Search function not working

I have the website free articles and i have added a cool search box in the middle but i don’t know why, when i try to search something it doesn’t work, it sends me to 404 not found, despite the fact i have tried exact titles from some articles on my website. The search box from the footer right works properly but the cool big one doesn’t. Please help.

<form id="searchbox"  method="get" action="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/" value="">
    <input id="search" type="text" placeholder="Type here">
    <input id="submit" type="submit" value="Search">
</form>

this is because your search result doesnt go through at all

http://www.articlespedia.org/<? is what i get when i search for ‘test’

try
<form role=“search” method=“get” id=“searchform” action=“<?php echo home_url( ‘/’ ); ?>”>
<div><label class=“screen-reader-text” for=“s”>Search for:</label>
<input type=“text” value=“” name=“s” id=“s” />
<input type=“submit” id=“searchsubmit” value=“Search” />
</div>
</form>

which is the default search for wordpress

that should pass the search over BUT i think you have also deleted you searchform.php file which is located in the root of your theme folder

let me know…

Thanks for the observation mate. The final form of my search form is this:

<form id=“searchbox” method=“get” action=“http://www.articlespedia.org/” > <input type=“text” value=“Enter Search Terms” onfocus=“if (this.value == ‘Enter Search Terms’) {this.value = ‘’;}” onblur=“if (this.value == ‘’) {this.value = ‘Enter Search Terms’;}” size=“18” maxlength=“50” name=“s” id=“search” /> <input type=“submit” value=“search” id=“submit” /> </form>

and working well now. Searchform.php wasn’t deleted.
Thanks again