REQUIREMENTS: Perl running on your server, and a cgi-bin folder and vbulletin 3.0.X
INSTALLATION
1) Create new GLOBAL phrases:
Go to your ADMIN CP -> LANGUAGES & PHRASES -> PHRASE MANAGER -> ADD NEW PHRASE and create these phrases:
FIRST PHRASE:
Phrase Type:GLOBAL
varname: megasearch
text:<form action="../cgi-bin/search.cgi" target="top">
Search terms: <input type="text" name="search" value="">
search engine:
<SELECT NAME="engine">
<OPTION>Google</OPTION>
<OPTION>Ask Jeeves</OPTION>
<OPTION>Dogpile</OPTION>
<OPTION>Galaxy</OPTION>
<OPTION>Altavista</OPTION>
<OPTION>Yahoo</OPTION>
<OPTION>Lycos</OPTION>
<OPTION>Metacrawler</OPTION>
<OPTION>Wikipedia</OPTION>
<OPTION>weather.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>clipart.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>eBay</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internet Movie Database</OPTION>
<OPTION>The Smoking Gun</OPTION>
<OPTION>AlltheWeb</OPTION>
<OPTION>About</OPTION>
<OPTION>AOL</OPTION>
<OPTION>GoPile</OPTION>
<OPTION>Netscape</OPTION>
<OPTION>Teoma</OPTION>
<OPTION>CompuServe</OPTION>
<OPTION>Mamma</OPTION>
<OPTION>DMOZ</OPTION>
<OPTION>HotBot</OPTION>
<OPTION>MSN</OPTION>
<OPTION>Looksmart</OPTION>
<OPTION>Dictionary.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Thesaurus.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Creative Commons</OPTION>
<OPTION>mininova bittorrent search</OPTION>
<OPTION>BBC News</OPTION>
<OPTION>CNN News</OPTION>
<OPTION>Disinfopedia</OPTION>
<OPTION>National Public Radio</OPTION>
<OPTION>Big Cartoon Database</OPTION>
<OPTION>CultureBuffs</OPTION>
<OPTION>Beer in the Evening</OPTION>
<OPTION>MemoryAlpha</OPTION>
<OPTION>Ticketmaster</OPTION>
<OPTION>Comingsoon.net</OPTION>
<OPTION>Kids-In-Mind.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>GameSpy</OPTION>
<OPTION>FilePlanet</OPTION>
<OPTION>UFOpsi</OPTION>
<OPTION>Webtender</OPTION>
<OPTION>recipesource</OPTION>
<OPTION>AllRecipes.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Foodnetwork.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Abbreviationz.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Fark.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>googlism.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Wired News</OPTION>
<OPTION>G4 Tech TV</OPTION>
<OPTION>Blogdex</OPTION>
<OPTION>Blog Search Engine</OPTION>
<OPTION>wtc7.net</OPTION>
<OPTION>Centers for Disease Control</OPTION>
<OPTION>Snopes.com Urban Legends</OPTION>
<OPTION>CPAN Perl Archive</OPTION>
<OPTION>download.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internet Archives: Movies</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internet Archives: Text</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internet Archives: Audio</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internet Archives: Software</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internic WHOIS Search</OPTION>
<OPTION>subgenius.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>vbulletin.org</OPTION>
</SELECT>
<input type="submit" value="Search the Web">
</form>
SECOND PHRASE:
Type: GLOBAL
Varname: megasearch_title
text:Mega Search
THIRD PHRASE:
(NOTE: You only need to add this phrase if you want to have the search appear in the navbar)
Type: GLOBAL
Varname: megasearch_navbar
text:<td class="alt2" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
<div class="smallfont"><form action="../cgi-bin/search.cgi" target="top">
Search terms: <input type="text" name="search" value=""><br>
search engine:
<SELECT NAME="engine">
<OPTION>Google</OPTION>
<OPTION>Ask Jeeves</OPTION>
<OPTION>Dogpile</OPTION>
<OPTION>Galaxy</OPTION>
<OPTION>Altavista</OPTION>
<OPTION>Yahoo</OPTION>
<OPTION>Lycos</OPTION>
<OPTION>Metacrawler</OPTION>
<OPTION>Wikipedia</OPTION>
