Firefox search plugin update
Update to version 2.0 just broke my custom site search plugin for Firefox. Firefox 2.0 now supports OpenSearch that A9 introduced, and the one that’s quickly becoming a standard across browsers.
So I’ve just updated my search plugin code to work with Firefox 2.0. Download this xml file. (Right click on the link and Save target as or Save link as). Notice that there’s only one file now in xml. No icon file, unlike previously.
The xml file actually contains my site’s favorite icon. Notice the image tag within the code of xml file. The icon is now encoded in base64 within that tag.
Replace ckunte.com in the code with your site root URI where your index.php resides (for Wordpress).
To use your own favorite icon, go to this DataUrlMaker and upload your icon file to get back the base64 encoded icon in a line of text. Replace the Image tag line with yours.
Rename the file to yoursite.xml and park the updated file in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins. And that’s it. Done. Begin searching your site from Firefox 2.0’s built-in search bar without having to load your site first.
The best way to adopt this plugin to any other CMS (or blog service) you may have, is to first try searching on your site or blog first. Notice the address bar for syntax and SearchForm address. Use that info to update the code within the xml file.
Update [14 Feb 2007]: Save yourself some trouble and get this Firefox plugin, which helps you create the exact same thing (I mentioned in the above paragraphs) for any site, just by clicking.
Chetan, would ‘Submit a Link to DesiPundit’ button somewhat like ‘post to del.icio.us’ be possible?
Also, I would like to respond to your comment on DesiPundit=del.icio.us but I’ll do so sometime later.
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Nov 1, 06 at 04:25Yes quite. See this: http://del.icio.us/help/for.
I am a huge fan of del.icio.us for its innovative ideas and simple solution to share links without the extra need for resources. del.icio.us is so tailor made for running links and link blogs, which is why I thought it might help DP in some way in their woes of data loss. In any case, it’s up to DP folks to decide what’s best.
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Nov 1, 06 at 09:11