Ubuntu-Related Firefox Quicksearches

[dmartin]

Firefox, Mozilla, and some other Mozilla-based browsers support something called Quicksearches. This enables you to do custom searches from the Address bar. Here's a guide on how to create some Ubuntu-related Quicksearches that I find very helpful.

In Firefox:
Click the Bookmarks dropdown menu, the click Manage Bookmarks.
Click the New Bookmark button.

Input these bookmark settings for an Ubuntu Forums Quicksearch:
Name:
Ubuntu Forums Quicksearch

Location:
http://ubuntuforums.org/search.php?do=process&query=%s

Keyword:
ubuntu
Hit "Ok" (button)

Now, you can search the Ubuntu forums for "wesnoth" by typing "ubuntu wesnoth" in the Address bar. Repeat the process for these searches -

Ubuntu Wiki (eg, uwiki wesnoth):
Name:
Ubuntu Wiki Quicksearch

Location:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/?action=fullsearch&context=180&fullsearch=Text&value=%s

Keyword:
uwiki

Ubuntu Bugzilla (eg, ubugs wesnoth):
Name:
Ubuntu Bugzilla Search

Location:
https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=NEEDINFO&bug_status=UPSTREAM&bug_status=PENDINGUPLOAD&field0-0-0=product&type0-0-0=substring&value0-0-0=%s&field0-0-1=component&type0-0-1=substring&value0-0-1=%s&field0-0-2=short_desc&type0-0-2=substring&value0-0-2=%s&field0-0-3=status_whiteboard&type0-0-3=substring&value0-0-3=%s

Keyword:
ubugs


If you don't like my keywords, you can set them to whatever you would like. If you have some other Ubuntu-related quicksearches of your own, please share.

[citral]

Name:
Ubuntu Forums Quicksearch

Location:
http://ubuntuforums.org/search.php?do=process&query=%s

Keyword:
ubuntu


Do you have a fix for when you search with spaces in between? Firefox correctly %20's them, but the forum doesn't pick it up correctly. try it.

Citral

[Mozzer]

Bump.

In Firefox:
Click the Bookmarks dropdown menu, the click Manage Bookmarks.
Click the New Bookmark button.

Input these bookmark settings for an Ubuntu Forums Quicksearch:
Name:
Ubuntu Forums Quicksearch

Location:
http://ubuntuforums.org/search.php?do=process&query=%s

Keyword:
ubuntu
Hit "Ok" (button)

I'm having problems with this too, it says "Your submission could not be processed because the token has expired." I found this link somewhere else on the forum:

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/search.php?do=process&showposts=0&quicksearch=1&s=&query=%s

which works better but gives me the %20 problem that citral mentioned. Any ideas?

[darthmob]

rightclick on the search field and select add a keyword for this search. multiple search terms work for me that way.

[AldenIsZen]

I did the right click add to keyword, but I get the token expired error if I do it while logged in eventually. (few days?) I tried doing it while logged out, but then it gives me an error to hit the back button and try again if logged in. I would really like to get this fixed.