How to make VectorLinux search plugin for Firefox.

[exeterdad]

Not much of a how-to, but after much trial and error I came up with this.

Open console as root and paste this command:

Code:

cat > /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.6/searchplugins/vectorlinux.xml << EOF
<SearchPlugin xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/">
<ShortName>VectorLinux Forum</ShortName>
<Description>Search VectorLinux Forums</Description>
<InputEncoding>ISO-8859-1</InputEncoding>
<Image width="16" height="16">data:image/x-icon;base64,AAABAAEAEBAAAAEACABoBQAAFgAAACgAAAAQAAAAIAAAAAEACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAjAAAAIQEAACEAAAAhEEAAIQkAACEIAAAlAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///8AAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQEBBwEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEBAQEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAEBAQADAQEBAAAAAAAAAAEDAQAAAQEBAQAAAAAAAAABBgAAAAADAQEAAAAAAAABAQQAAAAAAQEBAQAAAAAAAQMEAAAAAAEBAQEAAAAAAAEBAQAAAAAAAQEBAQAAAAABAwEDAAAAAAQBAQEFBQAAAAIBAQEBAAAAAQEBAQAAAAAAAQEBAAAAAQEBAAAAAP9/AAD+fwAA/H8AAPx/AAD4PwAA+D8AAPA/AADiHwAAxh8AAM8fAACPDwAAjw8AAI+HAACHgQAAwcMAAOOPAAA=</Image>
<Url type="text/html" method="post" template="http://www.vectorlinux.com/forum2/index.php?action=search2">
  <Param name="search" value="{searchTerms}"/>
  <Param name="submit" value="Search"/>
  <Param name="advanced" value="0"/>
</Url>
<SearchForm>http://www.vectorlinux.com/forum2/</SearchForm>
</SearchPlugin>
EOF

Noooo... The long line is not a typo.
Restart Firefox
Done

You will find your new VectorLinux Forum search and icon in the top right drop down box.

Enjoy 

[uelsk8s]

very cool exeterdad
Thanks

[stoichyu]

Alternatively, you can right click the search box in the VL forums and click "Add a Keyword for this Search" Then give it a name and a keyword. Then you can just go to the address bar and type "<keyword> <search query>."

[exeterdad]

stoichyu:
That's really slick!  I knew you could add a keyword to a web location (Very AOL-like).  But not to a target on a page.  Clever.

[jovanoti]

In case you have updated Firefox with its own update manager then /usr/lib directory is /usr/lib/firefox-2.0
Just change the code to:

Code:

cat > /usr/lib/firefox-2.0/searchplugins/vectorlinux.xml << EOF
<SearchPlugin xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/">
<ShortName>VectorLinux Forum</ShortName>
<Description>Search VectorLinux Forums</Description>
<InputEncoding>ISO-8859-1</InputEncoding>
<Image width="16" height="16">data:image/x-icon;base64,AAABAAEAEBAAAAEACABoBQAAFgAAACgAAAAQAAAAIAAAAAEACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAjAAAAIQEAACEAAAAhEEAAIQkAACEIAAAlAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///8AAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQEBBwEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEBAQEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAEBAQADAQEBAAAAAAAAAAEDAQAAAQEBAQAAAAAAAAABBgAAAAADAQEAAAAAAAABAQQAAAAAAQEBAQAAAAAAAQMEAAAAAAEBAQEAAAAAAAEBAQAAAAAAAQEBAQAAAAABAwEDAAAAAAQBAQEFBQAAAAIBAQEBAAAAAQEBAQAAAAAAAQEBAAAAAQEBAAAAAP9/AAD+fwAA/H8AAPx/AAD4PwAA+D8AAPA/AADiHwAAxh8AAM8fAACPDwAAjw8AAI+HAACHgQAAwcMAAOOPAAA=</Image>
<Url type="text/html" method="post" template="http://www.vectorlinux.com/forum2/index.php?action=search2">
  <Param name="search" value="{searchTerms}"/>
  <Param name="submit" value="Search"/>
  <Param name="advanced" value="0"/>
</Url>
<SearchForm>http://www.vectorlinux.com/forum2/</SearchForm>
</SearchPlugin>
EOF

Really nice and helpful plugin.

[exeterdad]

Thanks jovanoti,

Useful indeed.  I haven't used the Firefox update so I wasn't aware it would shift directories on ya.