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> 


[Verionia]

nvm - I got it!!

[barbaras]

Nevermind.. Helps if ya read.

[M4r5h4ll]

i keep on getting this error "Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request. "

& also the google.php logs me out from my forum donno why :x

[Spika]

Originally Posted by SemperFideles

Here is the process I used to create a custom search results page. You can see the search in operation at http://www.puritanboard.com

Thank you very much! your custom search works fine!

[goddess_dix]

Originally Posted by SemperFideles

Here is the process I used to create a custom search results page. You can see the search in operation at http://www.puritanboard.com

Thanks for laying out your process so clearly (and to the original author of the thread for the edit list). This helped me a great deal in getting mine to work.

[Jabong82]

Does this work for 4.0.2? I don't have those exact fields to be edited in the original posters template edits.

I can get the google watermark to show up in the search box, but when I do a search it just leads to a blank screen.

Any help would be appreciated.

[nitra1000]

Yes it does... it's working on my forum. Have you made the google.php?

@op, I've noticed the stylevars need adjusting for it to display properly on blogs, and also the search button is missing in IE7.

I'm having a play at the moment, but if you've fixed it could you update us

[Jabong82]

How do you create the PHP page? I am able to embed the google logo in the search bar, but every time I pull up the google.php page I made I get a blank screen.

When I set the Navbar template edit from mydomain.com/google.php to mydomain.com/search.php it to the normal search.php its fine, but when I try to link it to the google.php page I created I just get a blank screen. How do you create the google.php? Like I said I can get the google logo in the search box fine, I just can't get the search to work.

I copied and pasted Semper's example google.php and that didn't work for me. I also tried to create a google.php with just the code google gave me. They both don't work. How do you create the google.php file?

Any help would be appreciated.


Edit: Nevermind Got it. Nice mod

[Scan Cape Cod]

Installed with many props to SemperFideles for his step by step guide. Works superbly. Nice hack, and greatly appreciated. Thanks! Installed, nominated, etc.

[messi93]

Hi , I install the mod and its Ok , but when i going to use it. it say " Bad Request
Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request.

Can you help me please?