Extension:SearchBlox

MediaWiki extensions manual

File:OOjs UI icon advanced-invert.svg SearchBlox Release status: unmaintained
Implementation	User interface, Search
Description	Queries a SearchBlox server when there are only a few search matches
Author(s)	Michael Overmeyer (Movermeyertalk)
Latest version	0.1.0 (2013-04-19)
MediaWiki	1.18+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0
Download	<translate> Download snapshot</translate> GitHub: <translate> project page</translate> <translate> git repository URL</translate> [<translate> help</translate> ] <translate> commit history</translate> <translate> Note:</translate> <translate> No [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation resources</tvar>|localisation]] updates are provided by <tvar name=twn>translatewiki.net </tvar>.</translate> README Commits
Example	The Warrior Wiki
Parameters $wgSearchBloxOrganizationName $wgSearchBloxOrganizationWebsite $wgSearchBloxHost $wgSearchBloxServletUrl $wgSearchBloxFrontendUrl
Hooks used SpecialSearchResults SpecialSearchNoResults ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars
Quarterly downloads
Public wikis using

The SearchBlox extension will query a SearchBlox Server and show the results if your normal search would have returned < 10 "Page text matches".

Installation

• <translate> Download and place the file(s) in a directory called <tvar name=name>SearchBlox</tvar> in your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> folder.</translate>
• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate>

  require_once "$IP/extensions/SearchBlox/SearchBlox.php";
  

• File:OOjs UI icon check-constructive.svg <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

Configuration parameters

Variable name	Default value	Description
$wgSearchBloxOrganizationName	"Example Inc."	Name of the organization running the SearchBlox server
$wgSearchBloxOrganizationWebsite	"http://example.com"	URL of the orgnization's main website
$wgSearchBloxHost	"http://searchblox.example.com"	Host of the SearchBlox Server
$wgSearchBloxServletUrl	"http://searchblox.example.com/searchblox/servlet/SearchServlet"	URL to launch queries against
$wgSearchBloxFrontendUrl	"http://searchblox.example.com/searchblox/plugin/index.html"	URL to direct users to for more results