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# Allow Users to Search Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce Sites

Sites using Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce have much of the same functionality as Experience Cloud sites using Aura templates.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

There are a few additional things to consider if you’re using a Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce site:

- If Chatter is enabled, global search and contextual feed search are enabled by default in all sites.
- With global search, members can search for records, files, people, groups, topics, feed posts, and comments.
- Feed search () is helpful when members want to look for information in a specific feed context. Groups, user profiles, records, and the site feed support feed search.
- If Chatter isn’t enabled, sidebar search is enabled in all Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce sites.
- Sidebar search doesn’t support searches for items specific to Chatter, such as feeds, groups, files, topics, and user profiles.