<OPTION>weather.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>clipart.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>eBay</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internet Movie Database</OPTION>
<OPTION>The Smoking Gun</OPTION>
<OPTION>AlltheWeb</OPTION>
<OPTION>About</OPTION>
<OPTION>AOL</OPTION>
<OPTION>GoPile</OPTION>
<OPTION>Netscape</OPTION>
<OPTION>Teoma</OPTION>
<OPTION>CompuServe</OPTION>
<OPTION>Mamma</OPTION>
<OPTION>DMOZ</OPTION>
<OPTION>HotBot</OPTION>
<OPTION>MSN</OPTION>
<OPTION>Looksmart</OPTION>
<OPTION>Dictionary.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Thesaurus.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Creative Commons</OPTION>
<OPTION>mininova bittorrent search</OPTION>
<OPTION>BBC News</OPTION>
<OPTION>CNN News</OPTION>
<OPTION>Disinfopedia</OPTION>
<OPTION>National Public Radio</OPTION>
<OPTION>Big Cartoon Database</OPTION>
<OPTION>CultureBuffs</OPTION>
<OPTION>Beer in the Evening</OPTION>
<OPTION>MemoryAlpha</OPTION>
<OPTION>Ticketmaster</OPTION>
<OPTION>Comingsoon.net</OPTION>
<OPTION>Kids-In-Mind.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>GameSpy</OPTION>
<OPTION>FilePlanet</OPTION>
<OPTION>UFOpsi</OPTION>
<OPTION>Webtender</OPTION>
<OPTION>recipesource</OPTION>
<OPTION>AllRecipes.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Foodnetwork.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Abbreviationz.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Fark.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>googlism.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Wired News</OPTION>
<OPTION>G4 Tech TV</OPTION>
<OPTION>Blogdex</OPTION>
<OPTION>Blog Search Engine</OPTION>
<OPTION>wtc7.net</OPTION>
<OPTION>Centers for Disease Control</OPTION>
<OPTION>Snopes.com Urban Legends</OPTION>
<OPTION>CPAN Perl Archive</OPTION>
<OPTION>download.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internet Archives: Movies</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internet Archives: Text</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internet Archives: Audio</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internet Archives: Software</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internic WHOIS Search</OPTION>
<OPTION>subgenius.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Ask Jolene: pictures</OPTION>
<OPTION>Ask Jolene: movies</OPTION>
<OPTION>Booble</OPTION>
<OPTION>OnlyBestSex.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>vbulletin.org</OPTION>
</SELECT>
<input type="submit" value="Search the web">
</form></div>
</td>
FOURTH PHRASE:
(NOTE: You only need to add this phrase if you want to have the search appear as a module in your VBadvanced CMPS)
Type: GLOBAL
Varname: megasearch_cmps
text:<center><form action="../cgi-bin/search.cgi" target="top">
Search terms: <input type="text" name="search" value="">
search engine:
<SELECT NAME="engine">
<OPTION>Google</OPTION>
<OPTION>Ask Jeeves</OPTION>
<OPTION>Dogpile</OPTION>
<OPTION>Galaxy</OPTION>
<OPTION>Altavista</OPTION>
<OPTION>Yahoo</OPTION>
<OPTION>Lycos</OPTION>
<OPTION>Metacrawler</OPTION>
<OPTION>Wikipedia</OPTION>
<OPTION>weather.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>clipart.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>eBay</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internet Movie Database</OPTION>
<OPTION>The Smoking Gun</OPTION>
<OPTION>AlltheWeb</OPTION>
<OPTION>About</OPTION>
<OPTION>AOL</OPTION>
<OPTION>GoPile</OPTION>
<OPTION>Netscape</OPTION>
<OPTION>Teoma</OPTION>
<OPTION>CompuServe</OPTION>
<OPTION>Mamma</OPTION>
<OPTION>DMOZ</OPTION>
<OPTION>HotBot</OPTION>
<OPTION>MSN</OPTION>
<OPTION>Looksmart</OPTION>
<OPTION>Dictionary.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Thesaurus.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Creative Commons</OPTION>
<OPTION>mininova bittorrent search</OPTION>
<OPTION>BBC News</OPTION>
<OPTION>CNN News</OPTION>
