Firefox OC Forums Search Plugin

su root · Jun 1, 2004

I just finished creating a plugin for firefox that allows you to do a forum search from the search box of a Firefox, or any Mozilla-based browser. There is now a second plugin that will allow you to do a user search, where you can see their previous posts. This is confirmed to work in Firefox, Firebird, and Phoenix.

Instructions:
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Click here, and select "Install OC Post Search Plugin Now", and/or select "Install OC User Search Plugin Now"

Or,

Click here to download and install manually.

Manual Installation:
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Unzip into your Firefox/searchplugins directory. Should be something like C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins
Then restart your browser and enjoy!

Oni · Jun 1, 2004

A great little plugin! Works great! Thanks!

Chris · Jun 3, 2004

Works like a charm! Thanks for that su root.

-Chris

Bald Shadow · Jun 3, 2004

Hey, that was great! It works flawlessly. Thanks su root :thup:

9mmCensor · Jun 3, 2004

This is sweet!!!!

CrashOveride · Jun 4, 2004

It found this post very well...
That awsome.
How did you go about making it su root? (A link to somwhere on it would be good.)

rogerdugans · Jun 4, 2004

You da man!

It took me a minute to find the install location in linux, but once I did....
Guess how I found this thread again?

JDXNC · Jun 4, 2004

VERY nice! Thanks!

su root · Jun 4, 2004

CrashOveride said:
It found this post very well...
That awsome.
How did you go about making it su root? (A link to somwhere on it would be good.)

Actually, if you know HTML forms very well, and can read the source of the forums search page, then it's fairly easy to copy an example. If you are interested, take a look at the .src file, it's fairly straight forward.

I also whipped up an auto-install script to make it easier to install (see first post)

Oni · Jun 19, 2004

Just a quick bump back to the top, considering that Firefox .9 was released recently.

I.M.O.G. · Jul 15, 2004

oh oh, lemme try it lemme try it

EDIT: This is rocking! Thanks su root!

Su Root, if you would be willing to help me understand how to edit this so that it performs a search by username instead of by keyword, I would forever worship you.

I'd like to get it to do this:

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?p=2923637#post2923637

su root · Jul 15, 2004

New version out:
+ Now has a second plugin that allows you to search by username, and see their recent posts (requested by IMOG)

I.M.O.G. · Jul 15, 2004

Both work excellently... Try out the search by username one to see what c627627, I, and kendan have been begging to have built into the forums.

We would like to see that username search done just like the view new posts link is done on the main page. This would allow IE users to join in the fun also... much better than find all posts by username or subscribing. The username search does what you want instantly, and finds all threads you have posted in, no matter when you posted, and lists them in order of what has been active recently.

I.M.O.G. · Jul 16, 2004

Hey su root, have you considered submitting this search thing to be posted on the extension pages for firefox? They might be good publicity for our forums if they were accepted!

su root · Jul 16, 2004

IMOG said:
Hey su root, have you considered submitting this search thing to be posted on the extension pages for firefox? They might be good publicity for our forums if they were accepted!

The place to submit this is mycroft. If upper management doesn't mind, then I'd be all for it.

Leviathan41 · Jul 17, 2004

Excellent tool! Thanks for making it, su root!

DreamingWolf · Jul 18, 2004

Is there a way to get a link for this added to the 'Useful programs for everyone' sticky? And how about the main forum FAQ?? This is too good to hide in one little thread that might fall off the first page someday.

DWolf

I.M.O.G. · Jul 18, 2004

Agreed DreamingWolf.

diggingforgold · Sep 30, 2004

Just found this today. Excellent add-on for firefox! Nice work su root.

I.M.O.G. · Sep 30, 2004

I thought about bumping this the other day... still using it all the time, thanks su root.

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