Comments for Wynn Netherland http://wynnnetherland.com Designer & Developer Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:00:47 -0800 hourly 1 Comment on Enhance your site search with OpenSearch by Wynn Netherland http://wynnnetherland.com/2010/02/enhance-your-site-search-with-opensearch/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Wynn Netherland Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:00:47 +0000 http://wynnnetherland.com/?p=287#comment-98 Great points. Thanks for plugin tips, too. Great points. Thanks for plugin tips, too.

]]> Comment on Enhance your site search with OpenSearch by Wynn Netherland http://wynnnetherland.com/2010/02/enhance-your-site-search-with-opensearch/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Wynn Netherland Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:59:58 +0000 http://wynnnetherland.com/?p=287#comment-97 Very nice! Glad it was helpful. Very nice! Glad it was helpful.

]]> Comment on Enhance your site search with OpenSearch by mcginniwa http://wynnnetherland.com/2010/02/enhance-your-site-search-with-opensearch/comment-page-1/#comment-96 mcginniwa Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:29:51 +0000 http://wynnnetherland.com/?p=287#comment-96 We've added OpenSearch to the Kete app (<a href="http://kete.net.nz" rel="nofollow">http://kete.net.nz</a>, Open Source, Ruby on Rails). It's a great pattern and Kete both provides it and consumes it.<br><br>One thing that is missing from your article though is that you should also have RSS or Atom results of your search results, too. This allows for really simple tying together of search services. Here's an example:<br><br><a href="http://kete.net.nz/en/site/search/topics/for/_keteweb?search_terms=%2523keteweb" rel="nofollow">http://kete.net.nz/en/site/search/topics/for/_k...</a><br><br>You can see here that we return results both from Kete.net.nz (on left) and Twitter (under "More Resources" on the right via OpenSearch). We do this via the External Search Sources plugin (<a href="http://github.com/kete/external_search_sources" rel="nofollow">http://github.com/kete/external_search_sources</a>).<br><br>Here's another example:<br><br><a href="http://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/en/site/search/topics/for/horowhenua+library+trust?search_terms=horowhenua+library+trust" rel="nofollow">http://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/en/site/search/to...</a><br><br>This pulls in local results (again on left) with two external sources on the right. The first is another Kete site which is an OpenSearch provider and the second is a search aggregation service specific to New Zealand.<br><br>Note that some services deliver the OpenSearch pattern without being strictly compliant. Basically if you see an RSS link on a search results page, you can use it in this way.<br><br>So, yes, please use OpenSearch, but go full boar and add RSS to your search results! We've added OpenSearch to the Kete app (http://kete.net.nz, Open Source, Ruby on Rails). It's a great pattern and Kete both provides it and consumes it.

One thing that is missing from your article though is that you should also have RSS or Atom results of your search results, too. This allows for really simple tying together of search services. Here's an example:

http://kete.net.nz/en/site/search/topics/for/_k...

You can see here that we return results both from Kete.net.nz (on left) and Twitter (under “More Resources” on the right via OpenSearch). We do this via the External Search Sources plugin (http://github.com/kete/external_search_sources).

Here's another example:

http://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/en/site/search/to...

This pulls in local results (again on left) with two external sources on the right. The first is another Kete site which is an OpenSearch provider and the second is a search aggregation service specific to New Zealand.

Note that some services deliver the OpenSearch pattern without being strictly compliant. Basically if you see an RSS link on a search results page, you can use it in this way.

So, yes, please use OpenSearch, but go full boar and add RSS to your search results!

]]> Comment on Enhance your site search with OpenSearch by Daniel Huckstep http://wynnnetherland.com/2010/02/enhance-your-site-search-with-opensearch/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Daniel Huckstep Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:20:50 +0000 http://wynnnetherland.com/?p=287#comment-95 Very cool, and thanks for the post.<br><br>I put this in place on my blog, <a href="http://blog.darkhax.com/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.darkhax.com/</a> Very cool, and thanks for the post.

I put this in place on my blog, http://blog.darkhax.com/

]]> Comment on Sneak peek: tail -f thechangelog by Wynn Netherland http://wynnnetherland.com/2010/01/sneak-peek-tail-f-thechangelog/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Wynn Netherland Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:26:43 +0000 http://wynnnetherland.com/?p=275#comment-93 Great points, Matt, and I agree. When someone sees this for the first time we normally say 'Wait for it... Wait for it...'. I think a splash message might help. I'll see what I can do on the +filter vs. navigation distinction on links, too. Thanks! Great points, Matt, and I agree. When someone sees this for the first time we normally say 'Wait for it… Wait for it…'. I think a splash message might help. I'll see what I can do on the +filter vs. navigation distinction on links, too. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Sneak peek: tail -f thechangelog by Matt Mueller http://wynnnetherland.com/2010/01/sneak-peek-tail-f-thechangelog/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Matt Mueller Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:15:47 +0000 http://wynnnetherland.com/?p=275#comment-92 Adam showed this to me a little while back and I'm really loving it. My only beef is really on the UI side....it's not immediately apparent when/where updates are going to show up when the stream refreshes, and then when looking at individual items its not clear which icons/links change the tail filtering and which ones take me offsite.<br><br>This is a really interesting resource though, nice work. Adam showed this to me a little while back and I'm really loving it. My only beef is really on the UI side….it's not immediately apparent when/where updates are going to show up when the stream refreshes, and then when looking at individual items its not clear which icons/links change the tail filtering and which ones take me offsite.

This is a really interesting resource though, nice work.

]]> Comment on Use JavaScript to put GitHub info on your site by JavaScriptBank.com http://wynnnetherland.com/2009/12/use-javascript-to-put-github-info-on-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-87 JavaScriptBank.com Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:23:05 +0000 http://wynnnetherland.com/?p=254#comment-87 very cool & good tip, thank you very much for sharing.<br><br>Can I <a href="http://www.javascriptbank.com/submit/" rel="nofollow">share this post</a> on my JavaScript library?<br><br><br>Awaiting your response. Thank very cool & good tip, thank you very much for sharing.

Can I share this post on my JavaScript library?

Awaiting your response. Thank

]]> Comment on Link LinkedIn into your next Ruby application by Wynn Netherland http://wynnnetherland.com/2009/11/link-linkedin-into-your-next-ruby-application/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Wynn Netherland Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:14:27 +0000 http://wynnnetherland.com/?p=234#comment-84 Looks like Will beat me to the web example: <a href="http://bit.ly/8tPwF5" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/8tPwF5</a> Looks like Will beat me to the web example: http://bit.ly/8tPwF5

]]> Comment on Link LinkedIn into your next Ruby application by Wynn Netherland http://wynnnetherland.com/2009/11/link-linkedin-into-your-next-ruby-application/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Wynn Netherland Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:14:27 +0000 http://wynnnetherland.com/?p=234#comment-91 Looks like Will beat me to the web example: <a href="http://bit.ly/8tPwF5" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/8tPwF5</a> Looks like Will beat me to the web example: http://bit.ly/8tPwF5

]]> Comment on Link LinkedIn into your next Ruby application by Vincent RABAH http://wynnnetherland.com/2009/11/link-linkedin-into-your-next-ruby-application/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Vincent RABAH Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:02:39 +0000 http://wynnnetherland.com/?p=234#comment-83 Thx I'll follow your tips and let u know :) Thx I'll follow your tips and let u know :)

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