How can i create Firefox search plugin

[Fernandoa]

When i need to search my own blog with Firefox web browser i need to do this in this way, site:abc.. I heard somewhere that we can make our own search plugin for Firefox so that i can search my site direct from the search bar. This is something that would be great on the site I'm working on, Do you guys have any idea how can i create Firefox search plugin ? Please let me know too.

[Maq.H]

A search plugin allows you to access a search engine right from your browser. There is a simple Firefox trick that allows you to search any blog straight from the Firefox search bar without having to visit the actual blog. To create your own Firefox search Plugin, just go through this steps:-

Open Windows Explorer and locate to the Firefox search plugins directory. You can find it at

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins

Now copy pate this code in a notepad and save it with an src extension in the same directory :

<search
name="Techarena"
method="GET"
action="http://www.google.com/search"
queryCharset="utf-8"
>

<input name="q" user>
<input name="sitesearch" value="forums.techarena.in">
</search>

Now restart the Firefox.

Thats it.. You are done. In addition, if you like to see any icon next to the search name than you need to add a 16x16 gif file with exactly the same name in the same location where you placed the di.src file.

[Trio]

A search engine plugin allows you to access a search engine directly from your browser. In Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer you use the search bar at the top right. Microsoft appears to prefer the term Search Provider but there is no difference in function. There are also tools to add search capability to right click menus and other locations. You can also go to mycroft.org to create Firefox search plugin . They provides a collection of search plugins (over 6000) for browsers using Apple’s Sherlock standard including Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Suite. The benefit of mycroft is that they host your search plugin, and it is available via their extensive directory for the world to download and use.

[Orlando]

you can also use this code:-

<script language="javascript">
function addEngine(name,ext,cat)
{
if ((typeof window.sidebar == "object") && (typeof
window.sidebar.addSearchEngine == "function"))
{
window.sidebar.addSearchEngine(
"<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site; ?>/"+name+".src",
"<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site; ?>/"+name+"."+ext,
name,
cat );
}
else
{
alert("Netscape 6 or Mozilla is needed to install a search plugin");
}
}
</script>

To add an icon next to your search engine name create and save a 16×16 png or gif image with the same name as the .src file