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The Search Engine Options allows you to install the
WebGlimpse Search Engine on your site. This tool
allows users to perform searches for content on your site.
Once the search engine is installed, configured and indexed,
it will be available on an HTML page located on your site.
You will need to manually (using your web site creation tool
of choice) create links to the WebGlimpse HTML page.
Installing the
Search Engine
When you first select the Search Engine option from your
control panel, a page will be displayed allowing you to install
the Webglimpse search engine on your site. To do so, simply
click on the "Install Webglimpse" button. A message
will then appear indicating that WebGlimpse will be installed
on your account within 10 minutes.
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Configuring
the Search Engine for Your Site
Once the Webglimpse Search Engine has been installed on your
site, clicking on the Search Engine control panel option will
bring you to the "Search Engine Manager" page. The
Search Engine Manager allows you to pick the types of files
that you would like indexed on your site.
From the Search Engine Manager, click the "Directory
Administration" button. Instructions for changing the
searchable directories on your site will be displayed.
To eliminate specific types of files from being accessed
by the search engine, include the following line in the "Edit
the file here:" text box: Deny
\.extension where ".extension"
is the extension of the file type you would like to eliminate.
To eliminate specific directories from being accessed, include
the following line in the "Edit the file here:"
text box: Deny /directoryname where
"directoryname" is
the name of the directory you would like to eliminate.
When all of your desired changes have been made, click the
"Save" button.
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Re-Indexing
Your Site with the Search Engine
Installing WebGlimpse automatically creates an index of your
site. If you make any changes to your site such as adding
new pages, changing content on existing pages, or eliminating
files and directories, then you will need to re-index your
site with the search engine.
To do this, click the "ReIndex Web Pages" button
on your Search Engine Manager page. This will automatically
re-index the web pages on your site, and display a page of
the results from this re-indexing.
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Testing
the Search Engine
Once the Search Engine has been installed and configured
on your site, you may wish to test it to make sure it is functioning
correctly.
From your Search Engine Manager, select the link found beneath
the heading "Test using your new search engine".
A new page will appear featuring the WebGlimpse search engine
tool for your site.
Try testing the utility by entering a search
string for a piece of text you know to be in a file on your
site. Click on the "Submit" button. A results page
will appear. You can try changing the various settings available
in the WebGlimpse tool, then performing other searches to
verify how those settings affect the search.
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Removing
the Search Engine
When you enter the Search Engine option from
your control panel, if WebGlimpse is currently installed,
you will see the Search Engine Manager page. To remove the
search engine from your site, simply click on the first option
available "Remove WebGlimpse". A message will appear
indicating that webglimpse will be removed from your site
within ten minutes.
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