On 14 February 2013 12:03, Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Any know of a way to build a customized search into firefox. Basically I want > to setup a search pull down which is hard coded to a particular site. > > For example, add a menu item called > MyBlog > > And what ever I put into the search window ends up going to google as > > $SEARCHTEXT site:danwalsh.livejournal.com > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlEc0p0ACgkQrlYvE4MpobMN6wCfSRPhFqEvWdM66UeKfUrD0dnX > kRIAn3JdxmU3ZMArxffey6CPLHTZMtnc > =UZ5k > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Plugins for the search widget in the top-right of Firefox uses the OpenSearch standard. You can just create a little XML file that describes the search action you want, and put it on your website and then anyone can install it and search your site with it. Here's a guide to creating an OpenSearch plugin: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Creating_OpenSearch_plugins_for_Firefox Here's an example of one in the wild: http://dictionary.reference.com/opensearch_desc.xml If you go to http://dictionary.reference.com, you can install the plugin by clicking the drop-down in the Firefox search widget and choosing "Add..." Hope that helps. -- Mat Booth http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
