LaunchBar is a cool utility that provides instant access to your applications, documents, and more. You can also configure it to search all of your Backpack pages. This makes it easy to find anything you've got in your Backpack account right from your desktop.
If you're already setup with LaunchBar, here's how to search Backpack:
1. Open LaunchBar and select "Open Configuration" from the Configuration menu.
2. On the left, under the "Indexing Rules" pane, there is a category for "Search Templates"
3. "Search Templates" includes a bunch of defaults, like Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Wikipedia, etc.
4. You can add your own template here. To add the Backpack search, select "Search Templates" on the left and then click the "Add..." button in the top right.
5. Type "Backpack" for the name and for the URL use this: https://yoursubdomain.backpackit.com/pages/search?term=* (Note: the "https" probably depends on your SSL setting).
When that's done, here's how you use a Search Template in LaunchBar:
1. Invoke LaunchBar and type BP (or whatever you'd like to trigger the Backpack option)
2. Hit the space bar and a field will appear to type your term in
3. Type the term and hit enter and the results will load in your browser.
That should cover it...launch away!
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