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How to add a search engine?
Looking at this page:
https://addons.palemoon.org/search-plugins/
I would like to add Etsi, which is not listed there. I have no idea how. Is it possible? How?
https://addons.palemoon.org/search-plugins/
I would like to add Etsi, which is not listed there. I have no idea how. Is it possible? How?
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Re: How to add a search engine?
Do you mean this site?
https://www.etsi.org/search-results
I went to the site and clicked on the search bar icon
and at the bottom of the menu clicked on
Add "ETSI Search Standard"
https://www.etsi.org/search-results
I went to the site and clicked on the search bar icon
and at the bottom of the menu clicked on
Add "ETSI Search Standard"
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Re: How to add a search engine?
I think he means "etsy" the shopping site. Their server is overloaded. Can't get a page open.
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Re: How to add a search engine?
Went to https://www.etsy.com/ and the option to add from the search bar menu did not appear.
I installed https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/add-as-search-engine/
and right clicked inside the search area at top of https://www.etsy.com/ page
and selected "Add as Search Engine" from menu and that did work.
I installed https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/add-as-search-engine/
and right clicked inside the search area at top of https://www.etsy.com/ page
and selected "Add as Search Engine" from menu and that did work.
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Re: How to add a search engine?
Sorry, there has been a misunderstanding. I realize it's my fault. This is the Etsi I mean:
https://etsi.me/
I guess it's just not as popular and well-known as I had assumed.
https://etsi.me/
I guess it's just not as popular and well-known as I had assumed.
I just tried that and it worked perfectly. Problem solved. Thank you very much.Kruppt wrote: ↑2023-11-02, 18:02Went to https://www.etsy.com/ and the option to add from the search bar menu did not appear.
I installed https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/add-as-search-engine/
and right clicked inside the search area at top of https://www.etsy.com/ page
and selected "Add as Search Engine" from menu and that did work.
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Re: How to add a search engine?
As a general tip https://mycroftproject.com/search-engines.html has more search add-ons to choose from, and has a utility to make you own plugin if there isn't one for a site.
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Re: How to add a search engine?
By "plugin", could you mean it will create one of these xml files that could be found in this foldersuzyne wrote: ↑2023-11-02, 22:28As a general tip https://mycroftproject.com/search-engines.html has more search add-ons to choose from, and has a utility to make you own plugin if there isn't one for a site.
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~/.moonchild productions/pale moon/RANDOM.default/searchplugins/
If so that would be a great thing since one could add all kinds of more or less unknown search engines.
Could one even define one via https://mycroftproject.com/search-engines.html as so:
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"search phrase" site:forum.example.com
Update
Seems not. I tried that idea (not with the example URL of forum.example.com, but with an existing real forum URL), but mycroft tells me
Search results
Nothing found.
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Re: How to add a search engine?
The page https://mycroftproject.com/submitos.html is what you can use to make your own plugin, and be sure to turn on the Show full instructions? option to get a better understanding of what is needed for each field. But it is only for cases where the site already has some sort of search function, so it won't work for any site.
For a site without search, as you discovered, you still need to use Google, or your search engine of choice:
But for sites that do have some sort of search, mycroftproject can help. For example, if I wanted to make a search plugin for DNYUZ, by using the search on that site you can discover that the necessary search url would be:
For a site without search, as you discovered, you still need to use Google, or your search engine of choice:
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"search phrase" site:forum.example.com
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https://dnyuz.com/?s={searchTerms}
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Re: How to add a search engine?
Interesting. Customization is always a good thing. The more the better.
Now a different question. Whenever I enter a bare word in the address bar, Palemoon goes straight to google with the bare word as search query. I can't find a way in the configuration section to change the default search engine. How do I change it?
Note: I am using Pentadactyl. That may or may not matter. I don't see anything relevant in my .pentadactylrc file.
