Search Boxes

[kompressaur]

Seeing as is Easter i have delayed my no admin policy till tuesday (loads to go sort actually so i might be off forums too)

Anyhow this is something i have been pondering for a few weeks. Wouldnt it (would it?) be great if we had wee search boxes for sites such as soccerbase and
soccernet in the sidebar? Folks would just type in 'East Stirling' in either site and it will open a new browser window and in it will be google search results for said site. You would just click the first link and before you know it youve got all of East Stirling's results this season.

Good bad?

I'll post this here incase we go for it.
"How can I add a Google search box to my Web site?": Tech Support from Ask Dave Taylor!

[kompressaur]

Here's a search of soccerbase for 'east Stirling' for you all to see
east stirling site:soccerbase.com - Google Search

I hate having to go and find soccerbase in the sidebar or in my favs then i have to click Teams and then scottish etc etc (or i could use their search box) Why not just jhave their search box on TDP to make life easier for us all?

Just a suggestion and i can understand if folks think its really unessescary

[kompressaur]

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[kompressaur]

well that worked well. Just need to get the results to open in a new page. Ill look at it when i aint so busy-

PHP Code:

<form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/search">
<input type="text"   name="q" size="15"
 maxlength="150" value="" />
<input type="submit" value="soccerbase" />
<input type="radio"  name="sitesearch" value="" />
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<input type="radio"  name="sitesearch"
 value="soccerbase.com" checked />search socerbase</form> 


[kompressaur]

fcuk i just found this-

PHP Code:

<form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/search">

just needs to have target="new" added and it'll redirect the result of that form to a new window called "new". If you always want to guarantee that a new window is launched rather than possibly reusing the 'new window, use "_blank" as the target instead:

<form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/search" target="_blank"> 


im so excited its made me ready for the loo. Im foa big shite. Ive a feeling im gonna go to town with this. We could have them in the footer. Search all the sites we need. Im forever using the soccerbase one, socernet too. Dont mind me here. Tell us what you think when im done though

[kompressaur]

Ive added a couple to the sidebar. Is that not darn cool or is it just me? If it is darn cool can anyone suggest aymore sites that we could add?

[kompressaur]

aye im happy with that and i'll leave it for now. If we can think of ways to improve it then all the better but i will leave it all for now. Maybe we should a a 'search tdp' one up top. Ive a funny feeling google likes people having these boxes. Ill go give it a try and see how it looks and acts

[kompressaur]

nah bollocks ill leave it as that

[keemanan]

soccernet dont work for me komp:

google.com/search?hl=en&sitesearch=soccernet.com&q=city
google.com/search?q=man+city&sitesearch=soccerbase.com

there's the urls.
I use football365 stats for my analysis

[MickeyPaul]

"You're gonna need a bigger side-bar..."

I jest. It seems quite handy.

[kompressaur]

Bloody hell im just finding this weird having people giving me feedback. aye i get feedback sometimes but only when things aint suiting them errr aye brilliant. soccernet not working Keem? I'll go and look into it. football365 you say Keem? Let me have a look.

I can change the width mick if needs be?

Also i would like to be able to not have the full url of the site in the button as at the moment i have to

[kompressaur]

ah i see ive put the old code in soccerbase. I changed that and then put the old code in by mistake. ill fix that

[kompressaur]

I just used soccerbase Keem as it was searchable. Too many times im making a post and i say 'im sure x has done ok v y' this season and i can never be bothered openeing a new window, googling soccerbase or locating my favs or even just clicking on it ion the sidebar. You still need to locate 'team x' when you get there. I dont know if football365 stats would give us anything by the way of search reuslts but im sure there are other sites that people use regular and could benefit for us having that sites searchbox on TDP

[MickeyPaul]

I was only kidding about the bigger sidebar - I was just referring to how much is on it now.

Is the sidebar maybe a bit wide even you think? I can't really tell too well as I'm using a widescreen but I noticed when trying to adjust my screen to normal viewing size, TDP (forum side) suddenly seemed a bit squashed and the sidebar a lil chunkier than need be.

[kompressaur]

I'm all for making it less wide truth be told Mick. I would have it as small as we could get away with truth be told. I'll have a think how it works and maybe we can make it smaller.

I was just referring to how much is on it now

ah but thats the beauty Mick. People can open and close menus to suit. Dont get me wrong since installation it aint been touched really so im all for working on it before i give up trying all these things soon.