Add a custom Google search engine

This HowTo describes step by step how to add a customised Google search engine to a wikidot webpage. This is also a simple example of the use of the [[embed]] function.

The Result

This customised search engine currently searches 5 sites:

• http://wdthemes.wikidot.com,
• http://handbook.wikidot.com,
• http://snippets.wikidot.com,
• http://community.wikidot.com,
• http://www.wikidot.com

How to do it

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

4. Click on homepage

5. And then on Add this search engine to your blog or webpage

6. Click on the Get the code button

7. Paste it on your wikidot page as follows

[[embed]]
<script src="http://gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://www.google.com/coop/api/007000168596185870345/cse/daaaga1ewj4/gadget&amp;synd=open&amp;w=265&amp;h=65&amp;title=Wikidot&amp;border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&amp;output=js"></script>
[[/embed]]

8. And the result is

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Comments

Pictures

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

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

Re: Pictures

hartnell 1191469561|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

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

Get an error when adding

devviki 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…

Re: Get an error when adding

hartnell 1191469630|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

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