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Topic: Alternative Energy Forums

Intelifuel Alternative Energy Forums

This is 1.4.1 on SQLite.  I don't have any theme customized for the forum yet as I am still trying to grow my user base.  (If anyone wants to develop an alternative energy theme - that would be spectacular.  As you can see, I've integrated google's AdSense in the banner on the header and Google's custom search in the announcement section.

I am VERY new to this and haven't even attempted to create a theme for this yet.  I'm just concentrating on getting an effective forum together first, a user base second, then I'll work on the theme.

2 Reply by abclf

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Re: Alternative Energy Forums

Intelifuel wrote:

As you can see, I've integrated (...) Google's custom search in the announcement section.

Not bad.
I may be interested in doing something like this. Would you share how you did ?

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3 Reply by Intelifuel (edited by Intelifuel 2012-01-10 18:07)

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Re: Alternative Energy Forums

abclf wrote:
Intelifuel wrote:

As you can see, I've integrated (...) Google's custom search in the announcement section.

Not bad.
I may be interested in doing something like this. Would you share how you did ?


Actually the search bar was extremely easy - and no modding was needed.
Because the announcement section doesn't parse text, you can embed normal html there.
All I did was cut the code for the AdSense Search feature from my AdSense account and pasted it into the announcement bar. I also added the direct code for the "add this" buttons to finish it off. 

<form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="cse-search-box" target="_blank">
  <div>
    <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-3206477432714123:9088038815" />
    <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="UTF-8" />
    <input type="text" name="q" size="55" />
    <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" />
  </div>
</form>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&amp;lang=en"></script> 

<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
<center><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" >
<a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a>
<a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a>
<a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a>
<a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-4f0bcf737df9da5e"></script></center>
<!-- AddThis Button END -->

http://img.fae.ro/8c16dc.jpeg

Hope that helps.

4 Reply by abclf

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Re: Alternative Energy Forums

Indeed, thank you for sharing the hint. I thought I was more difficult to set up.
I may try something like that and use google as local search engine. Will see.
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