Inspired by Nirvana's KubuntuForums.Net Firefox Search Plugin, I tried to make a similar feature for Konqueror. It may not be as easy at the point-and-click installation in Firefox, but it's not that difficult and has a bonus feature, too!
(This presumes you have either the Google Suggest Plugin or the Search Bar Plugin enabled and visible)
1. Click on the "G" Google icon (or whatever icon is currently there) to bring down a list of enabled search engines. Click the bottom option "Select Search Engines"
2. Welcome to Konqueror's search engines! Before we go on, at the bottom of the dialog box, you will see a "keyword delimiter" pulldown menu. There are only two choices: colon or space. Just take note of which one is displayed. Now, click the "Add" button near the upper-right corner of the dialog box. Now, put these in the respective input boxes:
Search Provider name: KubuntuForums.Net
Search URL: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?action=search2;search=\{@}
URL Shortdut: kfn
3. Click OK
4. Now, an entry named KubuntuForums.Net will be added to the list.
5. Click Apply. The system will update. Then Click Ok.
6. Click again on the Google icon and choose "Select Search Engines".
6. Look for the entry that we added. Put a check mark in the box beside KubuntuForums.Net then click apply. What this will do is to add KubuntuForums.Net to the search engines in the Search Bar.
(Don't ask me why it doesn't work the first time. It just doesn't. Possibly a bug?)
7. Click Ok. And we're done! Now you can simply choose KubuntuForums.Net from the search bar whenever you need to have a quick search, without going to the main page.
Now for the Bonus!
Remember the "kfn" we entered for URL shortcut and the keyword delimiter? Here's the deal, you can use the search engine we made, without having to choose it from the dropdown list of search engines in the search bar. Just type it in the location bar of Konqueror (where you usually type http:// or /home, etc). For example, I want to do a (very) quick search about Dapper and nvidia, I would simply type this in the location bar:
kfn:dapper nvidia (if your keyword delimiter is "colon") or
kfn dapper nvidia (if your keyword delimiter is "space")
There you have it folks! It's really easy. I just made this guide long for new people who are still getting used to Kubuntu/KDE. Now that you know what these things do/are, try experimenting on your own. Other URL shortcuts are gg (Google), wp (Wikipedia), and ubw (Ubuntu Wiki). Just look the others up in the Search Engines list.
(This presumes you have either the Google Suggest Plugin or the Search Bar Plugin enabled and visible)
1. Click on the "G" Google icon (or whatever icon is currently there) to bring down a list of enabled search engines. Click the bottom option "Select Search Engines"
2. Welcome to Konqueror's search engines! Before we go on, at the bottom of the dialog box, you will see a "keyword delimiter" pulldown menu. There are only two choices: colon or space. Just take note of which one is displayed. Now, click the "Add" button near the upper-right corner of the dialog box. Now, put these in the respective input boxes:
Search Provider name: KubuntuForums.Net
Search URL: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?action=search2;search=\{@}
URL Shortdut: kfn
3. Click OK
4. Now, an entry named KubuntuForums.Net will be added to the list.
5. Click Apply. The system will update. Then Click Ok.
6. Click again on the Google icon and choose "Select Search Engines".
6. Look for the entry that we added. Put a check mark in the box beside KubuntuForums.Net then click apply. What this will do is to add KubuntuForums.Net to the search engines in the Search Bar.
(Don't ask me why it doesn't work the first time. It just doesn't. Possibly a bug?)
7. Click Ok. And we're done! Now you can simply choose KubuntuForums.Net from the search bar whenever you need to have a quick search, without going to the main page.
Now for the Bonus!
Remember the "kfn" we entered for URL shortcut and the keyword delimiter? Here's the deal, you can use the search engine we made, without having to choose it from the dropdown list of search engines in the search bar. Just type it in the location bar of Konqueror (where you usually type http:// or /home, etc). For example, I want to do a (very) quick search about Dapper and nvidia, I would simply type this in the location bar:
kfn:dapper nvidia (if your keyword delimiter is "colon") or
kfn dapper nvidia (if your keyword delimiter is "space")
There you have it folks! It's really easy. I just made this guide long for new people who are still getting used to Kubuntu/KDE. Now that you know what these things do/are, try experimenting on your own. Other URL shortcuts are gg (Google), wp (Wikipedia), and ubw (Ubuntu Wiki). Just look the others up in the Search Engines list.
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