Glims Custom Search Engines for Messageboards?

MikeyTree · 03:45 PM

I was trying to add a Glims custom search engine for MacRumors forums. However, the search URL doesn't actually have the seacrh terms in it, it comes up as http://forums.macrumors.com/search.php?searchid= with a string of numbers at the end.

As a result, the standard Glims method of making new engines doesn't work.

Does anyone know of a way to make this work?

MacManiac76 · Nov 21, 2009, 06:52 PM

I did this a while ago in Glims using the MRoogle search paramaters and it works perfectly for me. The Query URL should be input as shown below.

Code:

http://www.google.com/search?q=#query#+site:forums.macrumors.com&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

MikeyTree · Nov 21, 2009, 07:12 PM

Thanks! It didn't occur to me to use Google's site: tag to create a custom search engine.

Nov 21, 2009, 03:37 PM	#1
MikeyTree macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2007	Glims Custom Search Engines for Messageboards? I was trying to add a Glims custom search engine for MacRumors forums. However, the search URL doesn't actually have the seacrh terms in it, it comes up as http://forums.macrumors.com/search.php?searchid= with a string of numbers at the end. As a result, the standard Glims method of making new engines doesn't work. Does anyone know of a way to make this work? Last edited by MikeyTree : Nov 21, 2009 at 03:45 PM.

Nov 21, 2009, 06:52 PM	#2
MacManiac76 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Arizona	I did this a while ago in Glims using the MRoogle search paramaters and it works perfectly for me. The Query URL should be input as shown below. Code: http://www.google.com/search?q=#query#+site:forums.macrumors.com&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 Attached Thumbnails __________________ Penryn MacBook, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD \| 30 GB iPod 5G

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Nov 21, 2009, 07:12 PM	#3
MikeyTree Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2007	Thanks! It didn't occur to me to use Google's site: tag to create a custom search engine.