Mozilla/Firefox Search Plugin Generator¶

What does it do?¶

This extension provides a dynamic search plugin generator for Mozilla/Firefox browsers. It will allow your visitors to search on your website directly from the toolbar of their browser.

Screenshots¶

This plugin will generate a link, which will allow the visitor to install an additional search plugin in their browsers:

Once they have accepted the plugin, it will be available on their search engine list, as in the screenshot below:

Installation¶

The installation of this extension is very simple. Just connect to the Typo3 Extension Repository and download «Mozilla/Firefox Search Plugin Generator» (mozsearch), located in the frontend plugin section. Note that you will also need to download version 2.6 (at least) of the «Developer API» extension (api_macmade), as it will be needed by the plugin.

When you install the extension, you'll notice a field called TypeNum.

This is the typeNum of the page wich will generate the search plugin. You only have to care about this if you already have an extension which uses the same typeNum. Otherwise, just leave the default one.

IndexedSearch¶

This extension is configured by default to work with the IndexedSearch extension, but it can be configured in order to work with other extensions as well.

Placing the plugin on a page¶

On a page, create a new content element anc choose «Mozilla/Firefox search plugin» from the list.

You'll now be able to configure the instance of the plugin through Typo3 flexforms. On the first tab, you'll see the basic options of the plugin. Basically, you just need to add the page with the search form. For the other options, please see the configuration section of this manual.

The second tab contains additional options relative to the plugin. Here again, please refer to the configuration section of this manual for more informations about those options.

Placing the plugin through TypoScript¶

The plugin can also be placed on the website through TypoScript. It will allow your visitors to download it from every page.

Basically, you just need to give the ID of the page containing the search form. For example:

plugin.tx_mozsearch_pi1.searchPid = 52

All available options are listed in the configuration section of this manual.

You will then need to place the plugin in you TypoScript template.

If you're using TemplaVoilà, just map an area of your HTML template with a TS object called, for instance, lib.mozsearch. Then, on your TS template:

lib.mozsearch < plugin.tx_mozsearch_pi1

If you're using the old autoparser method, just add the plugin on a subpart of your HTML template. For instance:

temp.mainTemplate {
    template =< plugin.tx_automaketemplate_pi1
    workOnSubpart = DOCUMENT_BODY
    subparts.mozsearch < plugin.tx_mozsearch_pi1

Reference¶

Here's the complete reference of the TypoScript options for the plugin. Remember that you can set each one through the constant editor, or through each instance of the plugin through flexforms.

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