View Single Post
  #54 (permalink)  
Old 07-01-2008, 11:49 PM
lisa's Avatar
lisa lisa is offline
Administrator
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 4,275
lisa is the Admin and cannot be rated.
Default

Hi Steve

Yes, you do have to grab all your code. They won't read include files so you'll have to use the expanded HTML code from your includes.

What I did was open up my homepage in a browser, did a "View Source" and copied all my code into Dreamweaver. (The reason I opened my site up in a browser rather than getting the code from my PC is because browsers will display the include code. Remember, master can't read includes.)

I erased all the content from the "main content" area where the results are to be displayed and placed the Master code where the content was. You need to paste the text Master.com.content in your template where you want the results to show.

Then login to master.com, click on the "Search Your Site" link under the "Configuration" tab and paste this template you've just created into the Look and Feel Selector box.

Now add the search box code HTML to your site. Here's mine and of course you'll just adjust it to work for your site. You can get this code from master too.

HTML Code:
<FORM METHOD=GET ACTION="http://flat-stomach-exercises.master.com/texis/master/search/">
<INPUT name="q" value="search this site..." size="14">
<INPUT TYPE=submit VALUE="Search Now"><INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=s VALUE=SS>
</FORM>  
Also if this is too complex you can try Google customized search. I'm sure it's much easier to setup. The only reason I don't use it is I've used Master long before Google Search came about and I've just gotten comfortable with it.
__________________
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Plan your website, then create it.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2 Create a Website | 2 Create a Website Blog
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Recent Blog Posts...

Lisa's Favorite Web Tools & Websites
Stop The SEO Madness! [Video]
My Thoughts on Lazy People

Reply With Quote