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Keyword Search on site with non-standard search url format not working

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The smart keyword search is probably my favorite less-known firefox feature and it really made the switch from Opera a few years back much easier.

But there is one site - jisho.org - where I'm having a lot of trouble using the keyword search feature.


Before it redesigned its site and search feature, I could type in a Japanese word in:

Japanese characters - 狐

Roman letters - kitsune

Or the english meaning - fox

and have a search page come up. However, since they changed their url from something like "...search.php?q=kitsune" to ".../search/kitsune" it has become really difficult for me to update the bookmarked search to something that works.


By default, a search will show up as: "http://jisho.org/search?utf8=%u2713&keyword=%E7%8B%90" for "j 狐" Or: "http://jisho.org/search?utf8=%u2713&keyword=kitsune" for "j kitsune" and both searches will bring up a blank page.


Ideally it would bring up for "j kitsune" "http://jisho.org/search/kitsune"

Or for "j 狐" either: "http://jisho.org/search/狐" or "http://jisho.org/search/%E7%8B%90"


I've been trying to work around this problem and specify a keyword search that actually works, but I'm pretty out of my element here. Any insight would be much appreciated.

The smart keyword search is probably my favorite less-known firefox feature and it really made the switch from Opera a few years back much easier. But there is one site - jisho.org - where I'm having a lot of trouble using the keyword search feature. Before it redesigned its site and search feature, I could type in a Japanese word in: Japanese characters - 狐 Roman letters - kitsune Or the english meaning - fox and have a search page come up. However, since they changed their url from something like "...search.php?q=kitsune" to ".../search/kitsune" it has become really difficult for me to update the bookmarked search to something that works. By default, a search will show up as: "http://jisho.org/search?utf8=%u2713&keyword=%E7%8B%90" for "j 狐" Or: "http://jisho.org/search?utf8=%u2713&keyword=kitsune" for "j kitsune" and both searches will bring up a blank page. Ideally it would bring up for "j kitsune" "http://jisho.org/search/kitsune" Or for "j 狐" either: "http://jisho.org/search/狐" or "http://jisho.org/search/%E7%8B%90" I've been trying to work around this problem and specify a keyword search that actually works, but I'm pretty out of my element here. Any insight would be much appreciated.

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Did you remove the old keyword like I posted above?

There are some issues with keywords if you edit the URL and best is to first remove the keyword, then edit the URL and then re-add the keyword.

Did you try to use another keyword?

You may have to use the SQLite Manager extension to remove this specific keyword from the moz_keywords table.

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Try to create a new bookmark with the URL set to http://jisho.org/search/%S If you edit the existing bookmark then best is probably to first remove the keyword to prevent keyword issues (bugs).

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cor-el said

Try to create a new bookmark with the URL set to http://jisho.org/search/%S If you edit the existing bookmark then best is probably to first remove the keyword to prevent keyword issues (bugs).

For whatever reason, the bookmark won't let me add a keyword to it. It just reverts to a regular bookmark when I hit "save."

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Did you remove the old keyword like I posted above?

There are some issues with keywords if you edit the URL and best is to first remove the keyword, then edit the URL and then re-add the keyword.

Did you try to use another keyword?

You may have to use the SQLite Manager extension to remove this specific keyword from the moz_keywords table.

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Changing the keyword worked and so did deleting the moz_keywords entry. Thank you so much.