Re: Site Search Concepts
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
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interpreted = N
texte = Dan,This is what I was thinking of, but after re-reading it I'm not sure if it would work for your case. Perhaps with some modifications. It's neat code nevertheless:http://developer.apple.com/internet/javascript/iframe.htmlGK | Howdy, | | I will be embarking on some yet unexplored (for me) terrain here in a few weeks, and I was | wondering if I could get some direction from the list. I'm not looking for anyone to do my work, I | just need some basic advice as to a concept/startegy. | | Ok, so I want to build a site search. That's it. Basically a mini-Google. User enters in their | search term, WebDNA searches the entire site(s) spits out the results and viola! Done. I have done | this easy enough with small databases, of course (particularly Storebuilder's products.db), and I | 'get it', but what's got me baffled at the moment is how do I index all of the text of every | single page of every single site that the search needs to look through, especially considering | that I am retro-fitting this search onto an existing (webDNA) site with numerous pages to look | through and mucho text, and NOT starting from scratch (which would be much easier)? | | Can [search] 'see' .html pages, and if so could I jimmy up some sort of [listfiles]/[search] | widget that would treat the entire site as a giant database? And If so, how would I get it to look | only at text and not HTML within each doc? In terms of scalability, assuming this is even | possible, wouldn't it kill any decent server to have to look through a 'giant' database like that | all the time, especially if multiple requests are made? | | Or do I actually need to make a special 'index.db' that catalogues everything? If so, how best to | catalogue each pages (voluminous) text? [include]s? | | Am I over thinking this? Should I just buy a good search (Atomz, Google, whatever)? Know any good | (and affordable) ones? | | Ok enough for now, and thanks in adavance. | | -Dan | ------------------------------------------------------------ | http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com | (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to | the mailing list
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Dan,This is what I was thinking of, but after re-reading it I'm not sure if it would work for your case. Perhaps with some modifications. It's neat code nevertheless:http://developer.apple.com/internet/javascript/iframe.htmlGK | Howdy, | | I will be embarking on some yet unexplored (for me) terrain here in a few weeks, and I was | wondering if I could get some direction from the list. I'm not looking for anyone to do my work, I | just need some basic advice as to a concept/startegy. | | Ok, so I want to build a site search. That's it. Basically a mini-Google. User enters in their | search term, WebDNA searches the entire site(s) spits out the results and viola! Done. I have done | this easy enough with small databases, of course (particularly Storebuilder's products.db), and I | 'get it', but what's got me baffled at the moment is how do I index all of the text of every | single page of every single site that the search needs to look through, especially considering | that I am retro-fitting this search onto an existing (webDNA) site with numerous pages to look | through and mucho text, and NOT starting from scratch (which would be much easier)? | | Can [search] 'see' .html pages, and if so could I jimmy up some sort of [listfiles]/[search] | widget that would treat the entire site as a giant database? And If so, how would I get it to look | only at text and not HTML within each doc? In terms of scalability, assuming this is even | possible, wouldn't it kill any decent server to have to look through a 'giant' database like that | all the time, especially if multiple requests are made? | | Or do I actually need to make a special 'index.db' that catalogues everything? If so, how best to | catalogue each pages (voluminous) text? [include]s? | | Am I over thinking this? Should I just buy a good search (Atomz, Google, whatever)? Know any good | (and affordable) ones? | | Ok enough for now, and thanks in adavance. | | -Dan | ------------------------------------------------------------ | http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com | (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to | the mailing list . | To unsubscribe, E-mail to: | To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to | Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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