You can add search engines used for searching for files and MP3 in Searching and MP3 search options. When you press Add... button a dialog is shown.
Standard - this list contains engines collected by us. Select some of them (mouse click with Shift or Control) and click OK button.
User defined - here you can add your own favourite engines. If there are any items on the list, select some (mouse click with Shift or Control) and click OK button.
You can save all and load (add) list of search engines pressing buttons Load and Save. You can easy exchange engines with your friends.
You can change engines and add new ones using Set and Add buttons. First you must fill the bottom part of this page:
Server - address of a search engine (eg. http://www.MySearchEngine.com).
Maximal results per page - how many results per page an engine can return. If you are not sure, set it eg. to 10.
Compatible with FtpSearch - there are many engines based on FtpSearch algorithm developed in Norway. They have the same queries, which are known by AbleGet. Usually the search page is similar to http://download.lycos.com/swadv/AdvResults.asp?form=advanced. ONLY these engines are used to search for files with Search type different from Exact search.
Search queries... - you should write here search queries used by an engine. To do it you should:
1. Open in your web browser an address of a search engine.
2. In the Search or similar field on the web page write a short phrase. If it's a file search engine you can use e.g. setup.zip and for MP3 search - John.
3. Press Search or similar button on the page and wait for results.
4. Copy (Ctrl-C) from your web browser Location field the address. It looks e.g. like this: http://www.MySearchEngine.com/query=setup.zip&doit=Search
5. Switch to AbleGet and in Search queries... field paste the address (Ctrl-V).
6. Remowe the address of a search engine (http://www.MySearchEngine.com) from the beginning of pasted text.
7. Replace phrase used for searching (setup.zip or John) with an asterisk ( * ).
If the engine has Next or similar button or link on the page you can click it and repeat steps 4..7. Each query should be placed in a new line!
Comments - you can write some notes about this engine.
See also: Searching, MP3 search and Edit search engine.