Portal, Express Beta Version 6.1 Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux,Windows

Adding and configuring a searchlet

Configure a searchlet that retrieves and displays search results from third-party search engines such as Yahoo or Google, then add the searchlet to the Search Center.

To add a searchlet to the Portal Search page:

1. From the main portal menu, click Administration > Manage Pages.
2. Locate the Search Center page, which is under Content Root > Search
3. Click Edit Page Layout.
4. Click Add Portlet.
5. Select External Search.
6. Click OK to add the searchlet.

1. From the main menu, click Administration > Portlets
2. In the list of portlets, locate External Search, and click on the Configure button next to the portlet name.
3. Edit the value of the searchEngineUrl parameter. This value represents the URL of the third-party search engine that will be queried. The string ${searchTerms} must be included in the value. This string will be replaced by the actual query during the search. For example:

   http://example.com/?q={searchTerms}

4. Edit the value of the searchEngineFullPageUrl parameter. This value represents a parameterized form of the URL used to locate the search engine that will be queried. The string ${searchTerms} must be present in the parameter value. The string will be replaced by the actual query during search. For example:

   http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=${searchTerms}&m=tags

   This URL should return the public HTML page of the search engine.
5. Edit the value of the numOfEntries parameter. This parameter determines the maximum number of search results which will be displayed. The default number is 3, but you can enter a different numeric value to increase the maximum.
6. Optional: If the external search engine returns search results in a format which is not supported, or if the provided rendering of the search results is not acceptable, an XSLT file can be specified. Edit the value of the externalXsltUrl parameter to supply a URL for an external XSLT file.Note: The XSLT should not create an entire HTML document, but an HTML fragment which can be embedded inside a page. The URL of the XSLT file us supplied by the externalXsltUrl parameter.