Build your own Deki Wiki search plug-in for Firefox and IE

It's easy to make a Firefox, IE7 or Google Toolbar search plugin for your wiki.

Adding your wiki to the search box list in IE7 is extremely easy. Simply click the drop down menu from the search box:

And then follow the instructions on the right side of the page:

Fill out the fields. Your search name is what will be displayed in the search dialog when the user selects a search engine.

The front of the search term is

http://yourwiki.com/Special:Search?search=

Be sure to replace yourwiki.com with your wiki's address!

The back of the search term is

&type=fulltext&go=Find

Power users will notice that you can change these, as they are simply options. Dig into Lucene for more info.

Add an image. You can upload any image smaller than 500x500 pixels to be your search icon.

After you're done, you can click the links to either add the search engine to your browser/toolbar, or you can copy paste the link to share the plugin with your friends and coworkers.

Also, you can make your search plugin auto-discoverable by adding the following at about line 112 of your /skins/ace/Ace.php:

<link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="searchTitle" href="pluginURL">

searchTitle: The name of the search to perform, such as "Search MDC" or "Yahoo! Search". This value should match your plugin file's ShortName.

pluginURL: The URL to the XML search plugin, from which the browser can download it.

Extend your search and have a search engine of your documents as well.

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