Follow Up Search on MSE

debitcardmayhem

Following on from this Post many thanks to cit_k who suggested google site: parameter
I have created some MSE specific search providers which use google for searching MSE
There are two files for IE and two for Firefox, they are MSEGoogle and MSEGoogleTitle
The first searches for all occurrences of search terms in the whole URL and the second searches just within titles.
In the process I discovered that hitting Alt+Enter in the search bar the results come up in a New Tab,(Alt+Enter in the URL bar does the same too..you live and learn )
The next post has the files for Firefox and the third one has the files for IE 8
I hope someone finds them useful

debitcardmayhem

If you wish to use the search box in Firefox you need to create the two files below in %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\YourProfile\searchplugins

MSEGoogle.xml

<SearchPlugin xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/">
<ShortName>MSEGoogle</ShortName>
<Description>MSE Google Search</Description>
<InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
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<Url type="application/x-suggestions+json" method="GET" template="http://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?output=firefox&amp;client=firefox&amp;hl={moz:locale}&amp;q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fforums.moneysavingexpert.com+{searchTerms}"/>
<Url type="text/html" method="GET" template="http://www.google.co.uk/search">
  <Param name="q" value="site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fforums.moneysavingexpert.com+{searchTerms}"/>
  <Param name="ie" value="utf-8"/>
  <Param name="oe" value="utf-8"/>
  <Param name="aq" value="t"/>
  <!-- Dynamic parameters -->
  <Param name="rls" value="{moz:distributionID}:{moz:locale}:{moz:official}"/>
  <MozParam name="client" condition="defaultEngine" trueValue="firefox-a" falseValue="firefox"/>
</Url>
<SearchForm>http://www.google.co.uk/firefox</SearchForm>
</SearchPlugin>

MSEGoogleTitle.xml

<SearchPlugin xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/">
<ShortName>MSETitlesGoogle</ShortName>
<Description>MSE Titles Google Search</Description>
<InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
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<Url type="application/x-suggestions+json" method="GET" template="http://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?output=firefox&amp;client=firefox&amp;hl={moz:locale}&amp;q=allintitle%3A+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fforums.moneysavingexpert.com+{searchTerms}"/>
<Url type="text/html" method="GET" template="http://www.google.co.uk/search">
  <Param name="q" value="allintitle%3A+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fforums.moneysavingexpert.com+{searchTerms}"/>
  <Param name="ie" value="utf-8"/>
  <Param name="oe" value="utf-8"/>
  <Param name="aq" value="t"/>
  <!-- Dynamic parameters -->
  <Param name="rls" value="{moz:distributionID}:{moz:locale}:{moz:official}"/>
  <MozParam name="client" condition="defaultEngine" trueValue="firefox-a" falseValue="firefox"/>
</Url>
<SearchForm>http://www.google.co.uk/firefox</SearchForm>
</SearchPlugin>

Restart Firefox and away we go
These two providers should be in the drop down in the search bar (both have MSE Martin as icons)

debitcardmayhem

If you wish to use the search box in IE 8 you need to create the two files below in any directory you wish
note the GUIDs on these entries should be unique (I used guidgen.exe to create them)

MSEGoogle.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{CBEEC0F4-0409-48eb-AD75-9FA166BB7535}]
"DisplayName"="MSEGoogle"
"URL"="http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fforums.moneysavingexpert.com+{searchTerms}&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:{language}:{referrer:source}&ie={inputEncoding?}&oe={outputEncoding?}&rlz=1I7GGHP_en"
"ShowSearchSuggestions"=dword:00000000
"SuggestionsURL"="http://clients5.google.com/complete/search?q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fforums.moneysavingexpert.com+{searchTerms}&client=ie8&mw={ie:maxWidth}&sh={ie:sectionHeight}&rh={ie:rowHeight}&inputencoding={inputEncoding}&outputencoding={outputEncoding}"
"OSDFileURL"="http://www.ieaddons.com/gb/DownloadHandler.ashx?ResourceId=813"
"FaviconURL"="http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/favicon.ico"
"FaviconPath"="C:\\Users\\Rob\\AppData\\LocalLow\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Services\\mse.ico"
"SortIndex"=dword:00000000

MSEGoogleTitle.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{96567057-08E7-45c9-8C55-0B7978191D0F}]
"DisplayName"="MSETitlesGoogle"
"URL"="http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=allintitle%3A+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fforums.moneysavingexpert.com+{searchTerms}&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:{language}:{referrer:source}&ie={inputEncoding?}&oe={outputEncoding?}&rlz=1I7GGHP_en"
"ShowSearchSuggestions"=dword:00000000
"SuggestionsURL"="http://clients5.google.com/complete/search?q=allintitle%3A+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fforums.moneysavingexpert.com+{searchTerms}&client=ie8&mw={ie:maxWidth}&sh={ie:sectionHeight}&rh={ie:rowHeight}&inputencoding={inputEncoding}&outputencoding={outputEncoding}"
"OSDFileURL"="http://www.ieaddons.com/gb/DownloadHandler.ashx?ResourceId=813"
"FaviconURL"="http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/favicon.ico"
"FaviconPath"="C:\\Users\\Rob\\AppData\\LocalLow\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Services\\mse.ico"
"SortIndex"=dword:00000000

You will need download the MSE Icon and save as the FaviconPath in the reg files (change that to where you wish)
Then right click the file(s) and Merge (I would recommend creating a new system restore point first for safety) and restart IE
These two providers should be in the drop down in the search bar (both have MSE Martin as icons)