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ONLINE CUSTOM GOOGLE TOOLBAR BUTTON BUILDER
What is a Custom Google Toolbar Button?
A custom button is a push button that you can add to the Google Toolbar
that can have custom navigation, search, send and update capabilities.
Notably, a custom search button can use most any website's search
engine, not just Google's.
Here is an example
Google Toolbar Button created using this tool, which include RSS feed,
and custom search powered by Google.
Add LivePhysics.Com to Google Toolbar
NOTE - A <search> element must contain a {query} variable or the button will fail to display.
Tell people about your custom button
1. Host your custom button on your website. For example, put it
on:
http://www.<my domain>.com/slashdot_button.xml
The download URL you use to host the XML file for the button is fairly
important, because that URL becomes the button's unique ID for updating
the button.
2. Link to the custom button on your website. You can create a special
link that will enable people to install your custom button in their
Google Toolbar just by clicking on it. Create a link on your website
called "Add a Slashdot button to my Google Toolbar" and link it to
this URL:
http://toolbar.google.com/buttons/add?url=http://www.<my domain>.com/slashdot_button.xml
3. Submit your button to Google's Button
Gallery by filling out a simple
form. Be sure to test your button and read our Editorial
Guidelines first.
Linking to Your Button From Your Site
You can make your button available on your own site by creating an installation link. When a Google Toolbar 4 user clicks on the link, they'll be prompted to install your button. If the user doesn't have a compatible version of the Toolbar, the link will go to the Google Toolbar download page instead.
A developer can create an installation link by using the following URL syntax:
http://toolbar.google.com/buttons/add?url=url
where url points to the custom button XML file. For example, here is a link that would install a LivePhysics.Com button:
<a href="http://toolbar.google.com/buttons/add?url= http://www.livephysics.com/downloads/buttons/livephysics.xml">Add</a>