Adding SharePoint Search plug-in for Firefox
If you use Firefox search plugin and want to add your SharePoint intranet as part of the Firefox Search drop down, follow the steps below
First the screen shots of what we trying to accomplish
1. first create a blank xml file
2. Copy the text below and replace “sharepointurl.com” with your sharepoint url
<searchplugin xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/"><shortname>Sharepoint</shortname> <description>Search Internal Site.</description> <inputencoding>utf-8</inputencoding> <img height="16" width="16" />data:image/x-icon;base64,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</img> <url template="http://sharepointurl.com/searchcenter/Pages/Results.aspx" method="GET" type="text/html">
<param value="{searchTerms}" name="k" /></url><searchform>http://sharepointUrl.com/searchcenter/</searchform> </searchplugin>
3. Save it under [Firefox install dir]\searchplugins\ as sharepoint.xml usually “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins”
4. Restart firefox
To use with with People search replace url with /SearchCenter/Pages/peopleresults.aspx
For IE you can use this site for custom search plugins http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/searchguide/en-en/default.mspx
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Categories: Firefox, SharePoint
Firefox, search plugin, SharePoint
Very interesting and useful; are those line breaks normal in that code that needs to be pasted in the xml file (or does it matter?)
Thanks for sharing!
updated the code layout
Really useful post – does this work on WSS 3.0?
Strange. It doesn’t work for me with Firefox 3.5 I checked the syntax almost 5 times.