If you are using a
FrontPage template on your web (i.e., not shared borders), then adding a
FrontLook Site Search Engine page to your web that has the same look of
your web requires a couple of extra steps. This procedure is outlined in
this tip.
It is assumed that you have
already installed the 2.0 version of the FrontLook Site Search Engine and
that you have already setup your search areas. Click
here if you need help in setting up
your search areas.
Step 1: Add
a blank template to your web
First you should add a new page to your web from your page or web
templates If you are running am ASP server, then name this page "search.asp".
If you are running am PHP server, then name this page "search.htm".
Blank Template Page
Step 2: Add a plain FrontLook Site Search Engine page
to your web
Now select the "Insert->FrontLook Site Search Engine->Insert Search
Page..." menu item. The "Insert Search Page" dialog will appear.
Rename the "File Name" to "searchpage.asp" ("searchpage.php"
for PHP servers) and select the "Don't Add to Nav. View" radio button.
Changing the Files name and Navigation Position
Now go to the "Format" tab and then make sure the "Apply
web shared borders" and "Apply web theme" are unchecked as illustrated
below. You should also turn off the "Page Margins" and "Style Sheet" items
as well.
Setting the Format panel
To support the typical page template, the navigation bars
and include pages should be excluded from the search as illustrated below.
Setting the Excludes for page templates
Now press the "OK" button. The new "searchpage.asp" should
now be in the root of the web.
PHP
Users: you will do the same thing except your the Insert Search Page
dialog will insert two pages onto your web. One named "searchpage.php.htm"
and "searchpage.php" Your template page should be named "search.htm" as
desscribed above.
Step 3: Copy
the Body of the search page to the content area of the template page
Now bring up the "searchpage.asp" in FrontPage and press the "control-a"
and then "control-c" key combinations. this will copy the page contents to
the clip board.
Now bring up the "search.asp"
template page and put your cursor in the content area of the web where you
would want to insert the search engine.
Contents of searchpage.asp
Search Area placed on template page
Step 4: Copy the pre-<html> code from the search page
to the template page
Go to the "searchpage.asp" page in the FrontPage editor and switch to HTML
mode and copy all the script from the top of the page to the <head> tag as
illustrated below.
:
:
Select and copy the script before the <head> tag
Now go to the "search.asp" page in the FrontPage editor,
switch to HTML mode and put the cursor at the top of the page. Press
"control-v" on the keyboard to paste the script code on the page. Your
should now see the script on the page.
Now you will need to copy and paste the following lines of
code somewhere between the <head> and </head> tags on the "search.asp".
<script>
<% =WriteScript() %>
</script>
If you are using a DWT,
the code must be put in an scripting editable region as outlined
below:
<!-- #BeginEditable
"scripting" -->
<script>
<% =WriteScript() %>
</script>
<!-- #EndEditable -->
Now save the "search.asp" page and test it
by running it on your server.
Note
PHP Users: You will do the same control-a, control-c operation on the
source page called "searchpage.php.htm" and then paste it to your template
page - "search.htm".
Now you will
need to copy and paste the following lines of code somewhere between the
<head> and </head> tags.
<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH"
CONTENT="0;URL=searchpage.php">
Now
save the "search.htm" page and test it by running it on your server.
Step 5: Save and Test the new search page
Now save the "search.asp" page and test it by running it on your
server. If everything is working, you can now delete the "searchpage.asp".
Add "searchpage.asp" to your navigation structure of your web.
Note PHP Users: To test the PHP search page,
you must do the following:
-
Rename "searchpage.php.htm" to "searchpage_old.php.htm"
- Rename "search.htm" to "searchpage.php.htm"
- Add "searchpage.php.htm" to your navigation structure.
Once this is complete, you should be able to bring the "searchpage.php.htm"
page up in the browser and run a search. Then you can delete "searchpage_old.php.htm"
if you wish.
That's It!
The previous process can be used to insert a FrontLook Site Search engine
on a template-based web page. The web used for this tip is located at
http://www.mukwonagowarriors.org.
