after set all the configuration needs by this component i still cant display my google adsense for search in my joomla page... please help...

Hi Pahlevy,

Would you want to give a bit more details so that I can try to help?

1) Which version are you using? ver 1.5, 1.51 or 1.52? (or just give me the name of the zip file that you have downloaded).

2) Did you manage to see the config page?

3) If (2) is ok, did you see the search form?

4) If (3) is ok, when you click the search button, what did you see?

Regards,
/kksou

hi Kksou

what a quick response.. and sorry, my bad that i didnt give u complete status of my problems...

1) im using joomla 1.0.13 (i install this version com_googleSearch_v1.03.zip)

2) yes

3) nope, i didnt see any search form in my configuration page or in my joomla page (except the default joomla search on the top right position)

4) still stuck on number 3... :)

thanks for your help

Regards,
Pahlevy

Hi Pahlevy,

Since you stopped at (3), I believe what happened is that you forgot to create a menu item for the component.

Do this test for me first: Try
http://www.joomladomain.com/index.php?option=com_googlesearch

Did you now see a search form? (Don't forget to change www.joomladomain.com to your domain)

If you see the search form now, it means the googleSearch component is running ok. You can now proceed to add a link to this component in the main menu.

If you're not too sure how to do this, I found a useful link here:
http://help.joomla.org/content/view/323/68/

Regards,
/kksou

omg, how stupid i am... :( sorry for that...

thanks a lot mate, you save me a lot of searching time... lol

anyway, i have some question regarding to joomla and your component, can i put this on module somewhere instead of menu..? ive been thinking to put that search on the default joomla search position... another newbie question... :)

or if not at least can you show me hot to remove the boxes when i choose to unpublish some module...?

thanks a again for your kind help... :)

regards,
pahlevy

Hi Pahlevy,

To have the google search box in a module and have the result displayed in the googleSearch component, use the googleSearch module which I've just released: http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,4935/Itemid,35/

Once you have installed the googleSearch module, you can unpublish the original search module, and publish googleSearch module in that module position.

Regards,
/kksou

hello again kksou,

you really made my life with google search easier...

thanks a lot

regards,
pahlevy

first of all, thanks to this great component. if only i can get it to work :(

i installed the latest version (as of may 21st) of the component and module. when i search using the module, it takes me to the component page with no result. when i search from the component, it gives me an error (see below message).

===
404: Not Found
Sorry, but the content you requested could not be found
===

pls. help!

Hi Brian,

Need a bit more details to know what's going on:
1) After you installed the component, did you manage to see the config page?

2) Are you able to see the search form in the component?

3) Are you able to see the search form in the module?

Based on the error message, I have a feel that you did not install the googlesearch right. Hence it says it could not find the component.

Let me know if your Step 2 above is ok.

Regards,
/kksou

p.s. I went to your website. I did not see any google search form there...

hi kksou,

1. yes, i was able to see the config page. i even customize the text color.

2. yes

3. yes

i uninstalled the reinstalled the component but it didn't help. i still get the same error.

Hi Brian,

1) Would you mind try this on a fresh install of joomla and see if you're getting the same error?

2) Since you have a pretty established website, is it possible that you set up a subdomain as test site and install the component/module? I need to be to see the actual error message and view the source (from the browser) in order to know what's being passed in the search form.

3) The other possible reason might be that you're using opensef or sh404SEF. If you are, check the redirection database. I believe you have installed earlier versions of the component, which do not contain the Itemid (in which case opensef/sh404SEF will try to guess some Itemid) The later versions of googleSearch component properly adds the Itemid info. This will mean that there will be multiple entries of the same component in your redirection database. You get the "content you requested could not be found" error because opensef/sh404SEF selects the older url instead of the newer one. You need to delete all the older redirection entries. If you're confused, let me know whether you're using opensef or sh404SEF first, and we're see what we can do.

Regards,
/kksou

hi kksou,

yes, i'm using sh404sef. so what do i need to do? i'm not an advance joomla user and not a programmer so i don't really know how to tweak these things.

thanks for the help!

Hi Brian,

1. Log on as administrator.

2. First go to Menu - mainmenu. Look for your googleSearch component and take note of the CID (the number on the last column). This is the Itemid of the menu.

