Post #169988 by hanford_lemoore on Wed, Jul 6, 2005 3:40 PM

Just found a cool feature is Firefox while testing the new Tiki Central changes.

They call it "Smart keywords" and it allows you to assign a text keyword to a search box on any page.

The end result is I can type:

tc firefox

in the Address bar, and Firefox will pull up a Tiki Central search for Firefox, on the results page. So now whenever I want to search TC I can just type tc and the keyword I want in the address bar, even if I'm on another site.

How to do it:

• go to Tiki Central's search page
• Set all the search settings you want (what forums, what type of sorting)
• Right-click in the search field and choose "add keyword for this search"
• in the box that opens up, type "Tiki Central search" for the title, and type "tc" for the keyword. Click okay.

Now, when you type tc [keyword] you'll be taken to the search results page for TC. if you're a shortcut guy like I am, you can press CTRL-L to put your cursor in the address bar, then type out your search. It's very cool.

I've set a few up for various sites already.