Serchilo:User commands

Registered Users may define their own personal user commands. They are only accessible from http://[username].serchilo.net.

Defining user commands
Suppose your user name is Example and you want to use the keyword g not for Google, but for searching the archive of GEO.de. Just put the following on your user page, e.g. User:Example: keyword = g   url     = http://geo.de/GEO/info/suche/?q={%query}

Use the known Command syntax, without the language attribute. All your user commands will use the language which you have saved in your preferences.

Accessing user commands
Your user commands are now accessible on http://example.serchilo.net. If you type in g berlin, you won't search Google but Geo.de.

Personalized train timetables
User commands can be used for personalized train timetables. Suppose you're living in Hamburg. Put this command on your user page: keyword = db> title   = DB-Auskunft von Hamburg url     = http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/d?S=hamburg&Z={%Ziel|iso-8859-1}&start=1

Now you just need to type in db> münchen to get the next train from Hamburg to München.

Fast bookmarks
Do you live in Chicago and often visit its Yahoo weather forecast? Put this on your user page:

keyword = we    url      = http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USIL0225.html

Now we takes you to the weather forecast. Or also http://example.serchilo.net/we.

Language
Without user commands the language is determined by the subdomain, i.e. http://de.serchilo.net uses German. Using user commands from your own subdomain http://[username].serchilo.net you have to setup your language by yourself. Login to the wiki, go to Special:Preferences and change the language of the wiki interface. This will automatically change your Serchilo language.

Keyword
If Serchilo cannot process your query (e.g. if you forgot the keyword) it shows you an error page with suggestions to existing commands. You may change this by defining a Default keyword, for instance g. Then, anytime when Serchilo does not recognize your query, it assumes g for Google Web and starts a Google search.

Define your default keyword on Special:Preferences -> Serchilo.

More Examples
See some user pages for examples.