Search Shortcuts that work
I am trying to debug the toolbar search to add other search engines.
I have been opening Firefox exactly for this reason, until my recently reading an old review for OmniWeb 5 pointed this out to me, that I can add my own search engines. The confusing bit is, there also seems to be an URL field shortcut as well. And the method stated for adding a search on the fly, while visiting that page, simply does not provide a useable search from the toolbar, unlike the search engines added to Firefox by webpage. Google is built in, and it works. So is the autocomplete, that assumes www.<wildcard>.com. ([url]www.*.com)[/url]. But I think the syntax may be wrong for search engines added by right clicking a search field on a given page. Forinstance, what should the @ sign mean? Lets say I simply wish to search wikipedia (english) from the search field. The shortcut created by right clicking from wikipedia creates name; wikipedia keyword: wiki @ URL: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%@[/url] When I use the search field to search wikipedia for Apple, for instance instead of the expected [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=apple[/url] the Url field shows.... [url]http://www.wiki[/url] apple.com/ This seems a bit backwards. All I want is to make more working search engines from that search field, to keep from opening firefox as often okay, I tried adding the search shortcut again, and it works now. I must have edited fields in the preferences I should have left alone. I suppose I could download the manual for deeper understanding. OmniWeb 5.1.3 (v563.66) OS 10.3.4 build 7h63 |
Omitting the space between 'wiki' and '@' in the keyword helped - in short:
Name: wikipedia Keyword: wiki@ URL: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%@[/url] Method: Get |
FWIW, the easiest way to add search shortcuts is to click the search input area on the page you want to run the search at, then click the [B]magnifying glass +[/B] icon in the status bar at the bottom of the OmniWeb window (toggle the display of the status bar using [B]command \[/B]):
[IMG]http://homepage.mac.com/jtyzack/.Pictures/screenshots/OWstatusbar.jpg[/IMG] |
[QUOTE=JKT]FWIW, the easiest way to add search shortcuts is to click the search input area on the page you want to run the search at, then click the [B]magnifying glass +[/B] icon in the status bar at the bottom of the OmniWeb window (toggle the display of the status bar using [B]command \[/B]):
[IMG]http://homepage.mac.com/jtyzack/.Pictures/screenshots/OWstatusbar.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Awesome. :) |
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