Add a Custom Google Search Engine

Posted by gerdamigerdami on 1178628200|%e %b %Y|agohover, last edited by RobElliottRobElliott on 1257323692|%e %b %Y at %H:%M |agohover

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This HowTo describes step by step how to add a customised Google search engine to a Wikidot webpage.


Method 1:

(Use the code from Google CSE: "Edit Search Engine" => "Control Panel" => "Code")

Instructions

Step 1: "Html" scripting on a page

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Step 2: Get the Google CSE Code

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Step 3: Select how to display results

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Step 4: Final

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Additional Instructions: Results hosted on your Wikidot page

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Become a Master

- for Step 1: http://community.wikidot.com/howto:use-html-scripting
- for Step 3: http://www.developingwebs.net/html/targetattribute.php


Method 2:

(Use the code from: Google CSE's main page => "Add this search engine to your blog or webpage"; in other words:"Google CSE gadget + [[embed]]")

Drawbacks of this method

- clutter: the search field looks like this:

Method 1 Method 2
maki_m1.Png maki_m2.Png


- not properly displayed in some browsers:
The gadget does not get properly displayed in Opera:
http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-126892
http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-75551/google-cse-widget-in-opera-9-51

Instructions

This gadget uses the [[embed]] function described Embedding help page. However, it is difficult to find it in the Google Gadgets library at http://www.google.com/ig/directory?synd=open

(1) Go to http://www.google.com/coop to create your customised Google search engine

(2) Follow Google's instructions (It's so easy !)

(3) Go back to http://www.google.com/coop/cse/overview and look for My search engines
step1.jpg

(4) Click on homepage
step2.jpg

(5) And then on Add this search engine to your blog or webpage
step3.jpg

(6) Click on the Get the code button

(7) Paste it on your wikidot page as follows:

[[embed]]
<script src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://www.google.com/coop/api/007000168596185870345/cse/daaaga1ewj4/gadget&amp;synd=open&amp;w=275&amp;h=65&amp;title=Wikidot&amp;border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&amp;output=js"></script>
[[/embed]]

(8) And the result is:


About the CSE given as an example above:

This customised search engine currently searches 7 sites:


Google CSE Support

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/customsearch?hl=en
http://getsatisfaction.com/google/products/google_google_co_op
http://googlecustomsearch.blogspot.com

Method 3:

The method below is slightly easier and allows you to specify whether the search is just on your own site or across the whole internet. It uses a codeblock and iframe combination.

Codeblock

Enter the codeblock below on your page. You can change the presentation, for example remove the border, by altering the CSS properties and values in the div. By using target="google_window" this opens the results in a new window/tab. If you want the results to open in the same page then remove the target=

You will also need to change the url to your own and the text in the value="wikidot.com" checked /> Search Only wikidot.com<br /> line.
As you can see, you can also specify whether the search defaults to your site, in which case you add the word "checked". Or you can search the web by default, in which you enter "unchecked".

[!--

[[code type="html"]]
<html>
  <body>

<form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/search" target="google_window">

<div style="border:1px solid #468259;padding:4px;width:20em;">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr><td>
<input type="text"   name="q" size="25"
 maxlength="255" value="" />
<input type="submit" value="Google Search" /></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" style="font-size:75%">
<input type="checkbox"  name="sitesearch"
 value="wikidot.com" checked /> Search Only wikidot.com<br />
</td></tr></table>
</div>

</form>

  </body>
</html>
[[/code]]

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Iframe

then underneath the codeblock, on the same page, add an iframe to reference that codeblock:

[[iframe http://YOURSITE.wikidot.com/YOURPAGE/code/1 frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="350px" height="75px"]]

Replace YOURSITE and YOURPAGE with the name of your site and the page where you have put the codeblock. If it is the first or only codeblock on that page then use /code/1, if it's the second then use /code/2 and so on.

This gives the result below:

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Pictures
gerdamigerdami 1178628708|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Could not upload pictures due to page restrictions. So I linked to another wikidot location.

lowkarma.pnggerdami - Visit Handbook en Français - Rate this howto:import-simple-excel-tables-into-wikidot up!
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Re: Pictures
hartnellhartnell 1191469561|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Er, gerdami, you are an admin, right? —hartnell

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Get an error when adding
devvikidevviki 1191444186|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Get an ajax error when putting this embed statement into a page…
"The ajax request failed. Please check your internet connection or report a bug if the error repeats during your work". Keeps repeating…

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Re: Get an error when adding
hartnellhartnell 1191469630|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Do you have your own google search coop code to embed? —hartnell

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Adsense Search
SamProofSamProof 1230875565|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Hey does this work with the adsense search automatically (as it's set up in wikidot) or would you have to go set up an adsense search specifically?

