I have noticed that some other Links 1.11 users list other search engines at the bottom of their search results pages. The query string is automatically inserted in the link to the various search engines. I understand how to do this, except for the automatic insertion of the query string in the HTML code. I thought that the following code would work, but it does NOT:
<!-- Other Search Engines Begins -->
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<P><CENTER><font face="arial, helvetica" size=2 color="#000000">Other Search Engines:<BR>
<a href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?q=$query">Altavista</a>
| <a href="http://www.excite.com/search.gw?search=$query">Excite</A>
| <a href="http://www.hotbot.com/?SW=web&SM=SC&RG=NA&_v=2&DC=10&DE=2&MT=$query">Hotbot</A>
| <a href="http://www.infoseek.com/Titles?col=WW&sv=IS&lk=noframes&nh=10&qt=$query">Infoseek</A>
| <a href="http://www.looksmart.com/r_search?key=$query">Looksmart</A>
| <a href="http://www.lycos.com/cgi-bin/pursuit?cat=lycos&maxhits=10&query=$query">Lycos</A>
| <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search?o=1&d=y&za=default&p=$query">Yahoo</A>
</FONT>
</CENTER>
<BR>
<!-- Other Search Engines Ends -->
I must be using the wrong string name. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong.
As always, I really appreciate your help!
Beau-
<!-- Other Search Engines Begins -->
<BR>
<P><CENTER><font face="arial, helvetica" size=2 color="#000000">Other Search Engines:<BR>
<a href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?q=$query">Altavista</a>
| <a href="http://www.excite.com/search.gw?search=$query">Excite</A>
| <a href="http://www.hotbot.com/?SW=web&SM=SC&RG=NA&_v=2&DC=10&DE=2&MT=$query">Hotbot</A>
| <a href="http://www.infoseek.com/Titles?col=WW&sv=IS&lk=noframes&nh=10&qt=$query">Infoseek</A>
| <a href="http://www.looksmart.com/r_search?key=$query">Looksmart</A>
| <a href="http://www.lycos.com/cgi-bin/pursuit?cat=lycos&maxhits=10&query=$query">Lycos</A>
| <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search?o=1&d=y&za=default&p=$query">Yahoo</A>
</FONT>
</CENTER>
<BR>
<!-- Other Search Engines Ends -->
I must be using the wrong string name. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong.
As always, I really appreciate your help!
Beau-