Can't use Google Custom Search Engine - wrong tag parsing

[chyla]

Google CSE requires to add to the page the following code:

<script>
  (function() {
    var cx = 'XXXXXXXX';
    var gcse = document.createElement('script');
    gcse.type = 'text/javascript';
    gcse.async = true;
    gcse.src = 'https://cse.google.com/cse.js?cx=' + cx;
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
    s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s);
  })();
</script>
<gcse:search></gcse:search>

The problem exists in line gcse:search</gcse:search>. Nikola (mako?) is removing first part (gcse:), so the output code is wrong and it doesn't work.

Output code after nikola processing:

<script>
  (function() {
    var cx = 'XXXXXXXX';
    var gcse = document.createElement('script');
    gcse.type = 'text/javascript';
    gcse.async = true;
    gcse.src = 'https://cse.google.com/cse.js?cx=' + cx;
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
    s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s);
  })();
</script>
<search></search>

Workaround:

<script>
  (function() {
    var cx = 'XXXXXXXX';
    var gcse = document.createElement('script');
    gcse.type = 'text/javascript';
    gcse.async = true;
    gcse.src = 'https://cse.google.com/cse.js?cx=' + cx;
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
    s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s);
  })();
</script>
<script>
    document.write("<gcse:search></gcse:search>");
</script>

Additional info:
nikola version: v7.6.4
default install,
template file

[da2x]

The code you were given by Google CSE isn’t really meant to be used with any tools that process XML or HTML.

Here’s the solution: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/element#html5

I can’t understand why Google haven’t made their HTML5 compatible code snippet the default yet. This keeps popping up all over the web causing problems for different tools. I think Google maybe don’t want to encourage websites to use CSEs anymore. It’s a service that is being treated a bit like FeedBurner these days.

[Kwpolska]

Also, please upgrade Nikola, because v7.6.4 is woefully out of date and unsupported. Complain to Debian and use a virtualenv.