Hi Adam,

#1. "How can I removed the text "Looking for something?" from the search bar?"
I am sorry, currently there is no setting available to hide/remove this placeholder. You'll need to
customize this file if you wish to achieve it.DIR: \components\com_easydiscuss\themes\simplistic
\searchbar.php line: 45

#2. "How can I hide the search bar on the Ask a Question page?"
You'll need to customize this as well. You may find this line of code:

<?php echo $this->loadTemplate( 'searchbar.php'); ?>

change it to:

<?php 

	if(JRequest::getVar('view') != 'ask') {

		echo $this->loadTemplate( 'searchbar.php');

	} 

	?>

DIR: \components\com_easydiscuss\themes\simplistic\toolbar.php line:50

By the way, this is a core file for EasyDiscuss and it will get overridden when upgrading. To
prevent this, you will need to do template overriding. You may use this docs as a guide:
http://stackideas.com/docs/easydiscuss/administrators/templating/template-overrides

Please advise:D ,
Fadhli