Well-Minded Search Gone? Best Alternative?
Well-Minded Search Gone? Best Alternative?
Hi All,
Formerly, when I had a problem, or wanted to find out if there was information already on the forum concerning a topic, I'd call up "The Well-Minded" Search: http://www.wellminded.com/puppy/pupsearch.html and plug in a couple of key words. But for the last couple of weeks doing so has resulted in a message which reads:
"Hostname lookup for "www.wellminded.com" failed"
So I guess its gone. Which is particularly unfortunate as well-minded was a google search engine dedicated to Puppy. It was especially useful for locating a post a couple years old which you know existed. Locating it, if you can ever find it again, could take a long time as the post for example might now be buried on page 36 of some thread.
In its absence, I've taken to running an actual "google search." But I wonder if anyone can recommend a better alternative?
Edit: Geoffrey found this: https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=015995643 ... #gsc.tab=0
mikesLr
Formerly, when I had a problem, or wanted to find out if there was information already on the forum concerning a topic, I'd call up "The Well-Minded" Search: http://www.wellminded.com/puppy/pupsearch.html and plug in a couple of key words. But for the last couple of weeks doing so has resulted in a message which reads:
"Hostname lookup for "www.wellminded.com" failed"
So I guess its gone. Which is particularly unfortunate as well-minded was a google search engine dedicated to Puppy. It was especially useful for locating a post a couple years old which you know existed. Locating it, if you can ever find it again, could take a long time as the post for example might now be buried on page 36 of some thread.
In its absence, I've taken to running an actual "google search." But I wonder if anyone can recommend a better alternative?
Edit: Geoffrey found this: https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=015995643 ... #gsc.tab=0
mikesLr
Last edited by mikeslr on Tue 15 May 2018, 23:09, edited 1 time in total.
Mikeslr,
I also lament the loss of the Well-Minded search. There were some posts at http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=92090 on this topic. Some guys there made some useful suggestions. I am trying some of them myself.
EDIT: Sorry, I mistyped your name, now corrected.
I also lament the loss of the Well-Minded search. There were some posts at http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=92090 on this topic. Some guys there made some useful suggestions. I am trying some of them myself.
EDIT: Sorry, I mistyped your name, now corrected.
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Wellminded search
I have relied heavily on the wellminded search and was sorry when it disappeared so I have included it as it was before the wellminded.com site went down on http://412collection.neocities.org/wellminded.html and it is also an entirely new Puppy search here - http://wellminded.net63.net/
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Puppy Linux search engine.
[b][url]http://wellminded.net63.net/[/url][/b] Suitable for older browsers.
Mirror [b][url]https://puppysearch.neocities.org[/url][/b]
[b][url]http://wellminded.net63.net/[/url][/b] Suitable for older browsers.
Mirror [b][url]https://puppysearch.neocities.org[/url][/b]
custom search engine
I like dillo.
It compares to other browsers as Puppy compares to other linuxes.
You can learn a lot with it. Maybe. Soit. I like dillo.
Since dillo does not handle javascript, tuxtoo's wellminded puppy search,
which is very fine otherwise, does not work in dillo.
But it is very easy to make a wellminded search in dillo.
You can put this in the configfile dillorc:for youtube or for Wayback machine or if you want to look for papers in dutch or
if you want to search a site with google:
In dillo you search in the search box or the location/url/address bar.
Eg you typeto look for wellminded search on this puppyforum with the search_url from just above.
Firefox also can do this.
In dillo you have
In firefox, create a bookmark which has the key and the exact same search_url_with_%s.
I do not use chrome or other browsers often, but
if you happen to know if one can do something like that in other browsers, please let us know.
I've added my wellminded puppy search that uses google to look on a lot of Puppy sites.
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It compares to other browsers as Puppy compares to other linuxes.
You can learn a lot with it. Maybe. Soit. I like dillo.
Since dillo does not handle javascript, tuxtoo's wellminded puppy search,
which is very fine otherwise, does not work in dillo.
But it is very easy to make a wellminded search in dillo.
You can put this in the configfile dillorc:
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search_url="y Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s"
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search_url="Wayback https://web.archive.org/web/*/%s"
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search_url="gs Google Scholar https://scholar.google.ca/scholar?hl=nl&q=%s&btnG=&lr="
if you want to search a site with google:
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search_url="m murga forum http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site:murga-linux.com/puppy/"
In dillo you search in the search box or the location/url/address bar.
Eg you type
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m wellminded search
Firefox also can do this.
In dillo you have
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search_url="key name search_url_with_%s"
I do not use chrome or other browsers often, but
if you happen to know if one can do something like that in other browsers, please let us know.
I've added my wellminded puppy search that uses google to look on a lot of Puppy sites.
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site:murga-linux.com/puppy+OR+site:wikka.puppylinux.com+OR+site:puppylinux.com+OR+site:github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE+OR+site:bkhome.org+OR+site:puppylinux.info+OR+site:linuxquestions.org/questions/puppy-71+OR+site:old.reddit.com/r/puppylinux+OR+site:super/user.com/questions/tagged/puppylinux+OR+site:distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux+OR+site:smokey01.com+OR+site:archive.org/details/puppylinux+OR+site:dotpups.de+OR+site:distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/+OR+site:distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/+OR+site:distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/+OR+site:distro.ibiblio.org/puppyrus/+OR+site:412collection.neocities.org+OR+site:412collection.indigo.org+OR+site:slacko.eezy.xyz+OR+site:lx-pup.weebly.com+OR+site:debiandog.github.io/doglinux+OR+site:racypup.netlify.app+OR+site:github.com/DebianDog/+OR+site:puppylinux.us+OR+site:puppylinux.*+OR+site:dokkupuppylinux.info+OR+site:openlab.jp/puppylinux/index.html.en+OR+site:lightofdawn.org
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I use this search.
http://puppylinux.us/psearch.html
The web source selection drop down, gives you many choices.
Puppy forum is one of them.
What I like best is you can choose to search the forum, the complete web, or many other specific web sources simply by selecting it in the drop down selection.
http://puppylinux.us/psearch.html
The web source selection drop down, gives you many choices.
Puppy forum is one of them.
What I like best is you can choose to search the forum, the complete web, or many other specific web sources simply by selecting it in the drop down selection.
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The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
And it works on dillobigpup wrote:I use this search.
http://puppylinux.us/psearch.html
The web source selection drop down, gives you many choices.
Puppy forum is one of them.
What I like best is you can choose to search the forum, the complete web, or many other specific web sources simply by selecting it in the drop down selection.
Ar least the 1st search bar does.
The 2nd one (with Google! does not, it requires js.
Thank you Bigpup!
Incorporate this into your own custom html start-page:
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<form action="http://www.google.com/search" method="get">
<input type="text" name="q"/>
<input type="submit" value="search" />
</form>
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