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Before you can search, you
must have an index database: a set of files that store data about
the files to be searched in a special format. ht://Dig search
uses this index database, rather than opening each file and checking
its data, for speed and flexibility. We will create this database
for you upon setting up your site wide search engine. The database
is re-indexed on a weekly basis on a pre-set day of the week. You should let us know what day you would
like your site to be re-indexed so the latest updates are included
in the new index (e.g. if you always update your site on Sunday
or over the weekend, you should request your site to be re-indexed
on Monday morning).
Once you have an index, you can access it by using a search form
(an standard HTML form) for the search. When a visitor types the
search terms and clicks the "Submit" button, the browser
sends a form action request to ht://Dig which searches the index
database for the requested terms, and returns the results in a
formatted page. A default form will be loaded to your site once we have setup your site wide search engine.
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