No Google Scholar search box
I wanted to take advantage of Google's offer of a search box for Google Scholar on the main page of my site. However, ortholog aspires to be valid XHTML 1.0 Strict since better living can be achieved that way. But the code that Google provides isn't standards-compliant. So I can't.
[Published: 25-May-05 | Permalink | Category: In response | Comments]Here's Google's code:
<!-- Google Scholar -->
<form method="get" action="http://scholar.google.com/scholar">
<table bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<tr>
<td align="center"><a href="http://scholar.google.com/"> <img src="http://scholar.google.com/scholar/scholar_sm.gif" alt="Google Scholar" width="105" height="40" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a><br />
<input type="text" name="q" size="15" maxlength="255" value="" /><br />
<input type="submit" name="btnG" value="Search" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<!-- Google Scholar -->
containing 3 non-valid attributes: bgcolor, border and align. So I asked Google if I could change it to this (which retains the layout, keeps the brand values solid and is standards-compliant):
<!-- Google Scholar -->And they said no. Specifically, they said,
<form id="google-scholar-search" method="get" action="http://scholar.google.com/scholar">
<p style="background-color:#fff;">
<a href="http://scholar.google.com/">
<img style="border:none;text-align:center;" src="http://scholar.google.com/scholar/scholar_sm.gif" alt="Google Scholar" width="105" height="40" /></a>
<br />
<input type="text" name="q" size="15" maxlength="255" value="" />
<br />
<input type="submit" name="btnG" value="Search" />
</p>
</form>
<!-- Google Scholar -->
As you mentioned, the Terms of Service for the Google Scholar free search box does not allow for alterations to the HTML code. Please use the HTML provided on our website, as we are unable to approve any modifications. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding.
Thanks Google. If you had demonstrated some cooperation and understanding I too would have been appreciative.
Wonder if my GMail account will go slow now…
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