 Web
Site Search Script
Xenoplanet provides an easy to
install Perl-based search script which is pre-configured to run. This
script is a modified version of ICE version 1.5, which is a fast, index-based
search script.
To install ICE
This script should have been automatically
installed when you signed up. If it has not or you need a fresh copy
of the default version, then do the following:
- Download search_form.cgi
and search_index.cgi
(if the text of either script appears in your browser window you can
select "Save As" from the "File" menu of your web browser).
- Upload search_form.cgi
and search_index.cgi into your /cgi-bin
directory.
Indexing your web site:
Once the two scripts are in your /cgi-bin, you can index your
web site by going to...
http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/search_index.cgi
This may take a few seconds or longer depending on the size of your
web site. When the page finishes loading the script has completed indexing
your web site. You should do this whenever you have made changes to
your web site so the search script can use the most up-to-date information.
Indexing is a process which searches your web site for keywords and
places them in a special file, index.idx,
which will appear in your /cgi-bin after
you index your site. The index.idx file is
used by the search script to lookup information quickly.
Searching your web site:
Once the scripts are installed and you have indexed your web site,
you may search it by going to the search script directly at...
http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/search_form.cgi
Or, you can call the search script with a form inside any HTML page
using the following code fragment:
<FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/search_form.cgi">
Search For: <INPUT NAME="KEYWORDS" SIZE=50>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Start Search">
</FORM>
Modifications to the script:
Advanced users may wish to modify the code of the two scripts to...
- Change the look and feel of the search form and the output.
- Specify which directories NOT to search.
- Specify the Maximum number of matches to return.
- Or provide any other customizations of which you are technically
capable.
NOTE: Xenoplanet only provides support for
this script in its default configuration. If you chose to edit the
code and the script stops working or functioning properly, you will
need to either debug the script or start over by downloading the default
script and re-installing.
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