Dec 08 2007
OpenSearch plugin for IE/FF
This plugn is basically a XML file, that use the OpenSearch description syntax which is compatible with IE 7 and Firefox. Here is a basic template which you can use for making this XML file :
Code:<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:moz="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/"> <ShortName>engineName</ShortName> <Description>engineDescription</Description> <InputEncoding>inputEncoding</InputEncoding> <Image width="16" height="16">data:image/x-icon;base64,imageData</Image> <Url type="text/html" method="method" template="searchURL"> <Param name="paramName1" value="paramValue1"/> ... <Param name="paramNameN" value="paramValueN"/> </Url> <Url type="application/x-suggestions+json" template="suggestionURL"/> <moz:SearchForm>searchFormURL</moz:SearchForm> </OpenSearchDescription>
You can find more about it over here. You can also advertise your plugin and install it programmatically.
Tags: opensearch