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| Newer page: | version 5 | Last edited on October 14, 2015 11:47 am | by PhilHollenback | Revert | 
| Older page: | version 4 | Last edited on February 23, 2012 2:52 pm | by PhilHollenback | Revert | 
version 5
The ExternalSearch plugin creates a form to query InterWikis or other internet sites.
Usage
<<ExternalSearch
         url="InterWiki or URL"
         name="button text"
>>
Arguments
Argument  | 
Description  | 
Default value  | 
|---|---|---|
url  | 
Specify a wiki from the InterWikiMap or a url. Any text entered by the user will be appended to the search url. The string placeholder '%s' can be used to insert a search query into the url rather than appending it.  | 
|
name  | 
Text to display in the submit button.  | 
For InterWiki sites the default is the wiki name, for other urls the default is the text “External Search”.  | 
formsize  | 
Specify the input area size.  | 
30 characters  | 
debug  | 
Don't really redirect to the external site, just print out the url that would be redirected to.  | 
Examples
url="http://sunir.org/apps/meta.pl?" name="Metawiki Search" url="http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?" name="MeatBall Search" url=php-lookup url=php-function url=PhpWiki
Perform a full-text search on multiple wiki's:
Perform a full-text search on MeatBall wiki:
Search the PHP web site for a function name:
Enter the name of a PHP function to view the documentation page:
Enter any existing page name on PhpWiki to jump to that page:

