OrthodoxWiki:Searching - Revision history

Seraphima55: /* The OrthodoxWiki Searchbar */

2009-10-10T19:03:29Z

‎The OrthodoxWiki Searchbar

Andrew: /* Namespace restrictions */ fix links

2008-08-11T12:48:31Z

‎Namespace restrictions: fix links

Magda: /* See Also */ ro

2008-05-28T21:16:34Z

‎See Also: ro

FrJohn: /* The OrthodoxWiki Searchbar */

2005-11-16T23:41:50Z

‎The OrthodoxWiki Searchbar

FrJohn: /* Browser Integration */

2005-11-07T18:15:38Z

‎Browser Integration

FrJohn: /* Google */

2005-11-07T17:30:32Z

‎Google

FrJohn: /* Namespace restrictions */

2005-11-07T17:28:32Z

‎Namespace restrictions

FrJohn: /* Search Bookmarklets */

2005-11-07T17:23:31Z

‎Search Bookmarklets

FrJohn: /* Search Bookmarklets */

2005-11-07T17:22:58Z

‎Search Bookmarklets

FrJohn: /* Search Bookmarklets */

2005-11-07T17:22:13Z

‎Search Bookmarklets

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 ===The OrthodoxWiki Searchbar===
-We're happy to announce that a custom OrthodoxWiki search tool is now available! You can add it to the default Firefox, Mozilla, and Netscape ([http://mycroft.mozdev.org/ Mycroft]) search bar with a simple click. Please go to [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/tools/ OrthodoxWiki.org/tools/] to install.
+We're happy to announce that a custom OrthodoxWiki search tool is now available! You can add it to the default Firefox, Mozilla, and Netscape ([http://mycroft.mozdev.org/ Mycroft]) search bar with a simple click. Please go to http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/tools/ OrthodoxWiki.org/tools/ <font color="red">BROKEN LINK - SEE ALTERNATE LINK >>> [http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=orthodox&submitform=Find+search+plugins http://mycroft.mozdev.org]</font> to install.
 A couple tips:

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 * Searching the image namespace means searching the image descriptions, i.e. the first parts of the image description pages.
 * Check or uncheck the tickbox "List redirects" in "Search in namespaces" box found at the bottom of a search results page.
-* The source text (what one sees in the edit box, also called [[wiki text]]) is searched. This distinction is relevant for [[piped link]]s, for [[Wikipedia:interlanguage link]]s (to find links to Chinese articles, search for zh, not for Zhongwen), special characters (if ê is coded as &amp;ecirc; it is found searching for ecirc), etc.
+* The source text (what one sees in the edit box, also called [[OrthodoxWiki:Glossary#Wiki markup|wiki text]]) is searched. This distinction is relevant for [[OrthodoxWiki:Glossary#Piped link|piped link]]s, for [[Wikipedia:interlanguage link]]s (to find links to Chinese articles, search for zh, not for Zhongwen), special characters (if ê is coded as &amp;ecirc; it is found searching for ecirc), etc.
 For a more exhaustive list of techniques, please see [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Searching meta:Help:Searching] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Searching Wikipedia:Searching].

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 * If you hold down the Alt key when you press Enter to invoke a search, Firefox loads the results in a new tab.
 * If you drag and drop text onto the Search Box, Firefox fires off a search and loads the results in a new tab.
 ===Search Bookmarklets===

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 ==Browser Integration==
-For an overview of browser integration and some useful bookmarklets, please see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Browser_Integration].
+For an overview of browser integration and some useful bookmarklets, please see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Browser_Integration Wikipedia:Tools/Browser_Integration].
 ===Search Bookmarklets===
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 To search, go to the web address bar, enter "ow <i>SEARCH_QUERY</i>" (without the quotes), and press enter.
 ==External Search Engines==

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 ===Google===
 You can search OrthodoxWiki by entering "site:orthodoxwiki.org example" into a Google searchbox (any other site works too on a similar pattern -- check it out!).
 ===Yahoo===

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 In Camino, use the Mozilla directions, then use Get Info (cmd-I) in the bookmarks manager to bring up the properties dialogue.
-To search, go to the web address bar, enter "ow <i>SEARCH_QUERY<i>" (without the quotes), and press enter.
+To search, go to the web address bar, enter "ow <i>SEARCH_QUERY</i>" (without the quotes), and press enter.
 ===The OrthodoxWiki Searchbar===

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 ==Search Bookmarklets==
 OrthodoxWiki's search can be accessed via a bookmarklet. This works with Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape 6/7, Beonex Communicator.
 In Mozilla Firefox, follow these steps:
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 #Right click in the search field at the top of the page, and select "Add a Keyword for this Search".
 #Enter "Wikipedia Quicksearch" for the name.
-#Enter "w" (without the quotes) for the keyword.
+#Enter "ow" (without the quotes) for the keyword (or whatever you prefer).
 #Change the bookmark folder if you wish, and click "Add".
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 #Click OK and close the properties box, then close the bookmark manager.
-In Camino, use the Mozilla directions. Use Get Info (cmd-I) in the bookmarks manager to bring up the properties dialogue.
+In Camino, use the Mozilla directions, then use Get Info (cmd-I) in the bookmarks manager to bring up the properties dialogue.
-To search, go to the web address bar, enter "w <i>SEARCH_QUERY<i>" (without the quotes), and press enter.
+To search, go to the web address bar, enter "ow <i>SEARCH_QUERY<i>" (without the quotes), and press enter.
-===Searching with Firefox===
+===The OrthodoxWiki Searchbar===
 In process...
 We hope to be able to make available a custom OrthodoxWiki search tool that you can add to the default Firefox, Mozilla, and Netscape ([http://mycroft.mozdev.org/ Mycroft]) search bar with a simple click.
-    This would include the following features:
+This would include the following features:
-    * If you hold down the Alt key when you press Enter to invoke a search, Firefox loads the results in a new tab.
+* If you hold down the Alt key when you press Enter to invoke a search, Firefox loads the results in a new tab.
-    * If you drag and drop text onto the Search Box, Firefox fires off a search and loads the results in a new tab.
+* If you drag and drop text onto the Search Box, Firefox fires off a search and loads the results in a new tab.
 ==External Search Engines==