diff --git a/skins/UabVector.php b/skins/UabVector.php
index 921ea91edfc2098f6699b16fe0a2291e69ec0795..a52e48b39a93e6eed6d7342773530224b87e5024 100644
--- a/skins/UabVector.php
+++ b/skins/UabVector.php
@@ -469,8 +469,25 @@ class UabVectorTemplate extends QuickTemplate {
 		<div id="winston-whitebar"></div>
 		<!-- UAB global content wrapper -->
 		<div id="wrapper">
-		<div id="mw-page-base" class="noprint"></div>
-		<div id="mw-head-base" class="noprint"></div>
+                <!-- whitebar -->
+		<div id="whitebar">
+                   <!-- logo -->
+                   <div id="logo">
+                     <a href="/wiki/"><img alt="uab logo" src="http://www.uab.edu/brand/sitelogo.jpg"></a>
+                   </div>
+                   <!-- /logo -->
+                   <!-- search -->
+                   <div id="search">
+                      <?php $this->renderNavigation( array( 'SEARCH' ) ); ?>
+                   </div>
+                   <!-- /search -->
+                   <div style="clear:both"></div>
+                </div>
+                <!-- /whitebar -->
+                <div style="clear:both"></div>
+
+		<div id="hide-mw-page-base" class="noprint"></div>
+		<div id="hide-mw-head-base" class="noprint"></div>
                 <!-- whitebox-shadow -->
 		<div id="whitebox-shadow">
                 <!-- whitebox -->
diff --git a/skins/uabvector/main-ltr.css b/skins/uabvector/main-ltr.css
index 450844a22d4014ffc4f9580ba213c2f9da0287be..1b9f130be481ea6a7106933a55b52b5eefc1d12e 100644
--- a/skins/uabvector/main-ltr.css
+++ b/skins/uabvector/main-ltr.css
@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@ body {
 	}
 	/* @noflip */
 	#p-search {
-		float: left;
+		/* turn of left float to accomidate new position on uab themed page */
+                /* float: left; */
 	}
 	#p-search {
 		margin-right: 0.5em;