Re: [directory-discuss] No way to link to search results page?

[Ian Kelling]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016, at 03:55 PM, Svetlana Tkachenko wrote:
> Joseph Graham wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > Am I right that I can't hyper-link to a search results page on the
> > directory? If so then I
> > think we need this feature... I want to link to the search results page
> > for
> > "Feed reader" so I can recommend people to find a Free Software feed
> > reader. 
> 
> When you search, the search results link [1] automatically shows up in
> the URL bar and you can share it. But as we use Semantic MediaWiki at
> FSF directory, you can also link to a category as [2] or make more
> sophisticated queries [3].
> 
> Faceted search is more user-friendly and allows category overlap. See
> 'external search' section in [4]. If you think such search could be
> useful then we can install it at FSF Directory.
> 
> [1]:
> http://directory.fsf.org/wiki?search=feed+reader&title=Special%3ASearch
> [2]:
> http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Category/Internet-application/newsreader
> [3]: http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Special:Ask
> [4]: https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Search


Btw, http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Special:Ask is broken (500 response
for m).

However, url's that would be constructed from it still work,
so if you can figure out how to do that, you can still use a
semantic search url. You can also construct semantic searches
using inline queries on a test page.