• fhsm
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Topic: How-To: Search the forums using Google

Sometimes the 30 second limit on the forum search is really annoying. 

You can get around it using google.  You can save yourself some typing using a FF search plugin to do the custom query.  To add a custom plugin copy the following XML into a document forum_search.xml (for example): 

<OpenSearchDescription>
<ShortName>Crunchbang Forum Search</ShortName>
<Description>Search the crunchbang linux forums</Description>
<Url type="text/html" method="get" template="http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Acrunchbanglinux.org%2Fforums+{searchTerms}"/>
<Url type="application/x-suggestions+json" template="http://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?output=firefox&client=firefox&hl=en&q={searchTerms}"/>
<Image width="16" height="16">http://crunchbanglinux.org/favicon.ico</Image>
<InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
</OpenSearchDescription>

Then save forum_search.xml in ~/.mozilla/firefox/aaaa12345.default/searchplugins/ (where aaaa12345 is the random unique identifier code for your default profile).  Now when you relaunch Firefox you'll have a "Crunchbang Forum Search" option in your firefox search engine drop down.

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  • From: California, USA
  • Registered: 2008-11-29
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Re: How-To: Search the forums using Google

Iggykoopa and I posted some bookmarklets you can use here: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/18259/#p18259

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  • From: /emerald-city
  • Registered: 2009-05-30
  • Posts: 392

Re: How-To: Search the forums using Google

Not sure if anyone is interested, but ive been using the samfind toolbar addon for firefox.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9866

Its a list of editable submenus in place of the bookmarks toolbar.
Each submenu has a search function.
So in the Forums submenu, if you enter a phrase in the search box then click one of your forum bookmarks, it will use google to search for that phrase in that forum.
Its convenient.

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  • Digit
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Re: How-To: Search the forums using Google

no one added this to mycroft mozdev yet?
http://mycroft.mozdev.org/submitos.html
(i would, but i'm too feeble (hungover) at the moment.   ... i provided a link at least. ^_^)

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  • Registered: 2008-11-20
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Re: How-To: Search the forums using Google

I have unstuck this topic as these forums now feature a Google search input at the top of all pages. smile

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