Integration with vBulletin - Replace search with Google Custom Search

This mod assumes you have an adsense account and are using Google Custom Search.

You want to make sure your results page is named something other than the vb default search.php, this leaves the vb option open to those who click "advanced search"

Open your template navbar


find

PHP Code:

<form action="search.php?do=process" method="post" id="navbar_search"> 


replace with the form line of the google supplied code
example:

PHP Code:

<form action="http://www.ahfb2000.com/google.php" id="cse-search-box"> 


find

PHP Code:

<input type="hidden" name="s" value="{vb:raw session.sessionurl}" />
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="{vb:raw bbuserinfo.securitytoken}" />
<input type="hidden" name="do" value="process" /> 


replace with the first 3 hidden input types in your google code
example:

PHP Code:

    <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:10" />
    <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" /> 


find

PHP Code:

<input type="text" value="" name="query" class="textbox" /> 


replace with

PHP Code:

<input type="text" value="" name="q" class="textbox" /> 


find

PHP Code:

<input type="image" class="searchbutton" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/search.png" name="submit" onclick="document.getElementById('navbar_search').submit;" /> 


replace with

PHP Code:

<input type="image" class="searchbutton" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/search.png" name="sa" onclick="document.getElementById('navbar_search').submit;" /> 


find

PHP Code:

</form> 


add this after

PHP Code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&amp;lang=en"></script> 


[RichieBoy67]

Never mind--I figured this out and fixed it..Thanks

another issue though--is there any way to get some padding? I know this is a google issue but it there a work around?

It is the left side that is just crammed right up to the edge...

Thanks

[max2008]

Installed , VB 4.0.4

thank you so much ..!

[CEO254]

I have everything working properly but I am having trouble with the Search Box

Whenever I type in text, it isn't visible in the box. I know its there because I highlight it and I can see it.

I think it may be because my default text on my site is white.

Is there any way I can change the text color just for the search box?

[schlottkej]

For some reason when I run the search from the main page it takes me to the results page and offers nothing but if I search again on the search page the results come up.

Both URLs are the exact same am I getting a script conflict or what?

[mohammad6006]

i dont have google adsense and credit card

what can i do?

[Winter Sonata]

Does anyone have this working with 406 version, It doesnt work with me and I gt this message

Warning: require_once(./global.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/lan/public_html/domain name/google.php on line 29

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/lan/public_html/domain name/google.php on line 29

[SemperFideles]

Works fine with 4.0.6 (and 4.0.7).

Your error looks like you put the wrong path in your template.

[salvador21]

Looks like a great mod, but I can't find most of those code lines in the navbar template (v 4.0.7)

EDIT:

Also my Google code doesn't have these lines:

<input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" /> 
    <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:10" /> 
    <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" />

It is like this:

<div id="cse" style="width: 100%;">Loading</div>
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  google.load('search', '1', {language : 'en'});
  google.setOnLoadCallback(function() {
    var customSearchControl = new google.search.CustomSearchControl('xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx');
    customSearchControl.setResultSetSize(google.search.Search.FILTERED_CSE_RESULTSET);
    customSearchControl.draw('cse');
  }, true);
</script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.google.com/cse/style/look/default.css" type="text/css" />

[Taurus1]

Same here! Please can you update this for 4.0.7

The code lines you give to find are no longer in there.

Thanks!

[SemperFideles]

Gents,

Look at post #36: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....5&postcount=36

It can't be explained any more simply.