Extension:SearchBlox

MediaWiki extensions manual

SearchBlox Release status: unmaintained
Implementation	User interface, Search
Description	Queries a SearchBlox server when there are only a few search matches
Author(s)	Michael Overmeyer (Movermeyertalk)
Latest version	0.1.0 (2013-04-19)
MediaWiki	1.18+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0
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Example	The Warrior Wiki
Parameters $wgSearchBloxOrganizationName $wgSearchBloxOrganizationWebsite $wgSearchBloxHost $wgSearchBloxServletUrl $wgSearchBloxFrontendUrl
Hooks used SpecialSearchResults SpecialSearchNoResults ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars

The SearchBlox extension will query a SearchBlox Server and show the results if your normal search would have returned < 10 "Page text matches".

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called SearchBlox in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  require_once "$IP/extensions/SearchBlox/SearchBlox.php";
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration parameters

Variable name	Default value	Description
$wgSearchBloxOrganizationName	"Example Inc."	Name of the organization running the SearchBlox server
$wgSearchBloxOrganizationWebsite	"http://example.com"	URL of the orgnization's main website
$wgSearchBloxHost	"http://searchblox.example.com"	Host of the SearchBlox Server
$wgSearchBloxServletUrl	"http://searchblox.example.com/searchblox/servlet/SearchServlet"	URL to launch queries against
$wgSearchBloxFrontendUrl	"http://searchblox.example.com/searchblox/plugin/index.html"	URL to direct users to for more results