Mini Mods - Add Google AdSense Sitesearch to the standard forum search page.

This will put a google search box above your standard search forum. You will need to generate your sitesearch code using AdSense's tools. Once you have your code, do the following:

ACP-> Styles & Templates -> edit the search_forums template.

Find towards the top:

$header
$navbar

Add below:

<!-- Google Search -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
	<td class="tcat">
		Google Search
	</td></tr>
<tr><td class="alt1" align="center">


GOOGLE SEARCH CODE GOES HERE

</td></tr>
</table>
<br />
<!-- /Google Search -->

Add your AdSense Search code as appropriate. The default AdSense setup only allows for black, white and grey backgrounds. To make it blend in with your site, edit the BGCOLOR attribute of the initial table call in Google's code. For example, I chose the black background:

<!-- SiteSearch Google -->
<form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/custom" target="google_window">
<table border="0" bgcolor="#000000">

[/code]

My alt1 color is #333333, so I edited the very last bit:

<!-- SiteSearch Google -->
<form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/custom" target="google_window">
<table border="0" bgcolor="#333333">

So that it matches the overall look of my site and blends in with the table.

Screenshot:

Note that one of the more useful reasons for having this on your site is to be able to search for two-character strings. If you want to add a blurb about it, look for:

</table>

And add the following above it:

<tr><td class="alt1" align="center">
<span class="smallfont">
Google search is useful for finding terms that are three or less characters long. For example, to search for "9v", enter "9v" in the search pane, and select the 'www.sevenstring.org' button below it.</span></td></tr>

And replace my site's name and the search term with something more relevant to your site.

[onnenkolikko]

nice mod. Installed

[PoetJA-1975]

Yes - very nice = Thanx for sharing!

Jacquii.

[PoetJA-1975]

I edited the html code just slightly to better fit my Forum...
If you want a live example site: http://jpicforum.info/search.php
Thanx again

Jacquii.

[snakeair]

Thanks for the mod. "Installed"

[Playa82]

Originally Posted by Chris-777

Note that one of the more useful reasons for having this on your site is to be able to search for two-character strings. If you want to add a blurb about it, look for:

</table>

And add the following above it:

<tr><td class="alt1" align="center">
<span class="smallfont">
Google search is useful for finding terms that are three or less characters long. For example, to search for "9v", enter "9v" in the search pane, and select the 'www.sevenstring.org' button below it.</span></td></tr>

And replace my site's name and the search term with something more relevant to your site.

Nice addition but u made a little mistake:

u have to search for this:

</input>
</td></tr></table>

and after add:

<tr><td class="alt1" align="center">
<span class="smallfont">
Google search is useful for finding terms that are three or less characters long. For example, to search for "9v", enter "9v" in the search pane, and select the 'www.crackmuzik-gfx-elite.de' button below it.</span></td></tr>

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Example here:
http://crackmuzik-gfx-elite.de/search.php
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[iogames]

how can I add it to the bottom?

[Playa82]

Originally Posted by iogames

how can I add it to the bottom?

in search_forums template find:

$footer

</body>
</html>

add above:

<!-- Google Search -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
	<td class="tcat">
		Google Search
	</td></tr>
<tr><td class="alt1" align="center">


GOOGLE SEARCH CODE GOES HERE

</td></tr>
</table>
<br />
<!-- /Google Search -->

[kollam003]

installed thx