Add a Google Search Field
If you want to add a search field to your WebSpawner site, it's super easy!
Add a Google Search element to your site and limit it so that it only searches the content of your site.
First, go to http://www.google.com/cse/ and click the Create a Custom Search Engine button.
Log in with your Google account or create a new one if you don't have one already.
Head to the next page and give your search field a name and description that will help you identify it later.
At this point you need to enter the address of your WebSpawner site. If you have a WebSpawner sub-domain, it should be entered as http://yourexamplesite.webspawner.com.
Now you need to choose if you want the free Standard Edition that includes ads in the search results or pay $100 a year through Google to have the paid Site Search. The Standard Edition usually works just fine.
When you're done, click the next button to select a look for your search bar.
Highlight the provided code and copy it.
Now, head to WebSpawner's site editor tray and drag the Embed Widgets/ Code Element to where you want the search bar to appear.
Paste the provided code.
Save and Publish your site and your search bar should be reflected in your site.
Now, when your visitors use the search bar it will bring up content from your site (and ads if you have chosen to use the free version). Note that the search element won't work properly until Google has indexed your site which might take up to a week.
To modify the size of the search bar, edit the width percentage in the Google provided code. The default size is to 100% but you can make the search half as wide by changing this to 50% and saving and publishing your changes.
Remember that you can also use search tools like the one provided by atomz.com which is similar to the Google search element.
