Firefox

Firefox search plugin

• Add a search engine for "Mobilefish.com" into your Firefox Search Bar.
  
  
  
  
• Click the OK button.
  
  
• The Mobilefish.com search engine should now appear in the Firefox drop-down list of search engines.
  
  
• Select the Mobilefish.com search engine and type "Firefox".
  
  
  
  
• You should see the search results.
  
  Note: Mobilefish.com is using the Google (Adsense) search engine but you can use your own.
  
  
• To uninstall the Mobilefish.com search engine from the drop-down list, follow these steps:
  
  
  • When using Windows XP, go to:
    
    C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\
    Profiles\<Profile name>\searchplugins
    
    Note: More information about how to remove a search engine from different operating systems see: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstall_search_plugins
    
    
  • Remove the files mobilefish.gif and mobilefish.src.
    
    
  • In the Firefox Search Bar the Mobilefish.com search engine is not shown.

1. Create one or more subdirectories inside the docroot where two files (.gif and .src) will be stored:
   
   For example: C:\mobilefish_web\download\firefox
   
   Note: C:\mobilefish_web is the docroot.
   
   
2. Download the following files and put them inside the "firefox" directory:
   
   
   • mobilefish_com.src - This is an ascii file.
   • mobilefish_com.gif () - Instead of using this image you should create your own. The image size must be 16x16 px and the allowed image formats are:
     .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png.
   
   
3. Modify file mobilefish_com.src with an ascii editor.
   
   # Author: Robert Lie (Mobilefish.com)
   #
   # With this search file you can add your search engine in the Firefox Search Bar
   
   <search
       version="7.1"
       name="Mobilefish.com"
       description="Search www.mobilefish.com"
       action="http://www.google.com/custom"
       searchForm="https://www.mobilefish.com"
       method="GET">
   
   <input name="client" value="pub-0337924350061493">
   <input name="forid" value="1">
   <input name="channel" value="9756388947">
   <input name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1">
   <input name="oe" value="ISO-8859-1">
   <input name="safe" value="active">
   <input name="cof" value="GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV
   %3A%236E85BB%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A6E85BB
   %3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF
   %3BLH%3A50%3BLW%3A600%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobilefish.com%2Fimages%2F
   mobilefish_search.gif%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobilefish.com
   %3BFORID%3A1%3B">
   <input name="hl" value="en">
   <input name="btnG" value="Search">
   <input name="sitesearch" value="www.mobilefish.com">
   <input name="domains" value="www.mobilefish.com">
   <input name="q" user>
   
   </search>
   
   <browser
       update="https://www.mobilefish.com/download/firefox/mobilefish_com.src"
       updateIcon="https://www.mobilefish.com/download/firefox/mobilefish_com.gif"
       updateCheckDays="7">
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Tag	attribute	Description
   search	version	This is the latest version of Netscape that this plugin was supposedly tested against.
   search	name	Enter the name of your search site.
   search	description	A description of your site.
   search	action	The http action to be taken when a search term is entered. Only enter the URL before the first question mark (?). You can obtain this information by looking at the source for the web page form you are writing your plugin for. For example: http://www.google.com/custom?forid=1&channel=97563&...
   search	searchForm	The searchForm is the location of the search form for the website.
   search	method	The GET method is used for the search. Currently only the GET method is supported
   input	name	These atributes are required by the Google (Adsense) search engine. If you are using you own search engine these attributes are different.
   browser	update	The update tag should point to the latest version of the .src file.
   browser	updateIcon	The update tag should point to the latest version of the .gif file. (Remember to change the file extension if using .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, or .png.).
   browser	updateCheckDays	The updateCheckDays tag determines the interval or number of days that should pass before the plugin should check for an update for the (updateIcon)image and (update)source files.

   
   More information about the search file can be found at:
   http://mycroft.mozdev.org/deepdocs/deepdocs.html
   
   
4. Rename these two plugin files according to your domain, for example: xyzabc.com
   
   xyzabc_com.src xyzabc_com.gif
   
   
5. On a web page create a link. Change the URL and domain according to your situation:
   
   <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
   function addEngine() {
      if ((typeof window.sidebar == "object") &&
      (typeof window.sidebar.addSearchEngine == "function")) {
         window.sidebar.addSearchEngine(
         "https://www.mobilefish.com/download/firefox/mobilefish_com.src",
         "https://www.mobilefish.com/download/firefox/mobilefish_com.gif",
         "Mobilefish.com",
         "Web" );
      } else {
         alert("Netscape 6 or Mozilla is required to add a search engine.");
      }
   }
   </script>
   
   <a href="javascript:addEngine()">Firefox plugin</a>
   
   
6. When a web visitor clicks on this link a message will be displayed:
   
   
   
   
7. When the visitor clicks on the OK button, the plugin is installed.