xF2 Add-on Google custom search 1.4

Description:

Replaces XenForo search with Google custom search.

(Example of Google custom search)





(Example of Google custom search results)





How to use:

Click the Search tab in the navigation bar.

Installation:

1. Download Andy-GoogleCustomSearch-1.0.zip and unzip it.
2. Copy the src/addons/Andy/GoogleCustomSearch directory to your server.
3. From the Admin Control Panel Install the add-on.

Setup step 1:

Go to the Google custom search start page.

Programmable Search Engine | Google Developers

Click the GET STARTED link.

Click the "create an instance of a Custom Search Engine" link.

Click the Control Panel link.

Get your Google custom search code which should look like this:




Setup step 2:

Create a file called gcs.php on your server in the /misc/ directory.

Copy the Google custom search code from step 1 into this new file and save it.

Setup step 3:

Go to your Admin control panel.

Edit the andy_googlecustomsearch template.

Edit line 2 to reflect your domain.