Searching Clearspace from the Firefox Search Box

communities@jivesoftware.com — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:33:37 GMT

Did you know that you can add any Clearspace instance to the list of search engines available for quick searches from your Firefox or IE search box?

Since Clearspace is Opensearch enabled, Firefox will automatically recognize it and give you the option to add it to your drop down list of search engines. This is made possible because we add an Opensearch descriptor to every page in Clearspace, which looks something like this:


<link rel="search"
    href="/opensearch.xml"
    title="Jivespace"
    type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"/>

This works just as well for internal instances of Clearspaces (assuming you are logged into your corporate network).

It is as easy as this:

Navigate to any page of any instance that has opensearch enabled
Add that search engine from Firefox's drop down

Opensearch is already enabled by default, so you should be able to add any Clearspace installation to your browser search box. More information about using OpenSearch in Clearspace can be found in the Clearspace System Administrator's Guide.

Clearfox: Firefox Plugin for Clearspace

communities@jivesoftware.com — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:48:01 GMT

Learn more from Aaron Johnson about creating Firefox plugins that access Clearspace information using the Clearfox plugin as an example.

or download the Quicktime version (caution: 144MB file)

Jivespace Community Blog

Searching Clearspace from the Firefox Search Box

Clearfox: Firefox Plugin for Clearspace