3. Now go to Component - sh404SEF. Click on View/Edit SEF Urls.

4. Suppose you have named the com_googleSearch component "Google Search", in the field "Filter" (top right corner), enter "google".

5. You should now see a list of SEO-friendly urls (i.e. the translated ones) containing the name google.

6. In the column "real url", you should see more than one entries of urls with index.php?option=com_googlesearch, but some with different Itemid's. This is the cause of the problem.

7. Look for the one with the correct Itemid (the number you've looked up in step 2 above), and delete away all the other entries. There should only be one left with the correct Itemid.

8. If possible, do a restart of your server.

Try the above and let me know if it works.

Regards,
/kksou

2. went to main menu and saw the new entry i entered that should be link to google_search. it usually says Component - component name. mine shows up as Component-. is this a problem too? it takes me to the component anyway when i click on it.

4. i named it Search. i filtered it but didn't see any com_googlesearch on the links.

6. in the column "real url", they're all blank.

7. didn't find any cid number that matches.

8. my site is hosted by godaddy so i won't be able to restart it.

what should i do next?

Hi Brian,

For Step 3, make sure you clicked "View/Edit SEF Urls" and not "View/Edit Custom Redirects".

For your reply to Step 6, what's on the left (the column "SEF Url")?

If you have named the component Search, I suppose it should be Search.html or Search/

Now delete all the blank entries you see there (for the column Real URL). These are what's causing the problem, because it points to nowhere.

Go back to your home page. Click reload so that a new entry will be generated for your googleSearch component.

Repeat Step 3 again till you see an entry with Real URL containing index.php?option=com_googlesearch

If it is still not there, then manually add an entry there with the correct Itemid.

If it still doesn't work, please give me a bit more details along the way so that I can try to guess what's going wrong.

Regards,
/kksou

The search componenet returns no results, just a blank page with the search box at the top. Using Joomla 1.0.15 & the latest version of this component. I also tried fiddling with sh404sef setting and the component doesn't even show up. When I search I get a link in the browser like this...

Murphy's Law - as soon as you post looking for a solution - you end up fixing it yourself.

I had configure the setting in sh404sef to skip this component & now it works perfectly.

I have tried nearly every Google-based search extension available for Joomla. NONE of them worked - some not at all, some needed tweaking that I'm not skilled enough to do. FINALLY, I found one that works - THANK YOU for the good work.

I had the same issue as TB above - initially it didn't work, but when I told sh404sef to skip this component, it works just fine.

Hello kksou,

Thank you for creating the googleSearch component and module. I've installed these two.

However when I tried search, the search always returns nothing matches the search. I've set it up so that it searches within my own domain only.

Could you give me some pointers as to where things might have gone wrong, such as with Google Adsense or the configuration of the component.

Searching the entire web works properly.

Yours respectfully

Hi,

I installed the component and works great, thank you.

I also had the problem of "no content" but I discovered it was because I have the website in offline mode, so Google only grabs the frontpage things. To all who have that problem, I recommend to search the word "Joomla" and see if there are results now. (The main page)

I am having problems with sh404SEF. I followed all the steps told above, but when I search, I get a red message telling ¨JFolder::folder: Path is not a folder: /language¨

I know that is sh404SEF as the problem dissapears when I uninstall it. I get the search results perfect, both in the web and on the site, but seeing that red note there is ugly.

What can I do in that case?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Hi,

I installed the component and works great, thank you.

I also had the problem of "no content" but I discovered it was because I have the website in offline mode, so Google only grabs the frontpage things. To all who have that problem, I recommend to search the word "Joomla" and see if there are results now. (The main page)

I am having problems with sh404SEF. I followed all the steps told above, but when I search, I get a red message telling ¨JFolder::folder: Path is not a folder: /language¨

I know that is sh404SEF as the problem dissapears when I uninstall it. I get the search results perfect, both in the web and on the site, but seeing that red note there is ugly.

What can I do in that case?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Just like to say thanks for such a grate component. Tested on Joomla 1.0.15 & 1.5.6, working grate on both. I had no problems what so ever.

