Comments on: Finding Flex Facts Faster http://eyefodder.com/2006/08/finding_flex_facts_faster.html Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ofir http://eyefodder.com/2006/08/finding_flex_facts_faster.html#comment-25 Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:18:20 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=20#comment-25 I HAVE MADE IT !!!
some learn-by-mistake + look-at-source-code = this is the code :

# Flexcoders mailing list search plugin by Paul Barnes-Hoggett eyefodder@gmail.com
<search
name="Flexcoders mailing list search"
description="Search Flexcoders mailing list"
method="GET"
version = "7.1"
action="http://www.mail-archive.com/search"
searchform="http://www.mail-archive.com/search"
queryCharset="utf-8"
>
<input name="l" value="flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com" type="hidden">
<input name="q" user>
<interpret
browserResultType="result"
charset = "UTF-8"
resultListStart="<div id="indexcontent">"
resultListEnd="</div>"
resultItemStart="<h3>"
resultItemEnd="</blockquote>"
>
</search>
<browser
update="http://mycroft.mozdev.org/update.php/id0/flexcoders.src"
updateIcon="http://mycroft.mozdev.org/update.php/id0/flexcoders.png"
updateCheckDays="7"
>
]]> By: Paul BH http://eyefodder.com/2006/08/finding_flex_facts_faster.html#comment-24 Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:35:41 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=20#comment-24 Hi, well livedocs use google, and you could look at using the yahoo mailing list search engine for the flexcoders. If you take a look at the post on how I built these, you should be able to work out using a different form (my plugins basically just submit to the standard google form). *but* in order for the advanced search sidebar to work, the results need to come back in a compatible format. Google does this; I honestly don’t know if the yahoo mailing list thing does.
Give it a shot, and if you get it working I’ll gladly post and offer it here and shower you with praise!

]]> By: OfirAgain http://eyefodder.com/2006/08/finding_flex_facts_faster.html#comment-23 Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:30:38 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=20#comment-23 is there a way to search both flexcoders and livedocs with THEIR search engine??
rather then with google.
then u’ll also get the results on the site itself instead of in google.
i mean, take a look what plugins for ebay/amazon do – they search with THEIR search engine

]]> By: Paul BH http://eyefodder.com/2006/08/finding_flex_facts_faster.html#comment-22 Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:23:05 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=20#comment-22 Good question,
I suspect its because I use a google search restricted to site to search the mailing list archives – I guess the search algorithms for yahoo and google are different – perhaps also google’s indexing is delayed, whereas yahoo is searching off the live mail database…
I’m not a search engine guru – perhaps someone else can offer a better explanation?

]]> By: Ofir http://eyefodder.com/2006/08/finding_flex_facts_faster.html#comment-21 Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:17:34 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=20#comment-21 this is great, just what i needed
BUT !!!
for some reason with the flexcoders plugin i dont get the same results as searching from their search engine (http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com/)
i get MUCH LESS results.
why?

]]> By: WaltDe http://eyefodder.com/2006/08/finding_flex_facts_faster.html#comment-20 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 04:50:47 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=20#comment-20 Keep up the great work on your blog. Best wishes WaltDe

]]> By: Paul BH http://eyefodder.com/2006/08/finding_flex_facts_faster.html#comment-19 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:24:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=20#comment-19 Hi Mathias,
I started explaining it in a comment, then it turned into a post

]]> By: Mathias http://eyefodder.com/2006/08/finding_flex_facts_faster.html#comment-18 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:53:33 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=20#comment-18 I don’t see how you knew what to add to search those two items. were those items already set up, or did you add a URL to those sites?
Mathias

]]> By: Ben http://eyefodder.com/2006/08/finding_flex_facts_faster.html#comment-17 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:46:30 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=20#comment-17 Very cool, thanks!

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