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In Mozilla you can specify keywords for bookmarks. When you type the keyword into the Location Bar and hit Enter, the keyword will be replaced with the bookmarked address. For example, bookmarking Google, giving it a keyword of "google", and typing "google" into the Location Bar will take you to Google. What makes keywords very powerful is that if you add a "%s" at some place in your bookmark, that will be replaced by the words you type in after your keywords. For example, a keyword of "google" corresponding to "http://google.com/?q=%s" and typing in "google mozilla" into the Location Bar will give you "http://google.com/search?q=mozilla". | In [[Mozilla Suite]] you can specify keywords for bookmarks. When you type the keyword into the Location Bar and hit Enter, the keyword will be replaced with the bookmarked address. For example, bookmarking Google, giving it a keyword of "google", and typing "google" into the Location Bar will take you to Google. What makes keywords very powerful is that if you add a "%s" at some place in your bookmark URL, that will be replaced by the words you type in after your keywords. For example, a keyword of "google" corresponding to "http://google.com/?q=%s" and typing in "google mozilla" into the Location Bar will give you "http://google.com/search?q=mozilla". | ||
==Creating Bookmarks with Keywords== | ==Creating Bookmarks with Keywords== | ||
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* [[ | * [[List of keyword searches]] | ||
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Revision as of 03:29, 26 February 2005
- This also applies to Firefox except, in Firefox, you can right-click on a bookmark to bring up a context menu which will allow you to access Bookmark properties.
In Mozilla Suite you can specify keywords for bookmarks. When you type the keyword into the Location Bar and hit Enter, the keyword will be replaced with the bookmarked address. For example, bookmarking Google, giving it a keyword of "google", and typing "google" into the Location Bar will take you to Google. What makes keywords very powerful is that if you add a "%s" at some place in your bookmark URL, that will be replaced by the words you type in after your keywords. For example, a keyword of "google" corresponding to "http://google.com/?q=%s" and typing in "google mozilla" into the Location Bar will give you "http://google.com/search?q=mozilla".
Creating Bookmarks with Keywords
- Go to "Bookmarks -> File Bookmark..." This will result in a window popping up where you can specify the name, location (URL), and the keyword.
- For example, Google. The search URL for their database is "http://google.com/search?q=" where any words typed after the "q=" will be used in the search. This part is where we want to add text so we place a "%s" after the "q=" when writing the location. This makes the location URL look like "http://google.com/search?q=%s".
- A keyword of "google" is assigned to the bookmark. To recap:
- Name: Google
- Location: http://google.com/search?q=%s
- Keyword: google
Now, typing "google mozilla" in the Location Bar will take you to a Google search about Mozilla.