[IUG] Searching the OPAC from IE7's and firefox 2's searchbars

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FYI, it's really easy to make your opac searchable from both Firefox 2 and
IE 7's menu bar. (note this will not work with older versions of firefox).

With IE7 and Firefox 2, it's really easy to add your OPAC to the search box,
and, what's better, you only have to do it once.

a) create a page in your screens directory called openserach.xml. Replace
the items in [] below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/";>
<ShortName>Search [your catalog]</ShortName>
<Description>Search [your browser] from your Browser's Search
Bar</Description>
<Tags>[]</Tags> <!-- you can leave this blank for now -->

<Contact>[your email]</Contact>
<!-- see: http://www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/ to create a
favicon from another image -->

<Image height="16" width="16"
type="image/x-icon">http://[your_catalog_url]/screens/favicon.ico</Image>

<!-- this should work with title or author as well as keyword below
-->
<Url type="text/html"

template="http://[your_catalog_url]/search/X?{searchTerms}&amp;SORT=R"/>

</OpenSearchDescription>



b) in the <head> content of your pages add:

<link rel="search"
type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"
title="Search [catalog name] from your Browser's Searchbar"
href="http://[your_catalog_url]/screens/opensearch.xml"; />


c) restart your opac & test


- adam
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Tri-Colleges Systems Coordinator
Bryn Mawr | Haverford | Swarthmore
610.526.5294