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Search your forum Firefox 2/IE7 · **Released**: 12-01-2006

PART 1:

Create a file and name it ff_search.xml. Insert this code in to it:

Code:

<?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&amp;query={searchTerms}" />
</OpenSearchDescription>

The following changes need to be made to customize it to your site

Code:

<ShortName>[your board name]</ShortName>

Code:

<Image height="16" width="16" type="image/x-icon">http://[your forum url]/favicon.ico</Image>

Code:

<Url type="text/html" method="get" template="http://[your forum url]/search.php?do=process&query={searchTerms}"/>

Any "special" characters that are in your forum name or description are going to have to be replaced.

Upload the file to your forum root.

PART 2:

Open up your headinclude and paste this in the last line (placing your URL where appropriate)

Code:

<link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://[your forum url]/ff_search.xml" title="[your forum title]" />

That's it. Now when you go to your forum with Firefox 2 (and I hear it works on IE7, though I haven't downloaded that yet) the little Google "G" in the search box should be glowing. If you click the down-arrow, there will be a new section that says "Add 'your forum'".

Select it and now you can search your forums directly from that box. This assumes you have no guest/captcha restrictions on searching. If not, it's only going to work for members.

You can see an example at http://www.devpals.com if you have Firefox 2 installed.

Pady · #12 12-02-2006, 06:18 AM

similar thing here - i edited using editplus and get a similar error

Ramsesx · #13 12-02-2006, 09:15 AM

Same here, get the error file not found.

Darat · #14 12-02-2006, 09:36 AM

Same problem here - everything looks as if it is working apart from in FF I get a can't download the .xml file and in IE 7 a can't get information error.

basilrath · #15 12-02-2006, 12:56 PM

have to say sack ie7

its bollox

delaen1 · #16 12-02-2006, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FireFish

Sure. I appreciate your help.

I PM'd you.

Everything LOOKS right in the one that you PM'd to me.

Try changing the second line to:
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">

(with no dash at the beginning there)

Also, in the description, you're going to have to get rid of the "&" character.

soulface · #17 12-02-2006, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by delaen1

Everything LOOKS right in the one that you PM'd to me.

Try changing the second line to:
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">

(with no dash at the beginning there)

Also, in the description, you're going to have to get rid of the "&" character.

YES! this solution is working!

[high]* soulface clicked Install![/high]

desertfoxmb · #18 12-02-2006, 10:02 PM

Hello,

I've got an issue getting this to work. Everything works except: In the url for the search engine in the xml file the & causes errors. If I change it to a semi-colon or some other character, it works fine except that the query string is then malformed for the search and nothing happens.

Here is my xml file contents:

PHP Code:


			
<?xml version="1.0" ?>

 <OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">

 <ShortName>WeServ.net</ShortName> 

<Description>Search WeServ.Net - A Community of Agape</Description>

 <Image height="16" width="16" type="image/x-icon">http://www.weserv.net/favicon.ico</Image>

 <Url type="text/html" method="get" template="http://www.weserv.net/forums/search.php?do=process&query={searchTerms}" />

 </OpenSearchDescription>

Like this I get an xml validation error. If I change do=process&query= to do=process;query= I get no xml validation error, but the search doesn't work.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

delaen1 · #19 12-02-2006, 11:11 PM

Yes.

I should have copied and pasted from my file directly instead of trying to do it from FF or IE.

Code:

<?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&amp;query={searchTerms}" />
</OpenSearchDescription>

Replace the & with &

Phaedrus · #20 12-02-2006, 11:20 PM

Finally got it to work! And yes it does work with IE 7... But when I click on "Mark as Installed" it does nothing..

desertfoxmb · #21 12-03-2006, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by delaen1

Yes.

I should have copied and pasted from my file directly instead of trying to do it from FF or IE.

Code:

<?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&amp;query={searchTerms}" />
</OpenSearchDescription>

Replace the & with &

Perfect!

Installed.

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