[Resolved] Google Custom Search

[Abbsta]

Hi Donald,

 

Trying to replace IPB search on my site with google's and struggling a bit and noticed that you did it here. Hope you can help.

 

What I did was:

Option 1:

1. created a custom block and put the code that google gives in that block.

2. created a page with {parse block="google-cse"} in it.

 

Option 2:

Putting the code straight into a html page without a block.

 

This is the code for button:

 

<div id='search'>
<form action="http://mysite.com/google-search" id="cse-search-box">
<fieldset>
<label for='main_search' class='hide'>Search</label>
<input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-000000000000:xxxxx-nci2" />
<input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:10" />
<input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" />
<input type='text' id='main_search' name='q' class='text_input' size='25' />
<input type="submit" name="sa"  class='submit_input' value="Search" />
</fieldset>
</form>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.co.uk/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&lang=en"></script>
</div>

 

When I click on the button nothing happens.

[[R] NuclearGeneral]

Hello,

 

It's actually quite simple to setup. I've had other members ask me about this as well. Anyway... when you get the code from Google, it should give you two sets of code. One for your search box, and the other one for the HTML page to get the search results, if you chose a custom results page.

 

This code here is the search box, which you have above, but mine below is customized for my skins look on both IP.Board 3 and CleanCut. This code is setup when setting it up on the Google website.

				<div id='search'>
					<form action="http://www.tiberiumstudios.net/index.php/google-search" id='cse-search-box' >
						<fieldset>
							<label for='main_search' class='hide'>{$this->lang->words['sj_search']}</label>
							<input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-4448238480142864:a822ju-7jig" />
							<input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:10" />
							<input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" />
							<input type='text' id='main_search' name='q' class='text_input' size='25' />
							<input type='submit' name='sa' class='submit_input' value='{$this->lang->words['sj_search']}' />
						</fieldset>
					</form>
				</div>

 

And this code here is used for your HTML page that will display your search results. You should have received something similar to this one. This code does not need to be edited.

             <div id="cse-search-results"></div>
                  <script type="text/javascript">
                          var googleSearchIframeName = "cse-search-results";
                          var googleSearchFormName = "cse-search-box";
                          var googleSearchFrameWidth = 795;
                          var googleSearchDomain = "www.google.com";
                          var googleSearchPath = "/cse";
                  </script>
             <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/afsonline/show_afs_search.js"></script>

 

Also, if you chose a custom search results page, be sure to name the page exactly how it is on your site. For example, if you are using IP.Content1 1.x.x and your page's url is http://www.mysite.com/index.php/google-search, or you are using a regular HTML page such as http://www.mysite.com/google-search.html, then you have you put that in the box that Google asks for when setting it up. It must be accurate. I've also helped a few other people on the IPS forums with it, but they still can't seem to figure it out. I for one got it setup with just one try. I never had an issue with setting it up.

 

If you need further assistance with this, please let me know and I'll try to help. And if you would like me to set it up on your site, I'll need access to your forums ACP and also Google account as well to set it up.

 

Regards,

Donald

[Abbsta]

Hey Donald,

 

Guess what..my code was spot on but you helped me when you said 'you got to be accurate'. In Google's site where you enter your URL, google puts a space at the begining after the forward slashes (e.g http://_mysite.com)so when you copy and paste, that space is carried over.

 

Cheers mate,

Abbs

[[R] NuclearGeneral]

Hello,

 

Glad you got your issue sorted out.

 

Regards,

Donald

[[R] NuclearGeneral]

This issue has been resolved! :)