<OPTION>Disinfopedia</OPTION>
<OPTION>National Public Radio</OPTION>
<OPTION>Big Cartoon Database</OPTION>
<OPTION>CultureBuffs</OPTION>
<OPTION>Beer in the Evening</OPTION>
<OPTION>MemoryAlpha</OPTION>
<OPTION>Ticketmaster</OPTION>
<OPTION>Comingsoon.net</OPTION>
<OPTION>Kids-In-Mind.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>GameSpy</OPTION>
<OPTION>FilePlanet</OPTION>
<OPTION>UFOpsi</OPTION>
<OPTION>Webtender</OPTION>
<OPTION>recipesource</OPTION>
<OPTION>AllRecipes.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Foodnetwork.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Abbreviationz.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Fark.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>googlism.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Wired News</OPTION>
<OPTION>G4 Tech TV</OPTION>
<OPTION>Blogdex</OPTION>
<OPTION>Blog Search Engine</OPTION>
<OPTION>wtc7.net</OPTION>
<OPTION>Centers for Disease Control</OPTION>
<OPTION>Snopes.com Urban Legends</OPTION>
<OPTION>CPAN Perl Archive</OPTION>
<OPTION>download.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internet Archives: Movies</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internet Archives: Text</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internet Archives: Audio</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internet Archives: Software</OPTION>
<OPTION>Internic WHOIS Search</OPTION>
<OPTION>subgenius.com</OPTION>
<OPTION>vbulletin.org</OPTION>
</SELECT><BR><BR><CENTER>
<input type="submit" value="Search the Web">
</form></CENTER>
2) Upload 'mega.jpg' to your forum/images/misc folder (you only need to upload the picture if you are going to add a search area below the "Who's Online" box). You can substitute any picture you see fit, just make sure it fits in the area defined (30x30)
3) Open search.cgi and replace "www.yoursite.com" with the URL of your site. Edit the top of the script to point to perl:#!/usr/bin/perlThis must point to the Perl version on your server. If you don't know it, ask your host. In most cases #!/usr/bin/perl or #!/usr/bin/perl5 works OK. If you do not have Perl installed on your server all is not lost! You can try a file called perlsp (http://%20http//2n-com.de/perlsp/%20%20) that provides an ASP/PHP/JSP like environment for Perl on all servers, dedicated or virtual, with everything that you expect from a web programming environment (and before only knew from PHP or ASP). Save & Upload to your CGI-BIN folder on your server, and CHMOD to 755. If you don't know what CHMOD is or how to do it READ HERE (http://showpost.php?p=742750&postcount=43).
4) DO THIS STEP ONLY IF YOU WANT THE MEGASEARCH TO APPEAR ON YOUR FORUMHOME, BELOW THE "WHO'S ONLINE" AREA!
Go to your ADMIN CP -> STYLES & TEMPLATES -> STYLE MANAGER -> EDIT TEMPLATES and click on the "<< >>" button to expand the template groups. Click on the FORUMHOME template to edit it and search for:<if condition="$show['birthdays']">
and add BEFORE:<!-- megasearch -->
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="thead" colspan="2">
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('megasearch')"><img id="collapseimg_megasearch" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_megasearch].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
$vbphrase[megasearch_title]
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_megasearch" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_megasearch]">
<tr>
<td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/mega.jpg" alt="$vbphrase[megasearch_title]" border="0" /></td>
<td class="alt1" width="100%">
<div class="smallfont">
<div>$vbphrase[megasearch]</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<!-- end megasearch-->
5) DO THIS STEP ONLY IF YOU WANT THE MEGASEARCH TO APPEAR ON YOUR SEARCH.PHP PAGE, BELOW THE SEARCH AREA!
