diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 96e69fb..0273198 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -3,11 +3,19 @@ server {
         listen [::]:4443;
         server_name uptime.nowherejezfoltodf4jiyl6r56jnzintap5vyjlia7fkirfsnfizflqd.onion;
 
-                root /srv/darknet-onion-webring/www/;
-                location ~ \.php$ {
-                    include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
-                    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.2-fpm.sock;
-                }
-                index index.php;
+        root /srv/darknet-onion-webring/www/;
+        location ~ \.php$ {
+            include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
+            fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.2-fpm.sock;
+        }
+
+        index index.php;
+
+		# optional read-only static php file without the searchbar, to display all links by default :
+		#
+		#location /index.php {
+			# return 404;
+		#} 
+		# index static.php;
 }
 
diff --git a/www/static.php b/www/static.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ea91e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/static.php
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+
+<body>
+    <head>
+        <title>Darknet Lantern</title>
+        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
+        <link rel="icon" href="/img/logo-favicon.png">
+    </head>
+    <center >
+
+
+
+<?php 
+require("header.php");
+	$min_length = 1;
+	$max_length = 32;
+	$instance= $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
+	$participantpath="participants/" . $instance . '/';
+	$verifiedcsvpath="participants/" . $instance . '/verified.csv';
+	$unverifiedcsvpath="participants/" . $instance . '/unverified.csv';
+
+	// check if the verified and unverified csv files have links in them or not:
+    $lines_uv = count(file($unverifiedcsvpath)); 
+    $lines_v = count(file($verifiedcsvpath)); 
+    //echo "<p>CSV LINES: " . $lines_uv . " " . $lines_v . "</p>"; 
+
+?>
+
+
+
+<?php
+	$sensitive = '1'; 
+	$query = '.'; 
+	// gets value sent over search form
+	
+
+	if(strlen($query) >= $min_length and strlen($query) <= $max_length){ // if query length is more or equal minimum length then
+		
+		$query = htmlspecialchars($query); 
+		// removes the risky characters
+		// there needs to be regex checking, only allow [a-zA-Z0-9.:/] 
+		$query=preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9:\/.\ ]/", "", $query);
+
+		
+		//echo "<p>Search results for " . $query . " :</p>";	
+		echo nl2br("\n");
+		echo nl2br("\n");
+		//echo $verifiedcsvpath;
+		//echo nl2br("\n");
+		//echo $unverifiedcsvpath;
+		if ($lines_v >= 2){
+			echo '<div class="verified"><h3>Verified Links</h3></br></div>';
+			echo nl2br("\n");
+			DisplayCSVNEW($verifiedcsvpath,$query,$sensitive);
+		}else{
+			echo "<p>Your verified.csv file is empty, check the documentation to know how to add links into it.</p>";
+		}
+		if ($lines_uv >= 2){
+			echo '</br></br></br><div class="unverified"><h3>Unverified Links</h3></br></div>';
+			echo nl2br("\n");
+			DisplayCSVNEW($unverifiedcsvpath,$query,$sensitive);
+		}else{
+			echo "<p>Your unverified.csv file is empty, please check the documentation to know how to add links into it.</p>";
+		}
+		// display the results of verified.csv
+		// only display the results of verified.csv that matches with the search term
+		// display the results of unverified.csv 
+		// only display the results of unverified.csv that matches with the search term
+		
+	}
+	else{ // if query length is less than minimum or more than maximum
+		echo '</br></br><img src="img/logo-large.png"><p>Search query must be between '.$min_length . " and ".$max_length . " characters.</p>";
+		// TODO list the available categories
+	}
+?>
+<?php 
+require("webring.php");
+?>
+
+
