HELP! I need to create a SEARCH BOX without using a SEARCH ENGINE.

[BrendanP]

I joined this forum solely for assistance in this matter. I am in great need of advice on this, so I will appreciate any help.

I need to create a search bar without referencing a search engine. I want to be able to search only my site, so if I enter something in the queue, I will see only what's on my website. How can I do this?

THANKS! :)

- Brendan

[ray326]

Go to Google's advanced search. Set up a search qualified with the "return results from the site or domain" set to ONLY. Perform the search. Examine the resulting location.

[BrendanP]

Thanks for the advice, but that defeats the whole purpose of NOT going through a search engine. The problem is, I need to build a search engine that can search through all the content in my site. If I upload new content, it could take months before search engines recognize it. I need it recognized as soon as I upload it.

[Centauri]

You would need a server-side program and database to do that - maybe something like http://mnogosearch.org/products.html

[LeeU]

Try Perlfect Search (http://www.perlfect.com/freescripts/search/). It'll do what you need.

[BrendanP]

Thank you for the link to Perlfect Search. The problem, though, it that I'm not too familiar with perl or cgi. I read the installation instructions, but I'm stuck on step 3 and beyond. I don't know much about SSH/Telnet.

Installation

The easiest way to install Perlfect Search is to use the setup utility
that comes with this distribution:
1. Open the compressed archive you downloaded with a suitable
compression tool (e.g. tar and gunzip for Linux/Unix, Winzip for
Windows). A directory search-3.37 will be created with all the
program files in it.
2. Upload the directory to your account if it is hosted on a remote
machine using FTP or scp (secure copy). Don't upload it inside
your cgi-bin directory, rather put it in a temporary place. The
setup utility will take care of copying everything in appropriate
locations.
3. Login to your account using ssh/telnet if it is on a remote
system.
4. Go inside the distribution directory that you just uploaded.
5. Run the setup utility with the following command: perl setup.pl
6. The setup utility will then guide you through the rest of the
installation process.
7. Go to the installation directory (e.g. cgi-bin/perlfect/search)
and try to run perl indexer.pl.
8. When everything works, you can delete the temporary search-3.37
directory.

Could someone please provide idiot-proof instructions about "telnetting"? I really need to figure this out.

Thank you!

- Brendan

[ray326]

http://www.manpages.com/man/telnet

[BrendanP]

Yeah, that link doesn't exactly explain to me what I need to do. Thanks for the information, though. I'm just not telnet savvy. If anyone could explain to me what I'm doing, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks!

- Brendan