Create a Google Search Typelist

Want to add a Google search within Typepad, so that your readers can find past blog topics easily with simple keywords? Mine's now at the bottom of my left-hand column. Hope that makes searching for my old rants even easier! Thanks to my buddy PJ for the email!

UPDATE: Directions below are for TypePad, but the code works on any other site too. Hooray!

1. Create a new Typelist, one for links, call it "Google Search"

2. Create a new item, with no title and no URL. In the note section
add the following code:

<!-- SiteSearch Google -->
<form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/search">
<input type="text" name="q" size="5" maxlength="255" style="width:95px;" />
<input type="submit" name="btnG" value="»" style="width:25px" />
<input type="hidden" name="domains" value="sarahlane.typepad.com" />
<input type="hidden" name="sitesearch" value="sarahlane.typepad.com" />
</form>
<!-- SiteSearch Google -->

3. Next click the "Configure" tab on your search Typelist and under
advanced configuration, change the Display Notes option to "As text".

4. Save Changes, add the list to your blog, and you'll end up with
your own search box that will show visitors everything google knows
about your blog.

Easy and helpful! Thanks PJ!

A side note- When I first posted the above code into this entry, TypePad kept formatting it for me. If you're posting specific code and want it to display as actual raw code for your readers, run it through the WordPress Encoder Widget first, and then copy the new code into your entry. Problem solved!

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Comments

[Dozer]

Works on other site besides Typepad.

[dan]

for some reason i always associate google with macs......odd

[paris in flames]

nfity trick... if i had typepad.

[paris in flames]

OoO. it works on blogspot too. woohoo.

thank you dear sarah.

[Rufus]

"Penis" comes up 3 times....

[ISP Tech Support]

Works on any webpage. Standard html coding. Have had that on my site almost two years now.

[PJ]

A quick note to readers about "Create a Google Search Typelist": Of course it works on any webpage, but the above instructions (1 thru 4) are for "Typepad Users", to quickly put a Google search on a side column (set up as a Typelist in TypePad). If you use another blogging host, you may need to tweak the instructions, and if you just want it on a standard webpage, just use the code. Hopefully this clarifies what Sarah's post was all about.

Also, THANKS Sarah for the tip on the "WordPress Encoder Widget" too.

[Robert Kuhles]

Speaking of google, When will google open up the G-Mail option to everyone? There are millions of threads of people wanting G-Mail,(Include me in Wanting It) and the only way is by invite, but nobody has ever invited me. Sarah, Will you invite me to G-Mail?

[matt]

hmm...didn't work right on my xanga blog...

[Ana]

Robert-

I am currently using Gmail. It is definitely still in BETA testing. We can't even choose addresses from our "Address List" yet and have them inserted in the To: and CC: fields in the compose screen. Only recently was the ability to import and save addresses from another mail service added.

Sara-

I also created a Google Search form within a TypeList. I tweaked it up a bit and added an image. I am quite happy with it. The cool thing is it can be used on any typepad page in my account including the About Page. Nice not to need to change my templates to do it. Just add the typelist. Have fun!

[Mike Wills]

Here is another site talking about how to add search capabilites to your blog. Best part about this one is that there is less code and thus smaller.

[Mike Wills]

The URL is http://iamcal.com/publish/articles/hacks/google_sitesearch/

[Jayme]

I Love FireFox thanks for suggesting it on TheScreen Savers.

[ensiform-]

Just for fun i wrote a delphi app for anyone that would like to use to generate the code for u with your own textbox size and style, and button caption and style.

you can get it at: http://tsf.cpusource.net/googlesearch.zip

screenshot: http://tsf.cpusource.net/googlesearch.png

Hope you like,ensiform-

[Corey]

Hey, yeah thats pretty cool you put a cam in ur office.dont you think its kinda freaky people setting there watching you -.-

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[Sither]

Hey Anyone please help me how to add My Website to google search engine.if anyone know how to do that then please do mail me. Please Please Please...............till then take care and Bye Bye

[ddd]

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[jomel]

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