Layout options -> Results Layout -> Show author in results? / Show content in results? / ...
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With these options you can enable/disable certain aspects in the results list. If you don't need the author, date, description in the results, just disable the corresponding option.
Default search placeholder text
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Layout options -> Results Layout -> Default search text
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By default there is no text in the search input area. You can however set it if you want to.