diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 5b1a15a90..2b583003d 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
# pkgdown (development version)
+* `vignette("search")` has been removed since BS3 is deprecated and all the BS5 docs are also included in `build_search()` (#2564).
* YAML validation has been substantially improved so you should get much clearer errors if you have made a mistake (#1927). Please file an issue if you find a case where the error message is not helpful.
* `template_reference()` and `template_article()` now only add backticks to function names if needed (#2561).
* Custom navbars that specify `icon` but not `aria-label` will now generate a message reminding you to provide one for to improve accessibility (#2533).
diff --git a/R/build-search-docs.R b/R/build-search-docs.R
index de7959502..6ce4ded87 100644
--- a/R/build-search-docs.R
+++ b/R/build-search-docs.R
@@ -65,12 +65,19 @@ url_node <- function(url) {
}
#' Build search index
+#'
+#' @description
+#' Generate a JSON search index from the built site. This is used by
+#' [fuse.js](https://www.fusejs.io/) to provide a javascript powered search for
+#' BS5 powered pkgdown sites.
#'
-#' Build a JSON file encompassing all HTML pages, for use by the search script.
+#' NB: `build_search()` is called automatically by [build_site()]; you don't
+#' need call it yourself. This page documents how it works and its customisation
+#' options.
#'
#' # YAML config
-#' You can exclude some paths from the search index.
-#' Below we exclude the changelog from the search index.
+#' You can exclude some paths from the search index using `search.exclude`.
+#' Below we exclude the changelog from the search index:
#'
#' ```yaml
#' search:
diff --git a/R/build.R b/R/build.R
index e7995c0ee..069ab58f1 100644
--- a/R/build.R
+++ b/R/build.R
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@
#' footer which appear on every page. Learn more about these fields in
#' `vignette("customise")`.
#'
-#' # Search
-#'
-#' The `search` field controls the built-in search and is
-#' documented in `vignette("search")`.
-#'
#' # Development mode
#' The `development` field allows you to generate different sites for the
#' development and released versions of your package. To use it, you first
diff --git a/man/build_search.Rd b/man/build_search.Rd
index 4d2fc04fe..3c787b518 100644
--- a/man/build_search.Rd
+++ b/man/build_search.Rd
@@ -13,11 +13,17 @@ build_search(pkg = ".", override = list())
values in \verb{_pkgdown.yml}}
}
\description{
-Build a JSON file encompassing all HTML pages, for use by the search script.
+Generate a JSON search index from the built site. This is used by
+\href{https://www.fusejs.io/}{fuse.js} to provide a javascript powered search for
+BS5 powered pkgdown sites.
+
+NB: \code{build_search()} is called automatically by \code{\link[=build_site]{build_site()}}; you don't
+need call it yourself. This page documents how it works and its customisation
+options.
}
\section{YAML config}{
-You can exclude some paths from the search index.
-Below we exclude the changelog from the search index.
+You can exclude some paths from the search index using \code{search.exclude}.
+Below we exclude the changelog from the search index:
\if{html}{\out{
}}\preformatted{search:
exclude: ['news/index.html']
diff --git a/man/build_site.Rd b/man/build_site.Rd
index e79c04b04..894edcf54 100644
--- a/man/build_site.Rd
+++ b/man/build_site.Rd
@@ -101,11 +101,6 @@ footer which appear on every page. Learn more about these fields in
\code{vignette("customise")}.
}
-\section{Search}{
-The \code{search} field controls the built-in search and is
-documented in \code{vignette("search")}.
-}
-
\section{Development mode}{
The \code{development} field allows you to generate different sites for the
development and released versions of your package. To use it, you first
diff --git a/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml b/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml
index 7d3366acc..d8a57ff07 100644
--- a/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml
+++ b/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ articles:
- customise
- accessibility
- linking
- - search
- metadata
- title: Advanced techniques
@@ -83,6 +82,9 @@ reference:
contents:
- starts_with("test", internal = TRUE)
+redirects:
+- ["articles/search.html", "reference/build_search.html"]
+
news:
releases:
- text: "Version 2.0.0"
diff --git a/vignettes/customise.Rmd b/vignettes/customise.Rmd
index c3c691c75..f5d7c0fa1 100644
--- a/vignettes/customise.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/customise.Rmd
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ It makes use of the the six built-in components:
- `articles`, if there are any vignettes or articles.
- `tutorials`, if there any tutorials.
- `news`, if `NEWS.md` exists.
-- `search`, the search box (see `vignette("search")` for more details).
+- `search`, the search box (see `?build_search` for more details).
- `github`, a link to the source repository (with an icon), if it can be automatically determined from the `DESCRIPTION`.
[^dots]: Note that dots (`.`) in the package name need to be replaced by hyphens (`-`) in the vignette filename to be recognized as the intro. That means for a
diff --git a/vignettes/search.Rmd b/vignettes/search.Rmd
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fc7cf81e..000000000
--- a/vignettes/search.Rmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
----
-title: "Search"
-description: >
- Learn how to set up search for your pkgdown site.
-output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
-vignette: >
- %\VignetteIndexEntry{Search}
- %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
- %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
----
-
-```{r, include = FALSE}
-knitr::opts_chunk$set(
- collapse = TRUE,
- comment = "#>"
-)
-```
-
-Depending on the Bootstrap version used for your pkgdown website, search will be either built-in (Bootstrap 5 and up) or will need some more configuration of an external service (Bootstrap 3).
-We'd recommend switching to Bootstrap 5, see `vignette("customise")`.
-
-## Bootstrap 5: built-in search
-
-With BS5, search is built-in so building your pkgdown website will automatically build a search index that's available in navbar (using [fuse.js](https://www.fusejs.io/)).
-Currently the only available customisation is excluding some paths from the search index:
-
-``` yaml
-search:
- exclude: ['news/index.html']
-```
-
-Note that search requires a "real" server, not a local `file://` based preview, so search won't work with the default preview.
-To test search with a local preview, you'll need to use `servr::httw("docs")` or similar.
-
-## Bootstrap 3: Algolia
-
-pkgdown websites can integrate search capability using [DocSearch](https://docsearch.algolia.com/) from Algolia.
-DocSearch is a powerful search engine that is free for documentation websites.
-There are only two steps needed to enable DocSearch on a pkgdown website.
-
-### Indexing
-
-Once you have published your pkgdown website, submit the [pkgdown site URL to Docsearch](https://docsearch.algolia.com/).
-Docsearch will contact you via e-mail to confirm you are the website owner.
-
-Docsearch will set up a crawler configuration that indexes your site every 24 hours.
-pkgdown builds a suggested Docsearch crawler configuration in `docsearch.json` and you should point the Docsearch team to this configuration as a starting point.
-If you want to optimize your search, Docsearch will accept pull requests to the configuration that incorporate [additional options](https://github.com/algolia/docsearch-configs#introduction) to fine tune the scraping.
-
-### Configuration
-
-The Docsearch team will e-mail you some JavaScript to integrate into your website.
-
-``` js
-