Help for dreamweaver search option
by Seeker
on
Aug 26, 2005 at 2:11:52 am
I am making a website in dreamweaver and the template shows search option on the page, but when i made the page and tried to search something through that then it didn't show any results, could anybody please throw some light on it or please very kindly put some links here which tell about this search thing on websites work, please
Re: Help for dreamweaver search option by Bret Williams on Aug 26, 2005 at 3:06:35 pm
I don't know how they work, but adding a field for search to a page won't make your website searchable for sure. The best bet is to see if your web host has a built in search function or script.
I'm on Lunarpages and they have a basic script that you opt to install onto your web space. Takes 2 seconds. Then, you click select to index your site which builds a text or database file of all the words and info on your site.
The only thing you have to add to your web pages is a quick bit of code. A form field and a button that says search. Clicking that button invokes the script that lunarpages installed, and searches the database it created.
