[transitbus]

Got it to work... had to edit the xml properly

The code example you have is incorrect as well.

It should look more like this:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
- <OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
<ShortName>devpals.com</ShortName>
<Description>devpals, ask a question</Description>
<Image height="16" width="16" type="image/x-icon">http://www.devpals.com/favicon.ico</Image>
<Url type="text/html" method="get" template="http://www.devpals.com/search.php?do=process&query={searchTerms}" />
</OpenSearchDescription>

Make sure if you edit this that you do so in wordpad and not notepad. Attached is devpal's xml file. Make sure to edit it as shown in the example.