Re: Add php.net to my browser search box

From: Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:40:53 +0000
Subject: Re: Add php.net to my browser search box
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Martin Scotta wrote: > Hi all! > > I'd like to add php.net to my browser search box. > Most browser can do it by "looking" at some XML provided by the site. > > The HTML must contain a simple link tag like this > <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" > title="PHP.net" > href="http://php.net/osd.xml" /> > > and osd.xml should be something like this > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <OpenSearchDescription> > <ShortName>PHP.net</ShortName> > <Description>Quick search in PHP.net!</Description> > <Tags>php quick search</Tags> > <Image height="16" width="16" type="image/x-icon"> > http://php.net/images/logos/php-icon-white.gif</Image> > <Url type="text/html" method="GET" template=" > http://search.php?pattern={searchTerms}"/> > <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding> > <AdultContent>false</AdultContent> > </OpenSearchDescription> > > I know php.net use method="POST", but it's quite easy to provide a GET > mechanism. > > > is this the correct place for posting this? > I use FF 2 & 3 and I created a bookmark that simply had a keyword assigned to it. Bookmark properties are as follows: Name: PHP.net Location: http://www.php.net/%s Keyword: php Description: Type "php <search term>" in the address bar to perform a PHP.net search Not sure if you can do this with other browsers, but I have found it to be very useful. Jim Lucas

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