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Working MAMMA Metasearch Engine URL
Date: January 16, 2011 06:21PM
Hi,
Seems that integrated default URL for MAMMA :
http://www.mamma.com/Mamma?query=
don't work !
Type - 404 Error Page - http://www.mamma.com/404_page_not_found.php
Anybody with a suitable one ?
TIA
Re: Working MAMMA Metasearch Engine URL
Date: January 16, 2011 06:47PM
Hi melo,
http://www.mamma.com/result.php?type=web&q=
http://www.mamma.com/result.php?type=news&q=
http://www.mamma.com/result.php?type=image&q=
http://www.mamma.com/result.php?type=video&q=
http://www.mamma.com/result.php?type=twitter&q=
http://www.mamma.com/result.php?type=jobs&q=
Re: Working MAMMA Metasearch Engine URL
Date: January 16, 2011 06:59PM
Thanks,
Matt
But
http://www.mamma.com/result.php?type=web&q=
don't work here on KM 1.1.6 & KM 1.5.3
(even after close and restart...)
Regards.
Re: Working MAMMA Metasearch Engine URL
Date: January 17, 2011 03:32AM
Quote
melo
Thanks,
Matt
But
http://www.mamma.com/result.php?type=web&q=
don't work here on KM 1.1.6 & KM 1.5.3
(even after close and restart...)
Regards.
melo,
have you tried the older and simpler search parameters?
http://www.mamma.com/result.php?q=
N
Re: Working MAMMA Metasearch Engine URL
Date: January 17, 2011 08:15AM
Thanks,
ndebord
Yes...
Same result with
http://www.mamma.com/result.php?q=
on
KM 1.1.6 and 1.5.3 :
"Sorry, the page you requested was not found.
Error Details:
Type - 404 Error Page - http://www.mamma.com/404_page_not_found.php"
Some shortcuts work when typed in KM address bar but not when integrated in KM. :mad:
Regards.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/2011 08:24AM by melo.
Re: Working MAMMA Metasearch Engine URL
Date: January 17, 2011 07:48PM
Thanks,
JamesD
I have already tried that, obtained by tweaking the default Mamma search string to obtain the "
q=" at end !
As said before, this works when tiped in
address bar but not when
integrated in KM search engines (Tools > Web search > Configure > Search engines)...
Regards.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/2011 07:54PM by melo.
Re: Working MAMMA Metasearch Engine URL
Date: January 17, 2011 07:51PM
Have recently struggled quite a bit too when trying to add another engine, although the string was correct, and that was slightly confusing. Suddenly it worked, after a few browser restarts and lots of playing with the settings...
One of the things I learned, is that hotlist nicks (and probably bookmark nicks) need a "%s" at the place of the search string, and the engines in the "finding websites" list do not. But obviously that's not your prob here. Oh well, triple-check the settings and restart in between... :cool:
By the way, you can also check in about:config for search engines, perhaps that was the key for me??
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/2011 08:00PM by siria.
Re: Working MAMMA Metasearch Engine URL
Date: January 17, 2011 08:05PM
@ melo
Did you include type= in your string?
This my adjusted URL for Mamma:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1522294/Mamma.png
I called it from Tools > Web Search and it worked for me.
[ SOLVED ]
Date: January 17, 2011 10:08PM
With help of all friends here, problem is solved !
Using the string of Matt and JamesD :
http://www.mamma.com/result.php?type=web&q=
I took siria advice to directly tweak "about:config" where I found two "mamma" values for "search" :
kmeleon.general.searchEngine
kmeleon.plugins.macros.search.meta4.url
I changed both to string and now all works just fine !
Thanks to all !
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/2011 10:09PM by melo.
[ SOLVED ]
Date: January 19, 2011 09:30AM
This simpler string from
ndebord works also just fine !
Changes in (Tools > Web search > Configure > Search engines) have no effect at all, they modify
search.xml with no result ! :O
Only changes in
prefs.js lead to good result... :mad:
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/19/2011 10:13AM by melo.
Re: [ SOLVED ]
Date: January 19, 2011 01:19PM
Quote
melo
Changes in (Tools > Web search > Configure > Search engines) have no effect at all, they modify search.xml with no result ! surprised smiley
Only changes in prefs.js lead to good result... mad smiley
I beg to differ. See my post of the 18th. I never used configuration to make my change.
Re: [ SOLVED ]
Date: January 19, 2011 04:18PM
Quote
melo
This simpler string from
ndebord works also just fine !
Changes in (Tools > Web search > Configure > Search engines) have no effect at all, they modify
search.xml with no result ! :O
Only changes in
prefs.js lead to good result... :mad:
melo,
Hmmm... you must have something wrong somewhere in your setup because I just make changes in Tools/Web Search. Never had to make the change in about config.
So I would say, you have employed a kludge to make it work, but you should not have had to jump through hoops to make Mamma work properly.
N
Re: Search engines configuration
Date: January 19, 2011 05:03PM
I definitely had trouble too, but that was on my personal profile with quite some 'inherited' stuff from older versions (which may cause probs), and didn't examine further. And it was on 1.6beta. Am surprised now that this happens on old versions too, hmm...
Uhm Melo, which windows version do you happen to use?? :cool:
Re: Search engines configuration
Date: January 20, 2011 12:39PM
Quote
siria
Uhm Melo, which windows version do you happen to use?? :cool:
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
Re: [ SOLVED ]
Date: January 20, 2011 12:54PM
Quote
ndebord
Hmmm... you must have something wrong somewhere in your setup because I just make changes in Tools/Web Search. Never had to make the change in about config.
Basically, I work with KM 1.1.6...
Same problem is happening with KM 1.5.3 PORTABLE :
You can put
anything in
(Tools > Web search > Configure > Search engines) for MAMMA :
404 Not Found if the right string is not in
about:config (prefs.js).
In KM 1.1.6 & 1.5.3 Portable, MAMMA only works with right string(s) in
about:config.
Regards.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/20/2011 01:01PM by melo.
Re: [ SOLVED ]
Date: January 20, 2011 03:33PM
I just started up my old computer which has KM 1.1.6 on it. I add mamma to my list and saw it had the old string. I went to search engines and edited the string. That did not change mamma's string in my list. I removed mamma and put it back in my list. After that I had to restart KM, but the new string worked. Most important that you restart KM after changing the string.
Re: [ SOLVED ]
Date: January 20, 2011 05:29PM
Quote
JamesD
Most important that you restart KM after changing the string.
Thanks !
Each time a string failed, I have restarted the proggy...
Never this restart of KM have changed things, if the tweak works, it always works without restarting !
Regards.