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Old 11-18-2003, 11:12 PM   #1
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Create an 'Another Launcher X Hints Forum' Search?

Is it possible to add a URL to my Another Launcher seacrh prefs so that I can search the forums here from its search box?

For example, I can search the main site using -

Code:
Query: &datestart=&dateend=&topic=0&type=stories&author=&mode=search
Is anything similar possible for the forums? The form uses the post method, so I wasnt so sure. Could the php back end read from the correct URL variables if they are passed?

It would be soooooo nice!!!!!
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Old 11-19-2003, 11:48 AM   #2
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Sorted.

it was a bit of a lazy post of mine - and i have had a little dig in the html for the search engine and come up with this, it seems to work so here goes for those that want to try it...

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Query: &forumchoice=1&titleonly=&showposts=&searchdate=-1&beforeafter=&sortby=la
stpost&sortorder=descending&action=simplesearch
If you dont know it the program is Another Launcher. I was using Launch Bar, but seeing as how this baby offers the same as Launch Bar (infact more fully featured) aswell as iTunes control, and the best bit, websearches. Basically I have alt-s asigned to a google search - simply press and type your search term and google returns the results....tis ace! anyway as an extension you can have it search other websites, and assign those to key cuts to if wanted. So I am going to have 'mh' for mac help assigned to search the os x hints forums...

sounds like a plan to me judging by how much i use this place!

anyway, just thought id share....will post a hint now.

happy searching!

/edit: fold -mt
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Old 02-18-2004, 12:59 AM   #3
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broken in Butler beta.
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Old 02-18-2004, 02:25 AM   #4
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Sogudi for searching

If you are using Safari, check out Sogudi for a great search tool. Instead of typeing a URL in the address area of Safari, you type in a keyword and then the words you are searching for. You can set up keywords for many search engines.

http://www.atamadison.com/w/kitzkikz.php?page=Sogudi

So I can type in vt gamma to search versiontracker for gamma. mu gamma searches macupdate. gmac does a google mac search, etc.
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Old 02-18-2004, 03:55 AM   #5
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Hey, thanks, but I really like Butler, and want to use its built-in search feature. It worked in Jaguar and (I think) 10.3, but in 10.3.2 it's broken. Great app though, definitely the best power user tool out there for the price.

I will check Sogudi out, however. I still switch between Camino and Safari.
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Old 04-26-2004, 09:16 AM   #6
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Not sure if you figured this out or not, but the forum search seems to work reasonably well in b10. According to the definitions in Butler, it's set like this:

Address:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/search.php?query=

Query: &forumchoice=1&titleonly=&showposts=&searchdate=-1
&beforeafter=&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending&action=simplesearch

I added a line break to the Query line for a narrower display here; it's one long line in Butler. When I use this, it brings me to a filled-in search form. You have to click Search Now to start the search, but it does 99% of the work for you...

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Old 04-26-2004, 09:26 AM   #7
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When I use this, it brings me to a filled-in search form. You have to click Search Now to start the search, but it does 99% of the work for you...

Yer...

This is very annoying. The new forums don't use variables passed in the URL so it seems like we cant use this feature so nicely anymore. Maybe Peter D of Butler could innovate some way we can emulate a call to a page that uses the GET method on the form.

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