Customising the Drupal 6 Search Form

The default search form or box in drupal is good - it is simple enough and works. However, it is not clear how to alter the look and feel and the default "Search this Site" label.
This article describes how to do this. Out of interest the search form on this site was overridden in this manner.

In this example I use a graphic image file as my submit button called "search_button.png" which I have placed in my theme directory under a folder called images.

Step 1.