Setting up the “Search this Site” functionality in Mysites?

Question

I have been able to configure "find people" on the top of the mysites page by setting it to people search results of the enterprise search center in "Setup MySites" settings from CA.

However I cant seem to get the "Search this site" to work.
Correct me if I am wrong but from what I understand this search field would search for content ony within that particular persons MtySite. Atleast I would like to set it up that way.

How do I get it set up?

Answer 1

You need to setup the site collection's search settings (Site Actions -> Site Settings -> Search Settings). Enable custom scopes by pointing the site to your search center, and set the dropdown mode to enable those scopes to be used. Additionally, you should also point it to the applicable search results for your search center, so that when users perform a search they're taken to the search center to see the results.

As this is a site collection configuration, you can bulk apply these settings to existing sites/MySites using PowerShell, or set the properties as part of a feature staple to be automatically activated when a new MySite is provisioned.