[GH-ISSUE #745] [QUESTION] The search box is invisible #474

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Originally created by @sainnhe on GitHub (May 3, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/issues/745

First of al, thank you for developing this awesome app!

Today I deployed it on heroku, and I found the home page is like this:
home

The search box is totally invisible, although it's clickable. I typed something and click the "search" text and the results page goes as follows:

My question is: is this a bug or it's intentional? I saw the screenshots on README and they are comparatively another thing.

If it's intentional, how can I switch to the version shows in the screenshots in heroku?

Btw, here is the site I deployed if we need to debug it: https://whoogle-sainnhe.herokuapp.com

Originally created by @sainnhe on GitHub (May 3, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/issues/745 First of al, thank you for developing this awesome app! Today I deployed it on heroku, and I found the home page is like this: <img width="1442" alt="home" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/37491630/166404973-f94fdebc-c629-4c93-bc67-7082ceb0628a.png"> The search box is totally invisible, although it's clickable. I typed something and click the "search" text and the results page goes as follows: <img width="1442" alt="search" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/37491630/166404986-8b877787-2873-4535-bf33-02890edada67.png"> My question is: is this a bug or it's intentional? I saw the screenshots on README and they are comparatively another thing. If it's intentional, how can I switch to the version shows in the screenshots in heroku? Btw, here is the site I deployed if we need to debug it: https://whoogle-sainnhe.herokuapp.com

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@benbusby commented on GitHub (May 16, 2022):

Hi, apologies for the delay.

Can you try redeploying to heroku using this link: https://heroku.com/deploy?template=https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/tree/main and let me know if that fixes it for you? When you're deploying, make sure the WHOOGLE_CONFIG_CSS variable that it prompts you for is not left blank. There's a weird bug with Heroku deployments in particular where if the aforementioned variable is left empty, it gets autofilled with a placeholder value, which causes the visual issue you're seeing.

Let me know if redeploying fixes that for you, and re-open if you're still seeing it.

@benbusby commented on GitHub (May 16, 2022): Hi, apologies for the delay. Can you try redeploying to heroku using this link: https://heroku.com/deploy?template=https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/tree/main and let me know if that fixes it for you? When you're deploying, make sure the `WHOOGLE_CONFIG_CSS` variable that it prompts you for is not left blank. There's a weird bug with Heroku deployments in particular where if the aforementioned variable is left empty, it gets autofilled with a placeholder value, which causes the visual issue you're seeing. Let me know if redeploying fixes that for you, and re-open if you're still seeing it.