Local web page to search Oliver forums via Google

[Chris Scarff]

I'm not sure how useful this would be to others.  I got tired of typing into google site:https://olivertraveltrailers.com/forums/  "some search term". 

This little html file works fantastic, but I had my Claude.AI create a page I could keep on my local computer, maybe on the desktop, where I can simply type in my search term and all the results only come from the forums pages, but via Google Results.

Try it out. It's a single HTML document. Download it and type in something you wish to search for in these forums.

I use Claude AI for work and find it to be the best in coding.

oliver-forum-search.html

Edited January 13 by Chris Scarff

[jd1923]

Chris, you are one Rock'in Tech Guy! Works great, love it! 😎

I like how it opens every query in a new tab. Exclude words is a nice feature that I've never been able to use before (wish an Amazon search would return results so clean). Efficient tool (and I say that from years of being website and training content PM and editor). I've used site:craigslist.org <search words> for years to search Craigs nationwide.

Awesome, thank you Chris! 😂

[Chris Scarff]

I've been using this local html document more lately. Man, I'm searching on things, but then finding so much more that I had missed over the years.  

I should call this page the Oliver Squirrel Search (OSS).  

Good stuff.  I'd love any feedback, I might be able to add in more options, or "check boxes" to filter more!?

[Chris Scarff]

I'm getting there slowly.  Updates I've come up with so far.   Only 1.5 minutes long.

Ideas are welcome.  
 

Edited January 14 by Chris Scarff

[topgun2]

Chris - 

Ideas?

Heavy mods like axles, air conditioners, inverters, batteries, etc.?

Light mods like cloths lines, cedar lining in pantry/closet bottoms, paper towel holders, entry step covers, etc.?

Routine maintenance items like jacks, bearings, winterization, descaling, etc.?

You're doing a great job on this - please keep it up!

Bill

 

[Ollie-Haus]

Absolutely love this search feature, it’s amazing, my new favorite tool. 
 

Is it possible to create an address specific to other forums? I would love to be able to sift through the mountain of invaluable threads on the Ford Super Duty Tremor Forum site in the same way . https://www.fordtremor.com/

Edited January 17 by Ollie-Haus

[jd1923]

10 hours ago, Ollie-Haus said:

Is it possible to create an address specific to other forums?

Lol, this should be easy for our friend @Chris Scarff!

He could add a field in the app to enter a website URL.

Anyway, Chris and I, others have done this for years...

Enter: "site:www.domain_name.com followed by search words" and you're good to go!

[Ollie-Haus]

4 hours ago, jd1923 said:

Lol, this should be easy for our friend @Chris Scarff!

He could add a field in the app to enter a website URL.

Anyway, Chris and I, others have done this for years...

Enter: "site:www.domain_name.com followed by search words" and you're good to go!

Yes that’s the old man slow poke method we’re all used to, but not nearly as fast and absolutely doesn’t seem to get the same depth of results. 

[Chris Scarff]

Here's my version 0.0.3, it should work fine with any browser.  I did try to get Google to sort results by date, but it really does not work well. But there are some common google-approved "Time" filters from which you can choose.

* Added quick Topics
* Added Recent Searches which you can simply click on again
 

We should be able to get this type of functionality embedded into the forums themselves, but not sure how well that will present as Google requires an API key and maybe $$ to rout the results back to your own web page. They like their own advertisements.  Makes sense.

This "should" run on any Operating system using a modern Web browser. 

I will not be able to test it on Windows, (pronounced & spelled "windoze" by a hard-core Linux/Unix SysAdmin, LOL), mostly out of principle. Microsoft is killing that Operating System with all their BS lately.  Anywho... Squirrel!

Download it, unzip it, and double click the HTML file and try searching something.  During test, I've discovered many great topics which I have missed over the past couple years. 

Let me know how it goes.

Tested on MacOS: Chrome, Edge, Safari
Tested on Linux: Firefox, Chrome

Screenshot:

 

oliver-forum-search-v003b.zip

Edited Saturday at 05:08 PM by Chris Scarff