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Re: Adsense Search
Helmuti_pdorfHelmuti_pdorf 1230881928|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Not sure what you mean with "specifically adsense search"?

This has nothing to do with wikidot!

1. You have an account at google and can
2. setup your OWN search machion for specific sites & or sub pages…
3. The adsense coming ( if allowed by you) on such search machine output has nothing to do with wikidot or YOUR adsense setup on wikidot account / site manager.

This is only a search machine limited to specified domains…
Try our search machine on the Search Center and you will see the outcome…

Service is my success. My webtips:www.blender.org, www.zusi.de (Demo-Video)

Wollen Sie Wikidot helfen im deutschen » Handbuch ?

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Adding Google Custom Search error
splashpointsplashpoint 1256392177|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover 
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
google.load('search', '1');
google.setOnLoadCallback(function(){
    new google.search.CustomSearchControl('013549970210526421991:uywkjw_znii').draw('cse');
}, true);
</script>

This is the snippet I got from google. When I pasted onto my webpage I get an error message ' sorry no match for the embedded content'. I use the [[embed]] code block. Can anyone tell me what's wrong? Do I need to specify code type?

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Re: Adding Google Custom Search error
leigerleiger 1256434244|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

This is a workaround, but it should work…

Open notepad or some other text editor and add this to the editor:

<html>
<body>
 
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
google.load('search', '1');
google.setOnLoadCallback(function(){
    new google.search.CustomSearchControl('013549970210526421991:uywkjw_znii').draw('cse');
}, true);
</script>
 
</body>
</html>

Then save the file as code.html, and upload the file to the wikidot page you're adding it to.

Next, edit the wikidot page, and type this:
[[iframe http://SITENAME.wikidot.com/local--files/PAGENAME/code.html width="100%" height="500px" frameborder="0"]]

Remember to replace the "SITENAME" with your wiki's name, and "PAGENAME" with your wikidot page's name.

I've done the exact same thing here with different code and that method worked fine :)

— Shane | Blog | CycloDS Revolution | Compatibility List | Want me to manage your next wiki? | XBL: leiger40

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HTML in Wikidot?
RealG187RealG187 1257303008|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Can you use HTML in Wikidot?

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Re: HTML in Wikidot?
Ed JohnsonEd Johnson 1257304683|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Not directly. Only as described above by embedding it a code block or uploading it to a page and then iframing it.

-Ed

Free Wikidot Applications · Your Shared Photo Gallery · Your Personal Blog

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Re: HTML in Wikidot?
RealG187RealG187 1257305058|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

I can't get it working :(

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NOT WORKING!!
RealG187RealG187 1257304956|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

http://bestwikiever.wikidot.com/code-blocks

It's not working for me

I want the search to appear on this page:
http://bestwikiever.wikidot.com/mpglinks

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Ed JohnsonEd Johnson 1257305397|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

You're missing the [[iframe ...]] piece of the puzzle.

[[iframe http://bestwikiever.wikidot.com/code-blocks/code/1 width="400px" height="75px" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"]]

yields this result from your page:

You should also surround your code block with comment tags to hide it on the page:

[!--
[[code type="html"]]
<html>
<style type="text/css">
@import url(http://www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css);
</style>
<div class="cse-branding-right" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF">
  <div class="cse-branding-form">
    <form action="http://operation420.net/search" id="cse-search-box">
      <div>
        <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-3003393768631515:x62wrv-ofyc" />
        <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:10" />
        <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" />
        <input type="text" name="q" size="31" />

        <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" />
      </div>
    </form>
  </div>
  <div class="cse-branding-logo">
    <img src="http://www.google.com/images/poweredby_transparent/poweredby_000000.gif" alt="Google" />
  </div>
  <div class="cse-branding-text">
    Custom Search
  </div>

</div>
</html>
[[/code]]
--]

-Ed

Free Wikidot Applications · Your Shared Photo Gallery · Your Personal Blog

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RealG187RealG187 1257305640|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

No one mentioned I had to add "/code/1" after the URL…

Anyways, thank you for your quick help…

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Ed JohnsonEd Johnson 1257305982|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

You should have a look at this:
http://community.wikidot.com/blog:html-within-wikidot-type-2

Techniques for iframing code blocks are all over the forums, help and how-to pages. I think RobElliott spends 3/4 of his time responding to "How do I embed xxx?" and the answer is always about the same. Once you understand how html code blocks and iframes work together, you'll have added an excellent weapon to your Wikidot arsenal (pun intended!)

