New Google's Sitelinks Search Box Addon

[Daniel-SP]

Hello,

Google has just released search boxes for sites and It would be awesome to have this on our forum.

https://developers.google.com/webmasters/richsnippets/sitelinkssearch

I know this could be manually inserted but an addon with options to fill the boxes is always better.

 

[AndyB]

Here's an image which shows this new feature better:

 

[DaveM]

I had this working using [bd] Widget Framework add on and I was not that impressed with how it worked

 

[GliX]

Need this as standard.

 

[rdn]

I have my forum partially working on this

 

[Daniel-SP]

I have my forum partially working on this

Looks nice ! Btw, how did you turned the sections display side by side when you search your forum name?

 

[rdn]

Google arrange it for me

 

[rdn]

For now, if any want's to implement it.
Add this code on PAGE_CONTAINER template below footer area.

<xen:if is="{$contentTemplate} == 'forum_list'">
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "http://schema.org",
  "@type": "WebSite",
  "url": "https://www.phcorner.net/",
  "potentialAction": {
    "@type": "SearchAction",
    "target": "https://www.phcorner.net/search/search?keywords={search_keywords}",
    "query-input": "required name=search_keywords"
  }
}
</script>
</xen:if>

Just replace with your own domain.
I implement it already almost a week now.

 

[Glockie]

I can't get this working... lol
Does it happen automatically? Or are there other gubbins I should do?

EDIT:
I've viewed the page source and that's all fine and whatnot.. Is it just something that happens when Google feels like?

 

[rdn]

Does it happen automatically?

Yes on latest version of XenForo

 

[Glockie]

Yes on latest version of XenForo

Okay great will keep an eye on it then. Been using the latest version from day 1, but nothing.. Probably takes some time.

 

[popowich]

I think I sort of found the right place. This looks interesting. Can anyone help point me in the right direction for adding a google search option into the XenForo search box? I'm constantly having to go to Google and use "site:example.com {topic}" style searches for my own site because the XenForo search can't often seem to find the pages I'm looking for. I had a Google powered search built into my old forum and I'm missing it. Thanks!

 

[rdn]

I think I sort of found the right place. This looks interesting. Can anyone help point me in the right direction for adding a google search option into the XenForo search box? I'm constantly having to go to Google and use "site:example.com {topic}" style searches for my own site because the XenForo search can't often seem to find the pages I'm looking for. I had a Google powered search built into my old forum and I'm missing it. Thanks!

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/reckons-team-google-custom-search.4165/

 

[popowich]

Is there a search that replaces or adds onto the default search a Google powered search that's available directly from this site and has been around for a while / checked to be OK?

 

[Etherus]

Yes on latest version of XenForo

How does this work do I need to enable this somewhere? I have never seen this search box on my google search it just shows my website name.
When I search for Xenforo.com it has a search box in google. (I use the default template currently)