Hey again folks!

We got the kinks worked out, so here's take two.

This is an openSearch Plugin for your browser. Ron had a great idea of hosting it here on WR, so you don't even have to leave the page to install it!

Compatibilty:



To install it, simply click the little down arrow next to your current search. (The upper right hand corner of your browser window, immediately to the right of the address bar.)

At the bottom of the list of searches, you'll see Add "Search WR Forums".

Click it and it will install automatically.


Using it is as simple as entering a Keyword and searching. It will run a google search for that keyword, but it will only search pages from WR.

I like this better than the built in search at the forums for several reasons. First, since it's not using the Forum's Servers, there is no flood control, and you can do as many searches as you want.

Also, there are over 1100 pages of the site indexed by Google, and it will show you all relevant pages in the results, whereas, with the Forum's Search, it maxes out at 25 results.

So there you go folks!
Happy searching!

Post here if you need any help with installing or using it.

That is brilliant!  And, perfect for computer experts like me who can barely find letters on the keyboard.

Thanks guys.

Just so people understand, this is a FireFox plugin and will may not work on any other browser.

Mike,
Sounds like a great feature but I don't have that option.  I am using Firefox 3.6.8.  Should it be viable for this version?
Thanks!
Jeff

Awesome! I'm glad you guys are finding it to be useful. It's already really helped me find a bunch of great threads I might have otherwise missed.

Thank you for the Screenshots, Ron! I think that makes things plenty clear on how it should look when you install it.
Folks, if you take a look at that last screenshot that Ron posted, you'll see the very last option in the list says, "Manage Search Engines". Clicking that will bring up a box that lets you sort your search engines in the order you want, and delete the ones you don't want anymore.


Just an FYI For everyone new to the world of OpenSearch Plugins; Have a look at the Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or . There are tens of thousands of search plugins for just about every popular site. Most of the big sites have dozens of them for various custom searches, search in different languages, or searches targeting different language versions of the site. The nerd in me LOVES the Mycroft project.    (A couple of particular favorites are Ebay, Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, W3Schools, Creative Commons, and IMDB. )


As always, never hesitate to ask if you need any help with anything!

-Peace!

Yeah, submitting it to the Mycroft Project is optional, but it's like a repository of every OpenSearch plugin.

It was born out of the Sherlock Search Standard from MacOS (hence the name "Mycroft"). There is a large community there that will independently test new submissions for compatibility and mark it as such with the proper icon.

You don't really need to submit the WR Search, since it's a really good bet that most of the people who would ever want to use it will have already discovered the site. So you wouldn't get much traffic generated from it being submitted.

As versions of browsers progress, compatibility might be an issue, so I'll probably want to do some testing and updating every now and then.

It's also possible to create separate OpenSearch Plugins for other browsers. (I've been reading about it now. lol)


Oh, I think Mycroft also makes it easy for non-programmer to create their own search plugin, without knowing how to code XML. They have a really nice submission form that allows you to enter relevant info directly into labeled text boxes. It will create the XML File based on your entries. Way easy for someone who doesn't know programming.

So, long story short, there's no real 'benefit' to submitting the WR Search, other than posterity, I suppose. 

Right on, Vaughn! It's really easy to do. I followed the example at the Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or . Just replace all the bold with your own info. You can host the file anywhere you want, and then just Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or tag to facilitate Auto-Discovery.

Let me know if you need any help with it!

Works in FF12 and IE9