make sure the search form is getting submitted as a GET REQUEst.
datasource for search results - articles/blog only.
search in the following fields of articles - title, body, categoryname.
when showing search results - show following fields - title, short body description, if image is available then show a thumbnail also. show author also.
show pagination -
show categories on right sidebar... article categories..
on clicking those article categories, user should be redirected to the same search results page but with the selected category.