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Here are some instructions/tips on how to use this widget I wrote

After installation:

  1. :star: First use the drop down menu to set the button size then close the button resizer.
  2. :star: Drag the toolbar to the desired location (I keep it at the top of my monitor)
  3. :star: Flip the widget and delete the services you don't plan to use.

To create your own custom buttons:

  • :star: Flip the widget to the config side.
  • :star: Chose the custom tab
  • :star: Add button code

The code should be in this format:

  • button name@search url part 1@search url part 2@normal href@image url##

Example:

  • my opera@http://my.opera.com/community/forums/search.dml?term=@@http://my.opera.com@http://www.opera.com/favicon.ico##

Don't use line breaks or space, each button ends with ##

Here are some more examples:

  • wikipedia@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=@&go=Go@http://en.wikipedia.org/@http://en.wikipedia.org/favicon.ico##yahoo@http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&fr=sfp&p=@@http://www.yahoo.com/@http://www.yahoo.com/favicon.ico##ask.com@http://www.ask.com/web?q=@&qsrc=0&o=312&l=dir@http://www.ask.com/@http://about.ask.com/sh/i/s/media_logos/ask_xsml.gif##widget search@http://widgets.opera.com/search/?search=@&scope=all&x=0&y=0@http://widgets.opera.com/@images/widgets.jpg##

You can paste that into the box and click [save config] to see what it looks like.

Step by step:

  • :star: Chose a search engine you want to add
  • :star: Type some text in the box and search
  • :star: Copy the search page URL
  • :star: Open a text editor
  • :star: Paste the URL into the text editor
  • :star: Type the name you want to use for this search
  • :star: Put @ behind the name
  • :star: Now put the URL from the search page behind it
  • :star: Replace the test word you typed with @
  • :star: Put another @ behind the search URL, if the URL ended with your search word there should be 2 times @ at the end.
  • :star: Put the website front page URL after that
  • :star: Again put @ behind it
  • :star: Now put the image URL you want to use behind that.
  • :star: End the code with ##
  • :star: Copy the code to the clipboard (be careful not to copy any line breaks)
  • :star: Go to the widget
  • :star: flip the widget using the small button at the left bottom
  • :star: Mouse over the [custom] tab
  • :star: paste the code into the box
  • :star: press [safe config]
  • :star: flip the widget back
  • :star: Your button should be there now

If you have problems, just ask.

Lets have an example:

  • :star: Say, I want to add http://www.cuil.com
  • :star: I type some text in the box "blablabla" and search
  • :star: I Copy the URL http://www.cuil.com/search?q=blablabla
  • :star: I open Textpad
  • :star: I paste the URL into the text editor
  • :star: I type: Cuil
  • :star: I put @ behind the name Cuil@
  • :star: I put the URL behind it: Cuil@http://www.cuil.com/search?q=blablabla
  • :star: replace the test word with @: Cuil@http://www.cuil.com/search?q=@
  • :star: add another @ behind it: Cuil@http://www.cuil.com/search?q=@@
  • :star: put the website front page URL after it: Cuil@http://www.cuil.com/search?q=@@http://www.cuil.com
  • :star: again put @ behind it: Cuil@http://www.cuil.com/search?q=@@http://www.cuil.com@
  • :star: now the image URL. Most websites have a favicon.ico file http://www.cuil.com/favicon.ico jep, it's there, so we get: Cuil@http://www.cuil.com/search?q=@@http://www.cuil.com@http://www.cuil.com/favicon.ico
  • :star: end the code with ##: Cuil@http://www.cuil.com/search?q=@@http://www.cuil.com@http://www.cuil.com/favicon.ico##
  • :star: I copy the code to the clipboard.
  • :star: go to the widget
  • :star: flip the widget using the small button at the left bottom
  • :star: mouse over the [custom] tab
  • :star: paste the code into the box: Cuil@http://www.cuil.com/search?q=@@http://www.cuil.com@http://www.cuil.com/favicon.ico##
  • :star: press [safe config]
  • :star: flip the widget back
  • :star: My button is there, o joy it also works!

You are now a toolback hacker.:wizard:

If you have a good idea feel free to tell me and I will get right to it. :wink:

Enjoy,

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