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SFE Search
Setup
First you will need to index your site. To do this, point
your browser to your index.cgi file and the indexing should
begin. For example, if you put it in your cgi-bin, go to http://www.yourdomain.com/search/index.cgi.
It should print a list of all of the files it has indexed.
On a larger site it is possible that the script could time
out before being able to index the whole site - this script
is primarily intended for small to medium sized sites. If
it does time out, you should still be able to search what
has been indexed.
Now you should call http://www.yourdomain.com/search/search.html
from your web browser and try a search. Note that this script
will not index words contained in the words.txt file - you
can add or remove from this file, depending on your needs.
It contai ns common words that shouldn't be indexed for searching.
The format is one word per line.
How to use
Now that the script is working properly, it is time for some
customization :) You should open up http://www.yourdomain.com/search/results.html
in any text editor or HTML editor. Just note that the comments
within this file are replaced by the script at run time by
the output of the script.
<!-- KEYWORDS -->
This is replaced with the words the user searched for.
<!-- RESULTS -->
This is replaced with the actual search results, 10 results
per page.
<!-- LINK -->
This is replaced with the "<< Prev | Next >>"
links, if applicable.
Note that the order does not matter - you can place the link
above or below the search results, etc. You may also wish
to include a search box on the results page (see the example
page) to allow the user to search again. Also note that they
are CASE SENSITIVE.
The format of the search form is simple. There are 3 fields:
Q - The search words
X - Set to any non-zero value to find exact match only, otherwise
it will match any keywords
E - Set to any non-zero value to search the entire document,
otherwise it will only search the title.
You can use GET or POST method - both will work exactly the
same. If you are familiar with HTML forms, you should have
no problems adding a search box to any page you like within
your site.
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