How We Can Create Search Provider in Internet Explorer 8 Beta
Search Provider
New to Internet Explorer 8 is the concept of Accelerators. Accelerators enable you to access service providers anywhere on the page
Search Provider Categories
– Web Search
– Topic search
The following sample OpenSearch Description file contains the search provider’s name, URL, and icon.
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns=”http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/“>
<ShortName>My Custom Search</ShortName>
<Url type=”text/html” template=”http://example.com/?q={searchTerms}&source=IE”/>
<Image height=”16″ width=”16″ type=”image/icon”>http://example.com/mycustom.ico</Image>
</OpenSearchDescription>
All OpenSearch Description files must include the search provider name and search URL. Without these elements, Internet Explorer 8 cannot install your search provider. All search URLs must contain “q={searchTerms}” somewhere in the query string. When Internet Explorer 8 navigates to this provider to get search results, “{searchTerms}” is replaced by the query string that the user typed into the Instant Search box. you should include an icon within the OpenSearch Description file.