Difference between revisions of "Website Search Engine"

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Website Search Engine is an application that allows users to easily add a search box to their Website allowing visitors to search through the Website pages.

Install Search Engine

Our website search engine tool lets you install a search engine on your website. Once installed, this engine is stored as a search_form.html file in your /public directory. With basic HTML knowledge you can modify the page design or link your website to this page. Alternatively, you can also copy the code generated below and paste it at appropriate location of your website. Search engine's visual and display preferences can be modified within the "Usage" section.

1. Click Install Search Engine.
2. Click Process Install to begin installation process.

Usage

To Manage your Website Search Engine settings:

• Click Usage.

Indexing page

To start indexing your pages:

• Click Index site.

Note: Larger sites will take more time to index.

Preferences

Search Engine - set your search engine preferences

1. Select the minimum word length from the drop-down.
2. Rate the importance of words found in the title (1 Least important, 5 Most important) by selecting a number from the drop-down.
3. Rate the importance of words found in the META values (1 Least important, 5 Most important) by choosing a number from the drop-down menu.
4. Select the maximum length of <title> elements from the drop-down.
5. If you would like to add index numbers, select the Index numbers checkbox.
6. If you want to log the queries to an extra file, select the Log the queries to an extra file checkbox.
7. If you would like to increase the score of results containing multiple searched "Keywords” select the Increase the score of results containing multiple searched Keywords checkbox.
8. Click Apply in order to save the changes made.
9. Click Cancel in order to dismiss any changes made.

Visual – set our visual preferences

1. Select a number from the drop-down that would represent the number of search results displayed per page.
2. Select a number from the drop-down that would represent the maximum number of search results (0 = no limit).
3. To enable the highlight matches feature, select the checkbox next to it.
4. To show the closeness of the result to keywords searched (in %), select the checkbox next to it.
5. Click Apply to save the changes made.
6. Click Cancel to dismiss any changes made.

Filters – set your filter preferences

In terms of setting up your filters, there are two options available: Extension filter and Directory filter.

Extension filter

1. To add a new file extension, click Add file extension. A new text box will appear.
2. Enter the file extension.
3. To add the new file extension to the list of file extensions, click Add.
4. To remove an extension from the list, click Delete.
5. Click Apply to save the changes you made.
6. Click Cancel to dismiss any changes you have made.

Directory filter

1. Select one or more directories.
2. Click Apply to save the changes you made.
3. Click Cancel to dismiss any changes you made.

Note: To select multiple, Windows users must hold down the 'CTRL' key, and Mac users the 'Apple' key while clicking in the box.

Manage Code

In this section you can manage the search form code.

You can either import the Search Engine automatically to your webpage or you can manually copy and paste the generated HTML code to your web page.

• Click “Import Search Engine” to automatically import search engine to your webpage.

OR

1. Select the code in the text area and press “Ctrl+C” to copy it to the clipboard.
2. Place the code where the toolbar should be displayed.

Uninstall

Uninstall will completely disable Website Search Engine for your domain. It can take approximately 2-3 minutes for the server to remove the search engine from your Website. Note:After uninstalling the application, all previously added search boxes will be disabled, you will have to remove them manually from your html files using the HTML Editor application.

• Click Uninstall Search Engine.