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Adding Merriam-Webster Search capability to a Web Site
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1.After you've chosen a search box, select and copy all of the coding.

2.In a text editor, open the Web page to which you are adding the search box and paste in the search box code you copied in Step 1. Paste it where you want the search box to appear.

3.Upload your revised Web page to the appropriate directory on your Web server.

Congratulations!

Your visitors now have instant access to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary & Thesaurus. They simply enter a word in the appropriate search box and click the "Search" button.

If you have any problems downloading, installing, or using Merriam-Webster's Dictionary & Thesaurus Search Box, please write to searchbox@m-w.com .
 

Layout 1

<table align="center" bgcolor="#3366ff" cellpadding="6">
<tr>
<td align="center">
<table bgcolor="FFFFFF" cellpadding="4">
<tr>
<form method="post" action="http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary">
<td align="center">
<img src="http://www.m-w.com/tools/search/images/dict1.gif" width="146" height="28"><br>
<input type="text" name="va" size="15"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Search">
<input type="reset" value="Clear">
</td>
</form>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Layout 2

 

Enter a word or phrase

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" align="center">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FF0000"><p align="center">
<a href="http://www.m-w.com"><img src="http://www.m-w.com/tools/search/images/dict3.gif" border="0" width="176" height="38" vspace="3" hspace="3"></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<form method=post action=http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary>
<td bgcolor="#000080" valign="middle">
<div align="center"><p>&nbsp;<font face="Ariel, Helvetica" size="1" color="#FFFFFF">
Enter a word or phrase</font><br>
<input type=text name=va size=15><br>
<input type="submit" value="Search" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small">
<input type="reset" value="Clear" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small"></p></div>
</td></form>
</tr>
</table>

Layout 3

<table border="0" bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center"><tr><td>
<table>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom">
<img src="http://www.m-w.com/tools/search/images/dict1.gif" width="146" height="28">
</td>
<form method="post" action="http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary">
<td valign="middle">
<input type="hidden" name="book" value="Dictionary">
<input type="text" name="va" size="10">
<input type="submit" value="Search">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</td></form>
<td valign="bottom">
<img src="http://www.m-w.com/tools/search/images/thes1.gif" width="142" height="28">
</td>
<form method="post" action="http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/thesaurus">
<td valign="middle">
<input type="hidden" name="book" value="Thesaurus">
<input name="va" size="10" >
<input type="submit" value="Search">
</td></form>
</tr>
</table>
</td></tr></table>

Layout 4

<table align="center" width="275">
<tr>
<td valign="top"><a href="http://www.m-w.com"><img src="http://www.m-w.com/tools/search/images/mwlogo.gif" border="0"></a></td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<form method="post" action="http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary">
<td align="center">
<img src="http://www.m-w.com/tools/search/images/dict2.gif" width="115" height="10"><br>
<input type="hidden" name="book" value="Dictionary">
<input type="text" name="va" size="15"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Search">
<input type="reset" value="Clear">
</td>
</form>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<form method="post" action="http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/thesaurus">
<td align="center">
<img src="http://www.m-w.com/tools/search/images/thes2.gif" width="107" height="10"><br>
<input type="hidden" name="book" value="Thesaurus">
<input type="text" name="va" size="15"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Search">
<input type="reset" value="Clear">
</td>
</form>
</tr>
</table>

Layout 5

<table align="center" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0">
<tr bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center">
<td><img src="http://www.m-w.com/tools/search/images/dict1.gif" width="146" height="28"></td>
<td><img src="http://www.m-w.com/tools/search/images/thes1.gif" width="142" height="28"></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#6666cc">
<form method="post" action="http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary">
<td align="center">
<input type="hidden" name="book" value="Dictionary">
<input type="text" name="va" size="15"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Search">
<input type="reset" value="Clear">
</td></form>
<form method="post" action="http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/thesaurus">
<td align="center">
<input type="hidden" name="book" value="Thesaurus">
<input type="text" name="va" size="15"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Search">
<input type="reset" value="Clear">
</td></form>
</tr>
</table>

Layout 6

<table align="center">
<tr>
<td valign="bottom">
<img src="http://www.m-w.com/tools/search/images/dict1.gif" width="146" height="28">
</td>
<form method="post" action="http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary">
<td valign="middle">
<input type="hidden" name="book" value="Dictionary">
<input type="text" name="va" size="15">
<input type="submit" value="Search">
</td></form>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom">
<img src="http://www.m-w.com/tools/search/images/thes1.gif" width="142" height="28">
</td>
<form method="post" action="http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/thesaurus">
<td valign="middle">
<input type="hidden" name="book" value="Thesaurus">
<input type="text" name="va" size="15">
<input type="submit" value="Search">
</td></form>
</tr>
</table>

Layout 7

<table align="center">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<img src="http://www.m-w.com/tools/search/images/dict1.gif" width="142" height="28">
</td>
<form method="post" action="http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary">
<td valign="middle">
<input type="text" name="va" size="15">
<input type="submit" value="Search">
</td>
</form>
</tr>
</table>

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