Fx - redirecting an url. Possible? [Unexpected way to solve my problem] :)

[NoteMe]

Do anyone know if this is possible? Or with a plugin or something?


I too often write google.com, but when I am in Geneva it redirects me to google.ch, and then I get all these german and french web sites. I hate that. I want it to redirect me to google.no, or google.co.uk in stead. Possible?


PS: In USA, what version of google are you redirected to then? What domain?


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[kfcSmitty]

I can choose any site I want using Fx. Whether it be .com, .co.uk, and im sure i could go to .ch as well

[NoteMe]

I guess you are in USA then......the .COM domain is redirecting people to an other server (probably because of ads, but not sure about this), so if you are outside USA you can't go to google.com, then you get redirected to google."your_country_code". Well that is ok, but the problem is that it no redirects to the country that I have nothing to do with, except that I work here.... ...and that ticks me off...


I guess on windows I could just add something to the host file. Not sure what though. But on Linux...hmmm....

[kfcSmitty]

I'm acually in Canada

[NoteMe]

Well, your ISP is confused then.....everyone should get redirected...or maybe your ISP is too close to USA, or something like that. Others I have met from canada gets redirected to google.ca or what your extension is over there...

[visualAd]

Just add a new bookmark to google.co.uk and give it the keyword google.com. Then when you type it into your address bar it will take you to google.co.uk

[NoteMe]

You are soooo BEEEEEP'ing smart that I want to slap you...:...why didn't I know about the keyword thingy...well, since it was that simple, I just added the keyword "g".....much faster..



Thanks a MIIIILLLLION....
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[visualAd]

Even better. Put the bookmark in the quick searches folder and make it point to the following URL:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%s

Now all you have to type to do a search in the address bar is:

g search string

Pretty neat

[NoteMe]

You need to die...now...or I am going to look stupid for the rest of my life......well, I can't rate you again for that one thoug... But it worked..



PS: That was my 8k post.....and I feel more stupid then ever..

[visualAd]

He he, I didn't even realise you rated me the first time. Although if you had waited I could have got an extra point

[NoteMe]

Ohhhh....didn't think about that.....forgot about that rule...no go away......BTW found the code for the quick search code for Fx to search VBF, but I don't understand how that is done. I can't replicate it with your way of doing a quick search:

# VBF Mozilla\firefox search plugin --adehh
<search
        version="7.1"
        name="VBForums"
        description="Searches all open forums on VBForums.com"
        method="GET"

        action="http://www.vbforums.com/search.php"
        queryEncoding="utf-8"
        queryCharset="utf-8"
>

<input name="query" user>
<input name="action" value="simplesearch">
<input name="searchdate" value ="-1">
<input name="sortby" value="lastpost">
<input name="beforeafter" value="after">
<input name="sortorder" value="descending">
<input name="forumchoice" value="-1">

<interpret
        browserResultType="result"
        charset = "UTF-8"

        resultListStart="<!-- content table -->"
        resultListEnd="<!-- /content area table -->"
        resultItemStart="<tr align"
        resultItemEnd="</tr>"
>
</search>

[visualAd]

the method should be POST

[NoteMe]

the method should be POST

But that version uses Get, and it works..

[visualAd]

I will have a look into it - have you got the link to the extension so I can give it a try?

[NoteMe]

I think it was made when Fx0.7 was out or something, so not sure if it is still working. But it is worth a shot. Will try too.

http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?t...ight=extension

PS: Funny thread BTW.. Making a fool out of me as usual..



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[NoteMe]

It doesn't work....well it works in Fx...but I just remember now that it was made for vBulletin 2.x.....I guess that is the problem...



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[NoteMe]

And an other thing. The Google quick search is using Get too. I guess thats the way it work for some reason. Not sure what it gets. But something it has to be..

# Mozilla/Google plug-in by [email protected]

<search 
   name="Google"
   description="Google Search"
   method="GET"
   action="http://www.google.com/search"
   update="http://www.google.com/mozilla/google.src"
   updateCheckDays=0   
   queryEncoding="utf-8"
   queryCharset="utf-8"
>

<input name="q" user>
<inputnext name="start" factor="10">
<inputprev name="start" factor="10">
<input name="ie" value="utf-8">
<input name="oe" value="utf-8">

<interpret 
    browserResultType="result" 
    charset = "UTF-8"
    resultListStart="<!--a-->" 
    resultListEnd="<!--z-->" 
    resultItemStart="<!--m-->" 
    resultItemEnd="<!--n-->"
>
</search>

[visualAd]

The forum upgrade must have broken it but I have made a couple of ammendments and it now works:

# VBF Mozilla\firefox search plugin --adehh
<search 
	version="7.1"
	name="VBForums"
	description="Searches all open forums on VBForums.com"
	method="GET"

	action="http://www.vbforums.com/search.php"
	queryEncoding="utf-8"
	queryCharset="utf-8"
>

<input name="query" user>
<input name="showposts" value="0"> 
<input name="do" value="process">

<interpret 
	browserResultType="result"
	charset="UTF-8"

	resultListStart="<!-- content table -->"
	resultListEnd="<!-- /content area table -->"
	resultItemStart="<tr align"
	resultItemEnd="</tr>"
>
</search>

[NoteMe]

Whoohoo...nice......and still using GET..

[visualAd]

Yeah - looks like the forum software is more advanced than I give credit for

[NoteMe]

Hehehee...yeah, it is a lot of work behind a big forum like this. A lot of functions that you never think about.


But thanks for fixing the search thingy though.


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