[Steven Zahm]

@ John

You can drop a file named search.php into any of these folders:

• ../wp-content/theme/{child-theme}/connections-templates/{slug}/
• ../wp-content/theme/{parent-theme}/connections-templates/{slug}/
• ../wp-content/connections-templates/{slug}/
• ../wp-content/plugins/template-folder/

The {slug} would be the template’s slug. For example, excerpt-plus.

Which folder really depends, but I suggest the last location in the list above.

Hope that helps!, let me know.

ps. More details can be found in this QuickTip on custom template override files.