May 31, 2005

Search MakeYouGoHmm and other sites inside Firefox search engines, How To — by TDavid @ 11:06 am PST

Update 11/24/2006 3:52am PST: Faster, easier: you can now also add MakeYouGoHmm search by scrolling to the bottom of any Hmm search results page and clicking the “add search to FF” link.

Internet Explorer users can search this site using the free MakeYouGoHmm IE toolbar, but unfortunately there is no Firefox version yet. In the meantime, I’ve created a custom search for Firefox (pictured to the right) so readers can search the past of MakeYouGoHmm right from Firefox. Here’s how to use.

STEP 1. Download (2.4K ZIP) MakeYouGoHmm search for Firefox.

STEP 2. Unzip the package and copy the two files: makeyougohmm.src and makeyougohmm.png into the following directory:

C:\Program Files\Firefox\searchplugins

Note: change the path above to the location to your Firefox browser if it’s not in the C: drive.

STEP 3. Restart Firefox and you should see MakeYouGohmm in your Firefox search menu.

If you’d like to build you own custom site searches, the following excellent O’Reilly article: Build your own Firefox Search Engine explains step-by-step how to add your own custom searches with your own custom icons to the Firefox search menu. You can also study and use the MakeYouGoHmm file as a template.

Cool stuff!

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7 Comments »

1. […] m…, you can roll your own site search to add to Firefox!!! Here’s the skinny: Make You Go Hmm: » Search MakeYouGoHmm and other sites inside Firefox And here’s how to do it […]

   Pingback by Blog-A-Rama » Blog Archive » Add Blog-A-Rama to your search bar in Firefox! — May 31, 2005 @ 12:40 pm PST

2. A bit of JavaScript will allow you to install the plugin automatically. I just copied, pasted, and modified the code from the Mozilla web site to fit my needs:

   <a href=”addEngine(’afdn’,'png’,'General’)” rel=”nofollow”>Andrew Ferguson dot NET</a>

   Comment by Andrew Ferguson — May 31, 2005 @ 1:50 pm PST

3. So I guess that code didn’t show up. You can view the code here => http://www.andrewferguson.net/wordpress-plugins/

   Comment by Andrew Ferguson — May 31, 2005 @ 1:54 pm PST

4. Nice post TDavid! You may wish to update your zip as file there is a WindowsXP system file - thumbs.db, that isn’t really needed & may throw an unwary or unknowledgable user a bit of a curve.

   Comment by jvastine — June 2, 2005 @ 11:17 pm PST

5. Thanks for the head’s up on that, jvastine, I’ve fiixed that zip file.

   Comment by TDavid — June 2, 2005 @ 11:26 pm PST

6. […] Update 9:03am PST: The last time I mentioned custom Firefox search extensions, Adam shared some Javascript code to make the process a one click affair. share/bookmark: MyWeb | del.icio.us | digg it! […]

   Pingback by Make You Go Hmm: » New Windows Live Search says goodbye to pagination — March 8, 2006 @ 12:17 pm PST

7. […] Friendly reader reminder: you can also add MakeYouGoHmm search to Firefox with one click by scrolling to the bottom of any Hmm search results page and clicking the “add search to FF” link near the copyright message. I dogfood this search regularly. Try it out. You can also subscribe to any Hmm search result keyword by RSS (just look for the orange XML button on each search results page). Useful for finding out if/when your site/service/product/blog is mentioned here. Related PostsAdditional FUD acronymsAcronym FinderSearch PHP manual via MakeYouGoHmm toolbar […]

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