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Open Seach +/- vBulletin

This is a discussion on Open Seach +/- vBulletin within the General Discussion forums, part of the vBulletin SEO Discussion category; I was trying to add a Search engine on the major browsers, this feature is called OpenSearch, but we have ...

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    Open Seach +/- vBulletin

    I was trying to add a Search engine on the major browsers, this feature is called OpenSearch, but we have tried many ways and what Coders tell me is that vBSEO is blocking something, because when we insert the .xml in another server works like a charm...
    here are the instructions:

    Insert on HEADINCLUDE:
    PHP Code:
    <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="Search IOGAMES" href="http://www.iogames.com/chat/searchbot.xml" /> 
    then you create a .XML file with the following code:
    PHP Code:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
      <ShortName>IOGAMES</ShortName>
      <Description>Xbox 360 • PS3 • Wii • PSP • PC Games</Description>
      <Tags> Xbox 360 • PS3 • Wii • PSP • PC Games </Tags>
      <Contact>support@iogames.com</Contact>
      <Url type="text/html" method="get" template="http://www.iogames.com/chat/search.php?do=process&amp;quicksearch=1&amp;query={searchTerms}" />
      <Url type="text/html" 
           method="post"
           template="http://www.iogames.com/chat/search.php?do=process">

        <Param name="query" value="{searchTerms}"/>
        <Param name="quicksearch" value="1"/>
      </Url>
      <image height="16" width="16" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon">http://www.iogames.com/chat/favicon.ico</image>
      <Query role="example" searchTerms="ncode" />
      <Developer>nCode vBulletin Plugins</Developer>
      <Attribution></Attribution>
      <SyndicationRight>open</SyndicationRight>

      <AdultContent>1</AdultContent>
      <Language>es-MX</Language>
      <OutputEncoding>UTF-8</OutputEncoding>
      <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
    </OpenSearchDescription>
    or:

    PHP Code:
    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
    <ShortName>IOGAMES</ShortName>
    <Description>XBOX 360 · PS3 · Wii · PSP · PC Games</Description>
    <Image height="16" width="16" type="image/x-icon">http://www.iogames.com/chat/favicon.ico</Image>
    <Url type="text/html" method="get" template="http://www.iogames.com/chat/search.php?do=process&amp;query={searchTerms}" />
    </OpenSearchDescription> rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://www.iogames.com/searchbot.xml" title="IOGAMES" />
    and on the .htaccess you find:
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/

    replace with:

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images|sear chbot\.xml)/
    Does anybody knows what's blocking that the Feature work???
    my site: IOGAMES [you can see blinking where the search engines are in the top right part of your browser -IE7 & FF -]

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    try using the folder instead of the file, ie

    chat
    instead of
    searchbot\.xml


    that said, i get an error when i click on it in the drop down:
    Code:
    [Exception... "'Failure' when calling method: [nsIStreamListener::onStopRequest]"  nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"  location: "<unknown>"  data: no]
    
    Line 0
    

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    Thanks BrianSol... but the one you suggested me is for general pages, and it doesn't point to vB's search.php...

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    Well, yes, you have to put your stuff in there

    http://www.iogames.com/chat/search.php?do=process&amp;query={searchTerms}

    is the only thing that really matters.

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    Well it works halfway... now it sends me to the search section of the forum which is start all over :(

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    Quote Originally Posted by briansol View Post
    try using the folder instead of the file, ie

    chat
    instead of
    searchbot\.xml
    He can't, because /chat is his forum URL.

    Listen, Josh, would you consider removing the use of chat.iogames.com as a rewrite for www.iogames.com/chat ? I'm not sure but it'd help us discard the failure's source.

    Besides, why am I seeing a space in your .htaccess? It says search bot\.xml instead of searchbot\.xml

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    the space is just vbulletin default word wrap at X chars long. And yes on the /chat comment. i didn't realize that /chat was his forum path.

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    Well is between the 2 solutions Brainsol; the one I posted and the one you suggested me...

    1. (mine) search my site
    or
    2. (yours) adds to the browser... but none do the both things :(

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    Bump :(

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    sorry dude, that's all i got

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    Can you try to temporarily disable vBSEO to see if that works?
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    Well I made a Frankestein of the 2 codes, but basically the ADD function works, but th search doesn't...

    and I remember it used to perform searches as Google does...

    here are the 2 codes, I'm using the first one:
    PHP Code:
    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
    <ShortName>IOGAMES</ShortName>
    <Description>XBOX 360 · PS3 · Wii · PSP · PC Games</Description>
    <Description>Xbox 360 • PS3 • Wii • PSP • PC Games</Description>
    <Tags> Xbox 360 • PS3 • Wii • PSP • PC Games </Tags>
    <Contact>support@iogames.com</Contact>
    <Image height="16" width="16" type="image/x-icon">http://www.iogames.com/chat/favicon.ico</Image>
    <Url type="text/html" method="get" template="http://www.iogames.com/chat/search.php?do=process&amp;quicksearch=1&amp;query={searchTerms}" />
    </OpenSearchDescription>
    &

    PHP Code:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
      <ShortName>IOGAMES</ShortName>
      <Description>Xbox 360 • PS3 • Wii • PSP • PC Games</Description>
      <Tags> Xbox 360 • PS3 • Wii • PSP • PC Games </Tags>
      <Contact>support@iogames.com</Contact>
      <Url type="text/html" method="get" template="http://www.iogames.com/chat/search.php?do=process&amp;quicksearch=1&amp;query={searchTerms}" />
      <Url type="text/html" 
           method="post"
           template="http://www.iogames.com/chat/search.php?do=process">
        <Param name="query" value="{searchTerms}"/>
        <Param name="quicksearch" value="1"/>
      </Url>
      <image height="16" width="16" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon">http://www.iogames.com/chat/favicon.ico</image>
      <Query role="example" searchTerms="ncode" />
      <Developer>nCode vBulletin Plugins</Developer>
      <Attribution></Attribution>
      <SyndicationRight>open</SyndicationRight>
      <AdultContent>1</AdultContent>
      <Language>es-MX</Language>
      <OutputEncoding>UTF-8</OutputEncoding>
      <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
    </OpenSearchDescription>
    I DISABLE vBSEO to test it, but it doesn't work either :'(

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    I DISABLE vBSEO to test it, but it doesn't work either :'(
    Just to make sure, please also try to temporarily remove .htaccess file.
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    .htaccess removed and no results...

    Do you think is here the problem?

    <Url type="text/html" method="get" template="http://www.iogames.com/chat/search.php?do=process&amp;query={searchTerms}" />
    &

    <Url type="text/html" method="get" template="http://www.iogames.com/chat/search.php?do=process&amp;quicksearch=1&amp;query= {searchTerms}" />
    I just need not to send me to the search.php but actually search...

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