WordPress MU

Can anyone give me some hints on the sort of things that are needed to get LiveSearch working in Wordpress MU? I see they did it on Wordpress.com but I'm yet to get used to the quirks of MU so haven't worked it out myself yet, I think if I had some hints on this one I should be able to work out how to get other plugins working as well.

LiveSearch in WP MU,

First download the package available via Fernando Graphicos:
http://fernando.dubtribe.com/archives/2005/06/01/livesearch-for-wordpress-1512/

Follow the instructions ( put livesearch.php in your wp-inst folder )

Next you need add a line to the .htaccess folder in your wordpress directory to:


RewriteRule ^livesearch.php /wp-inst/livesearch.php [L]


And that should do it. Good Luck!

Correction the rewrite rule should go as follows:

RewriteRule ^livesearch.php$ /wp-inst/livesearch.php [L]


Worked fine on the front page, but when you viewed categories it wouldn't work. But this fixes that.

Final correction:

Unfortunately Fernando's script has a "static" embeded address for the URI to search, so in your livesearch.js file, if you use "http://yourdomain.com" it will only work via "http://yourdomain.com". I think it just needs to a relative URI variable set, then you'd truly be golden.

Give it a go a http://itacademy.org

I recently installed the K2 theme (http://getk2.com) and the livesearch feature appears to be working on my MU install (http://webosdoulos.notsorry.net).

One tip if you go this route: After you enable livesearch, clear your browser's cache before reloading your test pages.

i cant seem to get search working on the k2 theme, it wont work for both livesearch or regular search, if i activate liveseach the ajax dont work, with the regular search it search in the main blog (i have mu installed in directories not subdomains)

cant find a solution, can someone help?

thanks

try this: http://addictedtonew.com/archives/145/wordpress-live-search-plugin/

it claims to add live search to the default search form...