Now a different question. Whenever I enter a bare word in the address bar, Palemoon goes straight to google with the bare word as search query. I can't find a way in the configuration section to change the default search engine. How do I change it?
Note: I am using Pentadactyl. That may or may not matter. I don't see anything relevant in my .pentadactylrc file.
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Re: How to add a search engine?
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Re: How to add a search engine?
type in URL box : about:config
then paste below in Search at top of page.
browser.search.defaultenginename
Note the current "Value" and change it to the Engine you prefer for the default.
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Re: How to add a search engine?
It's not working anymore!
It worked yesterday, but I just ran a search by entering a bare word and it went straight to Google.
So I went back to about:config and browser.search.defaultenginename and it was set to Google.
I changed it to 'etsi' like I had done before.
It doesn't work anymore. It still uses Google.
And I close and relaunch the browser and go back to about:config and browser.search.defaultenginename and it is set back to Google! Like trick candle.
Where is that coming from?
It worked yesterday, but I just ran a search by entering a bare word and it went straight to Google.
So I went back to about:config and browser.search.defaultenginename and it was set to Google.
I changed it to 'etsi' like I had done before.
It doesn't work anymore. It still uses Google.
And I close and relaunch the browser and go back to about:config and browser.search.defaultenginename and it is set back to Google! Like trick candle.
Where is that coming from?
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Re: How to add a search engine?
Well something is setting your search engine to Google in that case (Google isn't even included in Pale Moon by default, so...)
Perhaps one of your extensions might be misbehaving? Are you using any "cleaner" software on your system?
It would probably help at this point if you provide troubleshooting info.
Go to the Pale Moon menu, Help -> troubleshooting information. On that page click the "Copy text to clipboard" button, and paste it in your reply. Preferably use the forum's "hide" tags around it so it won't cause a big blurb to scroll past for readers
Perhaps one of your extensions might be misbehaving? Are you using any "cleaner" software on your system?
It would probably help at this point if you provide troubleshooting info.
Go to the Pale Moon menu, Help -> troubleshooting information. On that page click the "Copy text to clipboard" button, and paste it in your reply. Preferably use the forum's "hide" tags around it so it won't cause a big blurb to scroll past for readers
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Re: How to add a search engine?
My experience is that whatever search engine is showing in the searchbar is what will be used by default from the address bar.
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Re: How to add a search engine?
That is correct.
But that doesn't magically change, certainly not to an engine that isn't even included with the browser by default.
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Re: How to add a search engine?
OK. Makes sense.
I'm not quite sure I'm sure what that means. If I know what that means, it means stuff that people run on Windows. I'm on Linux and have no "cleaner" software that I'm aware of.
I am really not overly fond of the idea of pasting my entire browser fingerprint here. I wish you would ask for me to check for something more specific.
The most likely hypothesis in my uninformed opinion.
But well, I disabled every single one of my extensions. A small bunch at a time (then setting the search engine to etsi and restarting every time), trying to isolate the culprit. I finally got to no extensions and the trick candle always comes back up.
So I restarted in Safe Mode. The trick candle came back again. I set it to etsi and restarted in Safe Mode again, on top of the current Safe Mode. The trick candle came back again. How could I possibly hate Google even more than I do now?
Can we rule out extensions then? What do you think? Any other possibility?
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Re: How to add a search engine?
It's necessary information if you want us to be able to help you.
Well, one of the things we'd be able to see from the troubleshooting info would be that you're on Linux
It was just a random thing to ask, since some external applications might change your browser settings or remove any preference changes you may have made in a session.
It's just not possible to play 1000 questions, asking for every potential preference and extension that may be causing an issue.
There are many possibilities why settings would revert on a browser restart. on Linux it can even extend to wrong profile file system permissions and what not.
And we're still not sure where your "Google" came from.
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Re: How to add a search engine?
The OP's search bar is not shown because he states he is using Pentadactyl. I assume it's the one for Pale Moon off of PM's extension page??
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