Add Connexions to your Firefox search bar

Did you know that you can add Connexions to your browser's search bar? Thanks to Connexions' support of the OpenSearch standard, you can use your favorite browser (or any OpenSearch-enabled software) to scour the repository for your favorite modules and collections.

I'll demonstrate how to do this in Firefox 3.

First, browse to http://cnx.org.

Once the page loads, click on the search engine icon located next to the Firefox search bar. For most people this will be Google's "G" icon (but it depends on which search engine you are currently using).

Click on "Add Connexions" in the dropdown menu.

And there you go!

Now you're ready to search to your heart's content, without loading the Connexions home page first. You can revert back to your a different search engine by clicking on the icon next to the search bar and selecting the site you wish to use.