SEARCH EDITING IN ADMIN PANEL

I cannot get any blocks to stick...

Currently, all the search (Simple, Quick and Advanced) are all empty in the admin panel..

Open your phpmyadmin and add 1 block there. after that other blocks will stick.

Add a block to what table and how?

I have little experience using PhpMyAdmin but I am a quick learner. Just need a bit of direction on this and I'm sure I can figure it out

You need to add in the table PageCompose.