Developer discussion for Creative Commons technology and tools

[Maarten Zeinstra <mz AT kl.nl>]

Consider it done.

Cheers,

Maarten

On Mar 8, 2013, at 15:08 , Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade AT creativecommons.org> 
wrote:

> That looks great, Maarten.  It had never occurred to me before that CC
> Search could be widgetized until I read your message and thought about
> it for a second.  It turns out the server-side fallback code for users
> with javascript disabled is useful for more than just that purpose.  I
> think this is actually useful enough to almost warrant publishing this
> to the cc-affiliates@ list, or maybe cc-community@.  Various other
> affiliates and/or community members might find it useful to add that
> form to their websites.  Would you like to pass that information on?
> 
> Nathan
> 
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Maarten Zeinstra <mz AT kl.nl> wrote:
>> Right .. Did not make the connection..
>> 
>> Implemented it on creativecommons.nl as a test, pending review by the 
>> cc-nl team.
>> 
>> Thanks for the suggestion,
>> 
>> Maarten
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 8, 2013, at 11:20 , BjornW <burobjorn AT gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Just to add: you can paste Maarten's html into a default WordPress text
>>> widget and it will work as advertised :) If there's an interest in a
>>> proper WordPress plugin I can build it.
>>> 
>>> grtz
>>> BjornW
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 07-03-13 17:17, Maarten Zeinstra wrote:
>>>> Great news! Did not know that.
>>>> 
>>>> Created the following example for anyone to use:
>>>> 
>>>> <form name="CC_Search" action="http://search.creativecommons.org"; 
>>>> method="get">
>>>>     Search for: <input type="text" name="query"><br>
>>>>     <input type="checkbox" name="comm" value="">use for commercial 
>>>> purposes<br>
>>>>     <input type="checkbox" name="deriv" value="">modify, adapt, or build 
>>>> upon<br>
>>>>     Which Search Engine:
>>>>     <select name="engine">
>>>>             <option value="google">google</option>
>>>>             <option value="googleimg">googleimg</option>
>>>>             <option value="flickr">flickr</option>
>>>>             <option value="jamendo">jamendo</option>
>>>>             <option value="spin">spin</option>
>>>>             <option value="openclipart">openclipart</option>
>>>>             <option value="wikimediacommons">wikimediacommons</option>
>>>>             <option value="fotopedia">fotopedia</option>
>>>>             <option value="europeana">europeana</option>
>>>>             <option value="youtube">youtube</option>
>>>>             <option value="pixabay">pixabay</option>
>>>>             <option value="ccmixter">ccmixter</option>
>>>>             <option value="soundcloud">soundcloud</option>
>>>>     </select> <br>
>>>> <input type="submit" value="Submit">
>>>> </form>
>>>> 
>>>> works. :)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 7, 2013, at 16:25 , Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade AT creativecommons.org> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Maarten,
>>>>> 
>>>>> CC Search does rely on javascript for the most part.  However, it will
>>>>> still work without javascript, as we have some server-side code that
>>>>> will process a request should the user have javascript disabled.  It
>>>>> should be really easy to create some sort of widget.  For example,
>>>>> inspect the following URL:
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://search.creativecommons.org/?query=flowers&comm=&deriv=&engine=flickr
>>>>> 
>>>>> That will redirect to Flickr, searching for works with the keyword
>>>>> "flowers" which can be used commercially and modified (i.e. the two
>>>>> checkboxes on CC Search were both checked).  It should be fairly
>>>>> trivial to create a tiny form with a text box for the query terms, a
>>>>> couple of checkboxes, and a select box for the content provider, and
>>>>> then simply submit the form to search.creativecommons.org.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I can create a quick example if you like.  Let me know...
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nathan
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 4:04 AM, Maarten Zeinstra <mz AT kl.nl> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I've got a question from CC-Belgium whether it is possible to get a 
>>>>>> widget
>>>>>> (embedable form?) for search.creativecommons.org. I told him that this 
>>>>>> is at
>>>>>> the moment not possible. However I would like the feature, I been
>>>>>> investigating the possibility myself as well, but 
>>>>>> search.creativecommons.org
>>>>>> looked a bit to complex for something hacky. It apparently uses 
>>>>>> javascript
>>>>>> that queries the current page for fields and not a submit-able form.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Maybe this is something that we want to put on the roadmap?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Maarten
>>>>>> 
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