.


  





  


You could also add a filter for selecting the user who posted the node, and the date when the node was posted.


  





  


At the end, the view page would appear similar to the following one.