Google search in forum search box

This litle hack inserte a google search in the forum search box, with the posibility of search in web and in your site.

Edit you NavBar template and search for the following:

<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[advanced_search]</a></td>
	</tr>
</table>

Put the google search code in this zone.

</div>
<!-- / header quick search form -->

THE CODE BELOW CONTAINS A GOOGLE ACCOUNT WHICH AUTHOR WILL BE AWARDED:

<!-- Search Google by Danny-->
<form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/custom" target="google_window">
<table bgcolor="#f7f7f7">
<tbody>
      <tr>
        <td align="left" height="32" nowrap="nowrap" valign="top">
	<a href="http://www.google.com/">
	<img src="http://www.google.com/logos/Logo_25wht.gif" align="middle"   border="0" alt="Google" /></a>	
	<input type="hidden" name="domains" value="bmwfaq.com" />
	<input type="text" name="q" size="9" maxlength="255" value="" />
	<input type="submit" name="sa" value="Ir" />
	<br />

	<div style="padding:3px">
	<label><input type="radio" name="sitesearch" value="" checked="checked" />Web</label>
	<label ><input type="radio" name="sitesearch" value="bmwfaq.com" /></label>
	</div>

	<input type="hidden" name="client" value="pub-000000000" />
	<input type="hidden" name="forid" value="1" />
	<input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" />
	<input type="hidden" name="oe" value="ISO-8859-1" />
	<input type="hidden" name="cof" value="GALT:#9A2C06;GL:1;DIV:#33FFFF;VLC:D03500;AH:center;BGC:99CCFF;LBGC:CCE5F9;ALC:440066;LC:440066;T:336699;GFNT:223472;GIMP:223472;FORID:1;" />
	<input type="hidden" name="hl" value="es" />
      </td>
      </tr>
</table>
</form>

<!-- Search Google -->

IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN GOOGLE ACCOUNT YOU MAY REPLACE THE FOLLOWING LINES WITH YOUR INFO:

<input type="hidden" name="domains" value="bmwfaq.com" />

<input type="radio" name="sitesearch" value="bmwfaq.com" />

<input type="hidden" name="client" value="pub-000000000" />

[Lazarous]

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Does anyone have any suggestions with how to achieve the above? ^^^

Many thanks.

[dan35]

I love how Erwin puts the Google Search box on his forumhome page.

http://www.christianforums.com/

[Bro_Joey_Gowdy]

Originally Posted by dan35

I love how Erwin puts the Google Search box on his forumhome page.http://www.christianforums.com/

I agree, wish he would share it with us.

Btw, am I the only one who noticed that the code is wrong ?

This :

<input type="hidden" name="client" value="pub-000000000" />

should actually be this:

<input type="hidden" name="client" value="partner-pub-000000000" />

other it would count as adsense content instead of adsense search.

So yeah Erwin rocks !

:banana:

[stinger2]

<input type="hidden" name="client" value="pub-000000000" />

what do you mean??..this is the correct sentence...or am i missingsomething?

[Darat]

Originally Posted by dan35

I love how Erwin puts the Google Search box on his forumhome page.

http://www.christianforums.com/

I think I've added something similar to the search page on my forum see: http://forums.randi.org/search.php

Would that be of use to you?

Oops - forgot that wont be accessible for guests, it looks like the attached screenshot.

[dbembibre]

Originally Posted by Darat

I think I've added something similar to the search page on my forum see: http://forums.randi.org/search.php

Would that be of use to you?

Oops - forgot that wont be accessible for guests, it looks like the attached screenshot.

Another wonderfull way to add google to search

[rjmjr69]

This doesnt seem to work with 3.6.5? Ive done redone it a million times

[amkge]

When I do a search it comes up with the Google results but they are all foreign.


http://www.google.com/custom?domains...D%3A1%3B&hl=es

Could somebody please take a quick peek and tell me what i need to change to get my google results in english/american.

Thanks guys

[jackstraw01]

Originally Posted by Darat

I think I've added something similar to the search page on my forum see: http://forums.randi.org/search.php

Would that be of use to you?

Oops - forgot that wont be accessible for guests, it looks like the attached screenshot.

I would like to do the same, how did you do this?

[Darat]

Originally Posted by jackstraw01

I would like to do the same, how did you do this?

Long time since I added it - as far as I remember it's really just the code from Goggle that allows you to have your google search results shown with your forum's logo (I think that's called "Google Custom Search") added to vBulletin search page:


In the template "search_forums", find

$header
$navbar


and then add this underneath it

PHP Code:


<!-- Search Google -->
    <div class="tcat" style="padding:6px">
        <a style="float:right" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('search_google')"><img id="collapseimg_search_google" src="http://www.randi.org/forumlive/images/buttons/collapse_thead.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
        Google Search Forum
</div>        
<div id="collapseobj_search_google" style="">


<FORM method=GET action=http://www.google.com/custom>

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

<tr>
    <td class="panelsurround" align="center">
        
    <table class="panel" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0" width="100%">
<tr valign=center><td align=left >
<A HREF=http://www.google.com/search>
<IMG SRC=http://www.google.com/logos/Logo_40wht.gif border=0 ALT=Google align=middle></A>
</td>
<td align=left>
<INPUT TYPE=text name=q size=31 maxlength=255 value="">
<INPUT type=submit name=sa VALUE="Google Search">
<INPUT type=hidden name=cof VALUE="S:http://forums.randi.org;AH:center;LH:75;L:http://forums.randi.org/images/misc/searchlogo.gif;LW:849;AWFID:31746880203d5407;">
<input type=hidden name=domains value="forums.randi.org">

<input type=radio name=sitesearch value="forums.randi.org" checked> Search forums.randi.org
<input type=radio name=sitesearch value=""> Search WWW 

</td></tr></TABLE>
</FORM>

</table>
</table>
</div>
</br>

<!-- Search Google --> 


You'll need to use your own url for where my forum's url is used.