How to add custom search engines in Opera

So do you use Opera? (Probably yes because you are viewing this instructable)
You know the "g *search term*" to search *search term* on Google, and same for Wikipedia etc.?

I use them all the time, and I have added a couple of my own, and decided to share a little tutorial on how to get started on making them yourself.

I will be using a different language Wikipedia (finnish as I am finnish) search as an example, as it is simple and gives you the idea of what we're doing here.

Step 1: Explore the site you're adding

So before you can add a custom search engine, you need to know how the search engine works. Duh.
In this case we're going to the finnish Wikipedia's main page. Then you need to think how you are going to use the search engine once we've set it up. Wikipedia is pretty simple, and there is really just one way to use it, and that is to read articles.

So go to any article on Wikipedia and copy the whole address on notepad or something.

Comments

[canucksgirl]

Very interesting and good job for your first Instructable. Do you think you could show a screenshot of how this works after step 3? I think most people will understand, but seeing it in action always helps. :-)

[loikkonen]

Do you mean using the search engine or adding the Google Images-search engine?

[canucksgirl]

Either one. I just thought that showing a screenshot of how your Instructable works might be helpful to people who don't understand what it really does. (Up to you.) :-)