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# Click the Chrome menu.
# Click the Chrome menu.
# Select Preferences on Mac and Linux, or Settings on Windows or Chrome OS.
# Select Settings
# Under Search engine, select Manage search engines.
# Under Search engine, select Manage search engines.
# If available, right-click in the address bar and select Edit search engines... instead.
# If available, right-click in the address bar and select Edit search engines... instead.
# Under Other search engines, click Add and choose a name and keyword for Wikipedia search.
# Under Site search engines, click Add and choose a name and keyword (shortcut) for Wiki search.
# You will use the keyword in the address bar to select Wikipedia as the desired search engine.
# You will use the keyword in the address bar to select Wiki as the desired search engine.
# Enter https://wiki.swkls.org/index.php/Special:Search/%s as the URL.
# Enter https://wiki.swkls.org/index.php/Special:Search/%s as the URL.


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This works similarly on browsers like Brave and Chromium.
This works similarly on browsers like Brave and Chromium.


Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Searching_from_a_web_browser





Latest revision as of 17:13, 3 May 2022

To search the SWKLS wiki from Chrome's address bar, follow these steps:

Chrome's address bar can be configured to search Wikipedia.

  1. Click the Chrome menu.
  2. Select Settings
  3. Under Search engine, select Manage search engines.
  4. If available, right-click in the address bar and select Edit search engines... instead.
  5. Under Site search engines, click Add and choose a name and keyword (shortcut) for Wiki search.
  6. You will use the keyword in the address bar to select Wiki as the desired search engine.
  7. Enter https://wiki.swkls.org/index.php/Special:Search/%s as the URL.
Chrome Wiki Search.png



SWKLS Wiki search can now be accessed by entering keyword search term in the address bar, ex. "wiki accreditation".

This works similarly on browsers like Brave and Chromium.


Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Searching_from_a_web_browser