-Ed

Free Wikidot Applications · Your Shared Photo Gallery · Your Personal Blog

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pieterhpieterh 1257339089|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

I think RobElliott spends 3/4 of his time responding to "How do I embed xxx?" and the answer is always about the same.

Rob's patience is legendary. We're planning a new tag, [[html]] that will make this work instantly.

The Wikidot Blog | My other works

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[[html]]
David MarseillesDavid Marseilles 1257473939|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

We're planning a new tag, [[html]] that will make this work instantly.

You probably already know this, and it's probably the reason you are planning the tag, but just so I'm on the record, that sounds fantastic.

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Re: [[html]]
rhombus prhombus p 1257474875|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Rob's patience is legendary. We're planning a new tag, [[html]] that will make this work instantly.

so no more logging out and logging back in to get html to work? that would be sweet!

Rhombus_Productions-3Blackn.png

i will be inactive until the winter holidays because of school — Rhombus p.

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Re: [[html]]
leigerleiger 1257526710|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Uh… since when do you need to log out to get iframed html to work? :S

Am I misunderstanding something here.. ?

— Shane | Blog | CycloDS Revolution | Compatibility List | Want me to manage your next wiki? | XBL: leiger40

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Re: [[html]]
RobElliottRobElliott 1257539182|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Rhombus, you should never need to log out and back in to get a codeblock to work. It just needs the browser cache clearing then a refresh. So on Firefox it's ctrl+shift+delete then in the details section of the popup window make sure the cache (only) is checked, then click OK. Then ctrl+r to refresh.

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Ed JohnsonEd Johnson 1257315992|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Anyways, thank you for your quick help…

You're welcome. Sometimes it works out that way. I was posting responses almost as fast as you were asking questions! :)

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Security risk?
RealG187RealG187 1257560639|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Wouldn't allowing HTML be a security risk?

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Re: Security risk?
James KanjoJames Kanjo 1257562268|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Not if it is iframed on a different domain. That is what the planned HTML block will do.

λ James Kanjo | blog | photos | contact

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RealG187RealG187 1257565771|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

What do you mean? How is that so?

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Re: Security Risk?
James KanjoJames Kanjo 1257595079|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Well, all web browsers have inbuilt security which prevents a webpage from controlling a different webpage in your browser.

If you create code on Wikidot.com, then you can use it to control Wikidot.com. However, if you create code on Google.com, you will not be able to control Wikidot.com with it. Google code can only control the Google website. Wikidot code can only control the Wikidot website.

So the HTML module will put your code on a different website so that it can't control Wikidot.com. Does this make more sense now?

λ James Kanjo | blog | photos | contact

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RealG187RealG187 1257646434|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-20340/rich-text-html

In the topics I made there I was told HTML is not used to stop malicious code. By that does it mean code malicious to Wikidot, or malicious to the person viewing the site?

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James KanjoJames Kanjo 1257662194|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

HTML used on a different domain/website does no harm to anybody. Even if you iframe it on your website, it still can't do any harm.

But in theory, if you actually place the HTML code as part of your Wikidot webpage (which isn't possible to do, nor will it ever be possible to do, we are just talking hypothetically here), it can do the following:

  • Create/Edit/Delete/Rename/Parent/Tag/Upload Files of Wikidot pages
  • Modify the user's account settings (possibly changing password/email)
  • Change what the person is viewing

It would not be able to:

  • Change the Wikidot Engine

Essentially, it would be able to do what a normal user can do with Wikidot — albeit, automated.

Like I said, it's not possible and never will be :-)

λ James Kanjo | blog | photos | contact

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RealG187RealG187 1257668055|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

So you will be able to embed HTML in Wikidot pages? It will be on another domain so it will be secure, but this will be transparent to the user, just use HTML tags and Wikidot takes care of the rest.

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James KanjoJames Kanjo 1257668177|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Bingo! Exactly spot on!

λ James Kanjo | blog | photos | contact

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