Go to your ADMIN CP -> STYLES & TEMPLATES -> STYLE MANAGER -> EDIT TEMPLATES and click on the "<< >>" button to expand the template groups. Click on the "search_forums" template to edit it and search for:$footer
Add BEFORE:<br><div align=center>$vbphrase[megasearch]</div><br>
6) DO THIS STEP ONLY IF YOU WANT THE MEGASEARCH TO APPEAR ON YOUR NAVBAR!
Go to your ADMIN CP -> STYLES & TEMPLATES -> STYLE MANAGER -> EDIT TEMPLATES and click on the "<< >>" button to expand the template groups. Click on the "navbar" template to edit it and search for:<div class="navbar" style="font-size:10pt"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php?$session[sessionurl]" accesskey="1"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/navbits_start.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> <strong>$vboptions</strong></div>
</if>
</td>
Add AFTER:$vbphrase[megasearch_navbar]
7) [b]DO THIS STEP ONLY IF YOU WANT THE MEGASEARCH TO APPEAR AS A MODULE ON YOUR VBADVANCED CMPS!
Create a new template called 'adv_portal_megasearch' (without the quotes), with the following contents:$vbphrase[megasearch_cmps]
Go to your ADMIN CP -> VBa CMPS -> ADD MODULE -> TEMPLATE -> and create a CMPS module with the following properties:
Module Title: MegaSearch
Column: Center (I designed the layout to go across the middle, but you can re-design it to fit in a sidebox if you want)
Display Order: Your Choice (last is best)
ACTIVE: YES
Template to include: adv_portal_megasearch (the 'adv_portal_' part is implied, so only enter 'megasearch' in the text box)
Use Module Shell Template: NO
8) That's it! Please click INSTALL if you find this useful!
OPTIONAL: ADD MORE ENGINES TO SEARCH
You can add your own search engines to the end of the list in search.cgi, just before:'print "Location: $url\n\n";'
Simply add your own search string using this formula:
if ($engine eq "The Website") {
$url = "http://website.com/search?query=$search";
}
Just replace the name of the website with "The Website" (keeping the quotes) and replace the search string. Replace your search term with '$search' in the string. Then add it to your megasearch phrases inbetween an option tag like this example:<option>The Website</option>
This list and your list in your template do NOT need to be in the same order, just as long as they both reflect the same search engine options.
FIND NEW SEARCH STRINGS
To find new search strings simply go to your favorite site and locate their "search" box, and enter any term, and remember what that term is. Sumbit the search and look in the URL address area of your browser- highlight the url and copy it and paste it to a text editor. Look for the term you searched for and replace it with $search
"CREATE" NEW SEARCH ENGINES
If your favorite site does not have a search engine installed, or if it is not visible in the URL area of your browser after you submit a search then you can easily create your own using the following formula:http://www.google.com/search?q=$search&btnG=Google+It%21&domains=www.website.com&sitesearch=www.website.com
Simply replace both instances of www.website.com with the URL to the site you wish to include in the search. NOTE: This does not actually search the site, but rather the pages that are already indexed by GOOGLE (or whichever search engine you choose). You can use any search engine you want to use that allows advanced searches like this, such as Metacrawler, etc..
You can also use the 'more engines.txt' file that is included with this zip file. It has several more search engines listed, and the search variable has already been substituted with $search for you. Simply cut and paste the URL in to your search.cgi following the directions at the top of the script, and also add the name of the engine between <option></option> tags in the search options that are included in the phrases. Be sure to use the exact same spelling, capitalization etc. for the name of the option and also the search engine option on the search.cgi script.