Search your forum Firefox 2/IE7
Mod Version: 1.00, by delaen1
This modification is in the archives.
| vB Version: 3.6.4 | Rating:  (4 votes - 5.00 average) |
Installs: 30 |
| Released: 02 Dec 2006 | Last Update: Never | Downloads: 32 |
 Not Supported
|
||
PART 1:
Create a file and name it ff_search.xml. Insert this code in to it:
The following changes need to be made to customize it to your site
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)
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.
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&query={searchTerms}" />
</OpenSearchDescription>
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.
Download
No files for download.