Searching SharePoint with Windows 7 Search Connectors
Windows 7 allows you to create custom search connectors to various OpenSearch standard search engines, e.g. Bing and you guessed it: SharePoint! Creating a search connector is super easy! 1. Open Notepad and copy in the XML below 2. Replace the areas in red with your SharePoint Search Center information. Be sure to only replace just the part of the URL that gets to your Search Center: e.g. http://sharepoint.company.com/SearchCenter You can also change the scope: e.g. &s=Intranet or &s=All%20Sites or even &s=People 3. Save the file as: SharePointSite .searchConnector-ms 4. Copy the file to your “Searches” directory e.g. c:Users<username>Searches Optional: you can add a shortcut the favorites area on any Windows Explorer window by dragging the Search Connector there. ———————————————————————————— <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <searchConnectorDescription xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2009/searchConnector"> <description> Search SharePoint Site </description> <isSearchOnlyItem>true</isSearchOnlyItem> <domain>http://sharepoint.company.com</domain> <supportsAdvancedQuerySyntax>false</supportsAdvancedQuerySyntax> <templateInfo> <folderType>{8FAF9629-1980-46FF-8023-9DCEAB9C3EE3}</folderType> </templateInfo> <propertyStore> <property name="OpenSearchHTMLRolloverTemplate"><![CDATA[ http://sharepoint.company.com/SearchCenter /Pages/results.aspx?start=1&k={searchTerms} &s=All%20Sites ]]></property> </propertyStore> <locationProvider clsid="{48E277F6-4E74-4cd6-BA6F-FA4F42898223}"> <propertyBag> <property name="LinkIsFilePath" type="boolean"><![CDATA[true]]></property> <property name="OpenSearchShortName"><![CDATA[ SharePoint Site ]]></property> <property name="OpenSearchQueryTemplate"><![CDATA[ http://sharepoint.company.com/SearchCenter /_layouts/srchrss.aspx?k={searchTerms} &s=All%20Sites &u=&start={startIndex}]]></property> <property name="MaximumResultCount" type="uint32"><![CDATA[100]]></property> </propertyBag> </locationProvider> </searchConnectorDescription>
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Searching SharePoint with Windows 7 Search Connectors
