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> 


[SemperFideles]

Originally Posted by mikeinjersey

I dont have the mod installed, but I was thinking of just allowing Google results within the Search...and no results from my site. (to increase sponsored links possibilities)

Is it possible like that ? (i'm guessing the options just need to be set correctly in the Google Adsense area)

You're not going to increase sponsored links possibilities that way. You can set up custom search to search google.com but that would defeat the purpose of having a site search. You can focus sponsored links when you set up custom search by adding certain keywords in the Site Search setup at Adsense for Search.

[vbcreator]

thanks , gonna test it

[ThisIrksMe]

I got the script you posted installed in my navbar template. I still get a white screen. Thanks for your help sir. SGT Larson US Army, USMC Vet

[just77me]

added a empty google.php file to the forum when searching something getting a white page withour the google.php it works but opens without forum on a new page - any ideas pleasE?

[Winter Sonata]

What is the problem might me when I got this error

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

?

[BaanFarsang]

I tried to solve problems in vb4.1.1 following by step:

- Find in the navbar template for this code:

<form action="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=process" method="post" id="navbar_search" class="navbar_search">
   <vb:comment><input type="hidden" name="s" value="{vb:raw session.sessionurl}" /></vb:comment>
   <input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="{vb:raw bbuserinfo.securitytoken}" />
   <input type="hidden" name="do" value="process" />
   <span class="textboxcontainer"><span><input type="text" value="" name="query" class="textbox" tabindex="99"/></span></span>
   <span class="buttoncontainer"><span><input type="image" class="searchbutton" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/search.<vb:if condition="(is_browser('ie') AND !is_browser('ie', 7) AND !is_browser('ie', 8))">gif<vb:else />png</vb:if>" name="submit" onclick="document.getElementById('navbar_search').submit;" tabindex="100"/></span></span>
  </form>

Replace with:

 <form action="http://www.yoursite.com/google.php" id="cse-search-box">
    <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:xxxxxxxxxxx" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:9" />
    <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="utf-8" />
            <span class="textboxcontainer"><span><input type="text" value="" name="q" class="textbox" /></span></span>
            <span class="buttoncontainer"><span><input type="image" class="searchbutton" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/search.<vb:if condition="(is_browser('ie') AND !is_browser('ie', 7) AND !is_browser('ie', 8))">gif<vb:else />png</vb:if>" name="submit" onclick="document.getElementById('navbar_search').submit;" tabindex="100"/></span></span>
		</form>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&amp;lang=th"></script>

* http://www.yoursite.com/google.php=Replace with your site
* xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:xxxxxxxxxxx=your Google AdSense Publisher ID

Demo: http://www.baanfarsang.com

[Gn_Snake]

Not Work with vb 4.1.1 ??

[SemperFideles]

Originally Posted by Gn_Snake

Not Work with vb 4.1.1 ??

Works just fine. All this does is replace a form in the Navbar. The only thing that will change in major versions hereafter is the template for a page but that will be a while.

[Gn_Snake]

If I put a word in the search field gives me a blank page.
Why?

Thx

[scottct1]

Works great... now only if I could figure how to add some skyscraper ads on the left hand side it would be PERFECT!