ScopeUrl (Standard 7 Package Reference)
7/8/2014
ScopeUrl
specifies the URL for the search provider.
To find the URL for a search provider:
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Open the provider's web page where the web search is performed.
- Search on the word
TEST
. Note the new URL that appears. - Optional: In the address bar, remove any obvious extra characters from the resulting URL. Search again, and repeat, until you have the minimum URL required for searching.
Example:http://search.fabrikam.com/results.aspx?q="TEST"&language=en
: removelanguage=en
to becomehttp://search.fabrikam.com/results.aspx?q="TEST"
- Copy the URL, and paste it into Notepad.
- Replace
TEST
with {searchTerms}.
Example:http://search.fabrikam.com/results.aspx?q="TEST"
becomeshttp://search.fabrikam.com/results.aspx?q="{searchTerms}"
- Replace XML-reserved characters: < > " ' &. See the table below, , for a list of replacement characters.
Example:http://search.fabrikam.com/results.aspx?q="{searchTerms}"
becomeshttp://search.fabrikam.com/results.aspx?q="{searchTerms}"
- Copy the URL and paste it into Image Configuration Editor.
XML-Reserved Characters:
Replace this character |
With this text |
---|---|
> |
|
< |
< |
" |
" |
' |
' |
& |
& |
Values
URL |
Specifies the URL for the search provider. URL is a string. |
This string type does not support empty elements. Do not create an empty value for this setting.