Instructions on how I installed it:
I installed the COMPONENT, went to "components menu" changed the parameters, but didn't show up, solution: created a link to it!! how?

Here's how:

Went to Menus menu [Main Menu], then NEW, then choose google Search and changed title to żBusca ALGO? save and voila !

I can't download this extension, when I click on the download links, a pop-up shows saying "Invalid link". Please let me know when this is fixed.

I need to find out how to replace the default core search in the template with this one. It has been shown for Joomla! 1.5, but I still have sites that will continue to run 1.0.15 for a long time. If someone has found a way to replace the default search module in the template and make it look correct for Joomla! 1.0.x please let me and others know. I am using templates from Joomlashack.som.

Thanks in advance.

I had found a different version of the google search and was using it till i found yours. The other one was causing issues with the javascript and prevented some of my site from not functioning.

For the most part i have been able to customize everything as i wanted it but it might have been a bit easier if it was all in one nice self contained css file. Several of the items i tried to change, i had to change manually via editing the googlesearch.lib.php file directly.

But its looking good now, trying to get all of my sites updated to 1.5 is a huge undertaking as i have around 50 websites. the current one is being done here.
http://67.101.118.242/virtual/devtuck.com/htdocs/timothytuck.com/

hi there.. long time no see (or talk..:D)

i have small problem that you might help me. after i upgrade the module and component to the latest one. I guess that i cant found setting for background color of the search box module. I would like to change it to black or maybe transparent... and can you also tell me how can i align the searchform to the right of the module...

anyway please just check my site here at www.indonesiapullingteeth.com for detail of the search module...

thanks in advanced mate...

Hi Pahlevy,

Please take a look at
Styling the Component and Module using CSS.

You can right align your table using #9.

As for the background color of the radio buttons, try #7

div.googleSearch .radiogrp {
background: #000;
}

and see if it works.

Otherwise, play around with other css elements. You should be able to finetune it to your requirements.

Regards,
/kksou

Hi Pahlevy,
I hope u can help me, i've tryed to put several kind of images as a button, (gif, png, jpg) they was 16x16 or 32x32 but i cant see them in their real width and height, my search button image became too big when published (about 80x80), I've modifyed css too:
div.mod_googleSearch input.button_img {
margin-left: 4px;
height: 16px;
width:16px;
}
...but still don't work, how can I fix?

Sorry, I mean:"Hi kksou!"

Although I've gotten this to work well on my page that is under construction, I'm not happy the with the way the search results are displayed in my page. I use three columns and the results are cut off on both sides in the center column. Is there a way I can get this to display over all three columns or open in another page?

www.branax.com

Although I've gotten this to work well on my page that is under construction, I'm not happy the with the way the search results are displayed in my page. I use three columns and the results are cut off on both sides in the center column. Is there a way I can get this to display over all three columns or open in another page?

www.branax.com

I had hugh problem to force GoogleSearch to work but as it is with sh404 there is same problem when you have JoomSEF installed. Just to exception in JOOMSEF configuration and GS is just workig fine. BTW Great component! Because of polish signs I had to skip standard joomla search on my site (too many errors). Now I have a search engine! Thanks

Joomla 1.5 Installed both files, edited config but I get this message: ERROR >>> You need to install the latest version of googleSearch component to run this module!
Installed: mod_googlesearch_cse_v1.5
Installed: com_googleSearch_v1.5.15

hello,

i managed to get google search running.
but i'm having trouble with the position of the search.
i would like it to be placed between my header and content (or preferably completely at the top of my page, above any content)
but in joomla in order to have the search to appear i have to link it to a menu. so when i create a new menu it appears between other menus (i can choose topmenu, mainmenu etc) but how can i tell joomla that the search that i dont want it to be in a menu, but on top of my page? (like the position for example myspace uses)
thank you!!

hello,
it doesn't work beacuse i left some blankd.
i left blank the Search Domain and the Search Domain Label. Also, which country can i select?

We really like this component and module.
Is there any way to get it to search more than one domain? I tried putting in more than one, separated by a comma, but it didn't work.

Thanks

hello,
Where can I set for my height googleSearchUnitIframe?

Can I put 'all', 'any' and 'exact' options for the search? How can I modify the archive for this results?