January 26, 2008

How to create a custom search plugin for Firefox?

I love Firefox because its very Customizable, flexible, Fast and Secure .

How to create a simple search plugin for Firefox?
Go to Firefox's "searchplugin" folder ..
Normally on this path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins
Open notepad and copy paste these lines shown below .

<search

name="Techno world"

method="GET"

action="http://www.google.com/search"

queryCharset="utf-8"

>

<input name="q" user>

<input name="sitesearch" value="lognot.blogspot.com">

</search>




Copy these lines to notepad and save it inside "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins " as "TechnoWorld.src" .




Restart your Firefox .
Then go to the "Search Bar" and select "Techno World" and try a search ..





If you want to create a Google search plugin in your name ..
Follow these steps ..

Open notepad and copy paste these lines shown below .

<search

name="Your Name"

method="GET"

action="http://www.google.com/search"

queryCharset="utf-8"

>

<input name="q" user>

<input name="sitesearch" value="">

</search>



Copy these lines to notepad and save it inside "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins " as "Yourname.src" .




Restart Firefox and select your new plugin from Search Bar .


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