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.

Clearspace 1.7 Beta2 Now Available Online

communities@jivesoftware.com — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:01:57 GMT

We wanted to let you know that we have just released a beta 2 of Clearspace 1.7. The Clearspace 1.7 beta has a great new UI for threaded discussions, a new 'photo' profile field type, and the ability to consume OpenSearch-compatible search services. You can learn more about Clearspace 1.7 from our earlier blog post.

Just a reminder: please don't use these beta releases in production, and please don't upgrade your production instances to the beta releases. Instead, install the beta as a new installation or use a copy of your production system to try out the beta upgrade. We don't officially support the betas, but would love to get your feedback on them in Jivespace

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Searching Clearspace from the Firefox Search Box

Clearspace 1.7 Beta2 Now Available Online