On 07/12/2009 02:32 AM, Bret Busby wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Previously, when the Mozilla suite existed, or, when it was Netscape, a
> user was able to add search engines, and, change the default search
> engine.
>
> Due to misconduct by google, I want to replace google as the default
> search engine, with yahoo, in seamonkey, but I cannot find how to add a
> search engine that is not included by seamonkey.
>
> Opera already includes yahoo as a search engine that can be used for
> searching.
>
> I am not sure whether Firefox allows for earch engines to be added to
> its included search engines.
>
> Please advise how a search engine that is not included in the search
> engines available through the search facility in seamonkey, can be
> added, so that the default search engine can be changed from google to
> yahoo.
Copy & paste the following into a text editor (notepad - gedit etc).
Save the file as 'yahoo.src' and place into your seamonkey/searchplugins
folder. Restart SeaMonkey & you now should be able to select Yahoo from
Edit|Preferences|Internet Search.
# Yahoo Search Plug-in for Mozilla
#
# Created by Robert Fernandes (e-mail address removed by casey1992),
Matthew A. McGuigan (e-mail address removed by casey1992), Rafael Ebron
(e-mail address removed by casey1992)
# Last Edited May 31, 2002
# Last updated August 11, 2004
<SEARCH
version = "7.1"
name="Yahoo"
description="Yahoo Search"
searchForm="http://www.yahoo.com/r/so";
method="GET"
action="http://search.yahoo.com/search";
>
<input name="p" user>
<input name="ei" value="UTF-8">
<interpret
browserResultType="category"
resultListStart="<div class=padrc>"
resultListEnd="SPONSOR RESULTS"
resultItemStart="149"
# resultItemEnd="</a>"
>
<interpret
browserResultType="result"
resultListStart="<div id=web>"
resultListEnd="MORE SPONSOR RESULTS"
resultItemStart="<li>"
# resultItemEnd="</a>"
>
<browser
alsomatch="http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search";
update="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/plugins/yahoo.src";
updateIcon="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/plugins/yahoo.gif";
updateCheckDays="3"
>
</search>
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